Well, it's happening tonight...
For one night, at least, Prime Minister Stephen Harper will set aside the stresses of the Senate expenses scandal and his sagging poll numbers to bask in the adulation of some of his most ardent supporters:
Canada's Jewish community.
Harper will be the star attraction Sunday at the annual Negev dinner in Toronto, a gala fundraiser to acknowledge his
unabashed friendship and political support of Israel -- a noticeable tilt in foreign policy that has sowed resentment in Canada's Arab and Muslim communities.
The National Post reported Friday that Harper will announce at the dinner he finally intends to make his maiden voyage to Israel, a country
whose hardline prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, gushes openly with public affection for the friend he simply likes to call
"Stephen.":lol:
Sunday night's tribute will also be
about money. On this evening, the love for Harper will be in measurable in cold hard cash -- the Jewish National Fund's Canadian chapter plans to announce the tally of a fundraising effort
to build a bird sanctuary in Israel to be named after the prime minister himself.
Josh Cooper, the chief executive of the JNF's Canada branch, wouldn't say how much money the organization raised, but did describe it as their most successful fundraising effort ever.
"I'm very excited. I'm glad to say this will be our best campaign in our 65-year history," Cooper said in an interview.
Neither Cooper nor the prime minister's spokesman, Jason MacDonald, would say what convinced the prime minister to lend his name to the
Stephen J. Harper Hula Valley Bird Sanctuary Visitor and
Education Centre.
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Birds of a feather flock together!! Isn't that soo true in this case.?
I have to step aside to "have a bird!"
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