g20 and gillard may be being misreported, page-11

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    In Australia we only get news on what our PM said ... not much on other speeches. What we did not hear was Canada's attitude and America's attitude.
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    As world leaders gathered in Mexico for the G20 summit, the head of the European Commission bristled at "lectures" from other countries, including Canada, on how to manage the European economy.

    Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Canada) is among the leaders who have been urging the European Union to move quickly to address its financial problems.At the same time, he is insisting that Canada will not contribute any more money to the International Monetary Fund to stabilize the world economy. Canada pledged $10 billion to the IMF in 2009 and now stands alone with the United States in rejecting further contributions.

    Barroso, the president of the European Commission, is "quite angry with Canada and others who said they don't want to help anymore, making the point that if this crisis spirals out of control, all countries will suffer," Smith told CTV's Power Play.


    Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in Los Cabos, Mexico to attend G20 meetings with other world leaders.

    Read more: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Politics/20120618/relief-g20-summit-greek-election-120618/#ixzz1yEBFejIZ
 
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