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Post by Swampy on Sept 24, 2012 9:48:45 GMT -5
Imperialism has nothing to do with it - they just want to save money, and most consulates are just stamping passports, as opposed to dealing with war and peace. So I support it - the less government spending, the better. |
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Post by mcnoch on Sept 24, 2012 11:04:11 GMT -5
Yes, that is in use for consulates and even embassies of EU-countries since many years and proofed to be very efficient, especially when the same countries are involved in the same international projects. It is much easier to speed up things when the person you need to talk is sitting in the office next door, instead of a completely different building, requiring to run thru diplomatic procedures to enter.
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Sept 24, 2012 14:42:41 GMT -5
Imperialism has nothing to do with it - they just want to save money, and most consulates are just stamping passports, as opposed to dealing with war and peace. So I support it - the less government spending, the better. Have they thought of outsourcing it to India, like Microsoft does with customer service? |
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Post by mcnoch on Sept 24, 2012 15:07:20 GMT -5
Outsourcing to India is dangerous. They follow processes there, exactly, very exactly. That is something no western government is used to.  |
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Post by Sir John on Sept 24, 2012 16:10:38 GMT -5
Hope they don't use a Canadian stamp on a British Passport!
SJ
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Post by griffin on Sept 27, 2012 16:58:38 GMT -5
I don't support the government. It's like jumping over silver dollars to pick up a dime. Several ciritics, including former Cdn. ambassadors have taken the conservatives to task. Putting aside cost for a moment, there does not appear to have been serious thought about the 'baggage' this carries being tied to the British.
I'm pro-British, but the UK has had a long colonial history. Many of the countries where they had been former 'masters' don't have positive views - to put it mildly - about the Brits.
Having separate embassies, et. does cost more, but in many people's minds, it shows national maturity and independence. The ability to set one's counsulates and embassies a distance from others that may be hated, or subject to suspicion is a good thing. Canada, unlike the UK, France, USA, Germany, etc. has never been a colonial power, and this separation has allowed us to be go betweens in disputes between countries as we are not seen with the same jaundiced view as other nations, making us independent brokers, whether that be for peace, or whatever.
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Post by jerryfmcompushaft on Sept 28, 2012 9:21:45 GMT -5
I am having trouble remembering - what were the American colonies?
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Post by mcnoch on Sept 28, 2012 13:57:14 GMT -5
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Post by Swampy on Sept 28, 2012 15:29:32 GMT -5
Guam and PR are not colonies; they're free to leave any time, but they have chosen to stay. Take it from someone whose place of birth was a real colony - there's a difference between being a territory and a colony.
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Post by mcnoch on Sept 28, 2012 15:49:08 GMT -5
This right to choose is a post-colonial UN requirement.
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