{"id":33988,"date":"2026-09-11T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=33988"},"modified":"2026-09-11T22:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T22:47:49","slug":"observer-status-elder-statesman-inspires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=33988","title":{"rendered":"Observer Status &amp; Elder Statesman Inspires&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Observer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Observer.png 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Observer-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Observer-768x622.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"714\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/former-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/former-PM.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/former-PM-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/former-PM-768x548.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-bright-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Former prime minister Jean Chretien, during a speech commemorating the 25-year anniversary of Sept. 11, delivered what he called \u201ca message for our American friends.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever mistake our generosity for weakness,\u201d he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe embrace our friends, and we help them in their moment of need. But we bow to no one. And the more we are insulted and threatened and abused, the more we will stand up for ourselves and stand united,\u201d he later added to applause in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI say that not in anger, but as one friend to another.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jean-C.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jean-C.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jean-C-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Jean-C-768x541.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-yellow-color has-dark-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">The former Prime Minister is also remembered for his Shawinigan Handshake which he is seen demonstrating to US  Ambassador Hoekstra as a reminder to never mistake generosity as weakness!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chretian.-Hohestra.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chretian.-Hohestra.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chretian.-Hohestra-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chretian.-Hohestra-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Former prime minister Jean Chretien, during a speech commemorating the 25-year anniversary of Sept. 11, delivered what he called \u201ca message for our American friends.\u201d&nbsp; \u201cNever mistake our generosity for weakness,\u201d he said.&nbsp; \u201cWe embrace our friends, and we help them in their moment of need. But we bow to no one. And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=33988\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Observer Status &amp; Elder Statesman Inspires&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33994,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33988\/revisions\/33994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}