it's not a secret, ok.

the reason the government is making a big deal about foreign aid is because it thinks it's a vote winner. they don't care about kids in africa. at all. if they did, they'd go after the mining companies. they're operating on this warped, tory concept of canada as this christian country that's all about foreign missionary work - and that has never been anything but absolute bullshit.

if they're doing something because they think it's popular, and then they find out they're wrong, why wouldn't they reverse themselves on it? isn't that the rational, self-interested thing to do?

it's the stubbornness that i can't get my head around.