From Canada to the 10000 Islands

[beavercountry]

Attn: 10000 Islands, possible alliance/friendship

Dear Delegate and/or Founder of 10000 Islands;
Canada wishes to extend a hand and a possible alliance to the 10000 Islands. We wish to be friends, and possibly set up an embassy here, with your embassy in Canada, and ambassadorial representatives from Canada and the 10000 Islands to mingle with the different folk.
Please check out our offline message board: invisionfree.com/forums/NationStates_Canada/index.php?

And reply to Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs at:
www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=beaver-country-canada

Thank you for your time, and your consideration of a new allinance!

Sincerely,

Beaver-Country-Canada, Lelana Songwind

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Canada

[bweezy]

Hi. I'm also from Canada, and will be assisting Beaver Country in gauging interest in formalizing a diplomatic relationship between our regions.

First off, let me introduce myself. I am Bweezy (Nation of Bweezystan). I am the former delegate of Canada, drafter of its constitution, former Minister of Regional Affairs, and current special assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Canada currently maintains diplomatic relationships with Australia, England, China, the South Pacific and the North Pacific. We are the fifth largest user created region in Nationstates (by contrast, 10000 Islands, at last check, was the second largest user created region).

Canada tends not to have formal "alliances" with other regions, instead choosing to maintain diplomatic ties with desirable regions, exchanging information and intelligence through embassies.

10000 Islands was sought as an ally due to a chance occurrence three weeks ago. ALP came through Canada on a mission to defend Abbey Road and Minnesota three weeks ago. Curious, I followed along with my UN nation, and unwittingly participated in the defence.

I had a conversation with a nation (Fleeb, I think), and he suggested that we investigate formalizing relations between our regions. Due to some turmoil with other regions, we got sidetracked, but have finally gotten our act together to open a more formal dialogue with your region.

If you'd like an example of a Canadian ambassador's report, let me know, and I can post our most recent one. In essence it is a "newsletter" letting our diplomatic contacts know what we've been up to in the previous one or two weeks.

If you have any questions, feel free to pose them in this thread, and I'll relay the message on to Beaver Country, or answer it myself (if possible).

[Fleeb]

Welcome, friends from Canada!

All conversations concerning diplomatic relations need to be directed to our Founder, Grub.

We hope to have a long and happy relationship with you.

[Grub (Lenlyvit)]

Thanks for the message. I will be sure to contact Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Grub
Founder - 10000 Islands

[bweezy]

There was a request for a Canadian Ambassador's Report. This is the one I posted to the English embassy on May 19:
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Region of Canada

Population: 329
Delegate: Checkers McDog (66 endorsements)

Foreign Affairs
- Canada broke off ties with Alberta. Nintendo Emerates, a nation in Alberta, came on Canada’s boards and rudely insulted one of Canada’s members, and conducted some old-fashioned flaming.
In response, Bweezy demanded that the delegate of the region of Alberta apologize and instruct his nations to behave themselves when on Canada’s forums. Bweezy also sent a very terse and rude telegram to NE in the heat of the moment.
In response to Canada’s demands, Alberta (population 29) threatened Canada (population 331). Oddly, on a completely unrelated tangent, the Alberta delegate inexplicably defended Osama Bin Laden as a freedom fighter. Canada broke off ties with Alberta after receiving the threat and confusing defence of Al Qaida. All accounts of non-resident Alberta nations were suspended.

- Bweezy realized his rude telegram to Nintendo Emerates breached Canadian law, and demanded to be punished for his actions. He received a five days suspension from government after pleading guilty and apologizing to Canada, Alberta and Nintendo Emerates for the rude tone of his telegram.

- talks are underway to establish ties with the region of Western Europe.

Domestic Affairs
- The Ministry of Defence reorganized some of its forums.

- A small recruiting drive was undertaken with little in the way of success (kept our population stable)

- Maikainzilion took over as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

- Canadian Sports Agency was unveiled.

- A movement has begun to start voting on official symbols for the region.

- A nation was seen possibly tampering with Canada’s most recent UN Poll. The investigation is ongoing.

- Bweezy resigned as Minister of Regional Affairs at the end of his five day suspension, citing that he had confidence in his deputy to do an exceptional job, and further citing a desire to “be on vacation”.

United Nations
Canada voted 11-7 against the SPCC Resolution. The main reason given was that it wasn’t very well worded. The vote count for the “in favour” option may have been inflated by one vote (that’s being investigated), not that it really matters in the end.