Emirates vs. Air Canada

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To all Canadians living in our great country please use the letter below as a template to compose a letter to The Right Honourable Steven Harper P.C. M.P. to show your support in his actions.

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October 14, 2010

Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington St
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0A2

Attention: The Right Honourable Steven Harper Prime Minister P.C. M.P.


Dear Prime Minister Harper:

I am writing you today to register the condescension that I feel towards the United Arab Emirates in their diplomatic blackmail to secure unprecedented landing rights into Canada. This blackmail is extremely odious given the fact that over 150 fine Canadian men and women in the Canadian Armed Forces have given their lives to secure freedom from Muslim extremists in Afghanistan. I should note that the absence of any military from the U.A.E. to support Muslim brothers and sisters would suggest duplicity of the highest order on the government of the U.A.E.

I compliment your government stand in not giving into these repellent demands.

To pay tribute on the sordid demands that the U.A.E. Government foisted on to our military at Camp Mirage may I suggest the following:

· Have the Honourable Chuck Strahl Minister of Transport advise the Government of the U.A.E. that First and Second Freedoms of the air are denied to all U.A.E. aircraft

· Only allow flights that have already been agreed to but with "restrictive" slot times for arrival and departures from current airports in Canada that they serve

· Rescind the use of all Canadian Airports as alternate airports for their operational requirements

·Have the Honourable Lawrence Cannon advise the Government of the U.A.E. that citizens of the U.A.E. can only come to Canada under very restrictive visa requirements


Thanking you in advance, I remain



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The Honourable Chuck Strahl Minister of Transport P.C. M.P.
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon Minister of Foreign Affairs, P.C. M.P.
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