slack from the economically challenge us for example back in two thousand and six prime minister stephen harper said i don't think canadians want us to sell out important canadian values our belief in democracy freedom human rights they don't want to sell that out to the almighty dollar back then harper was very critical of the chinese china's human rights record and the foreign minister back then accuse china of industrial espionage as well now about support the harper government calls china a friend an important ally saying things like it is clear that the strategic partnership between canada and china has never been more promising as the structure of the world economy changes more and more we are in a position to cool wopper e for our mutual benefit human rights are not such a big rallying cry these days how things change so. what's right and what's wrong and what's going to win out here joining us to talk about that is host of freedom maine radio stefan molyneux thank you for being with us now you are sitting in canada so let's first take canada's flip flop on china what is more important p

economically challenged us let me give you an example in two thousand and six prime minister stephen harper was harping on china's human rights record and he said then i don't think canadians want us to sell out important canadian values our belief in democracy freedom human rights they don't want to sell that out to the almighty dollar back then his foreign minister also accused china of industrial espionage while fast forward now the harper government calls china a friend and an important ally things like this it's clear that the strategic partnership between canada and china has never. vend more promising as the structure of the world economy changes more and more we're in a position to cooperate for our mutual benefit human rights now that's a growing part of these days how things change so what's right what's wrong earlier i spoke to the host of freedom named radios to con molineux and i asked him which is more important taking canada as an example first operating on principles like human rights as they seems to want to in two thousand and six or solely on economic interests as they se

stephen, why don't you start. >> well, the last order was general lee's plan to capture harper's ferry which was 12,000 men and a good deal of armament. and so he -- this was in frederick. and on september 9th he writes out orders to divide up his army into four segments. stonewall jackson was going to go to the west and completely surround harper's ferry. and he sent these out by courier to all the general involved. and the copy that went to stonewall jackson, jackson read it and then copied it again for d.h. hill who had been under his orders. one of the couriers was also taking the same message to d.h. hill and, of course, it never arrived, and it was drop inside a clover field south of frederick. and when -- we don't know why this happened or how it could have been prevented or at least discovered because the courier was supposed to deliver the envelope in which the message came with the signature that went back to the headquarters, but it did not go. my own theory is that it was a careless courier, and then he discovered he'd lost it, went to d.h. hill's headquarters and asked around and said, oh, yes, we h