All for image?

In this PoliticsWatch news article others state the obvious, but it has to be said:

Liberal trade critic Dominic Leblanc said the Conservatives appear willing to sell out Canadian lumber companies, provinces and communities to appease the White House.

“The government will simply cut a deal because it will make for a better barbecue at (President Bush’s) ranch in Texas,” he said.

NDP trade critic Peter Julian said he believes the Tories are rushing to reach a deal with the U.S. just to “rehabilitate David Emerson’s image.”

He said one softwood executive he spoke to Thursday told him it was the worst lumber deal he had seen in 25 years.

To be fair, its not all about Emerson – its about trying to convince Canadians that Emerson was “worth it”, not for Emerson’s sake but for Harper’s.

Not going to work.