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It was brief and unofficial. But the meeting between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his Chinese counterpart is an "important first step," say those fighting for the release of a Burlington man jailed in China.

Morality in politics is two-edged. If enough people agree with the principled stand a politician makes, he is a hero. If they do not, he is a fool. This is the curious position in which Prime Minister Stephen Harper finds himself after his blunt (critics would say impolitic) criticisms of China for jailing a man from Burlington named Huseyincan Celil.

Despite the announcement that work on a major new gas pipeline from Kazakstan to China will start in 2008, it remains unclear whether the Kazaks have sufficient reserves to make it feasible, especially in view of their other supply commitments.

At long last, this country has a leader in Ottawa who is motivated by principles, not by money