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Friday, March 31, 2006

Wisdom from the (frozen) (U.S.) roots

I liked this comment (it’s comment #12 in the list) written today made to a blog entry posted a couple days ago called Canadians win battle last night in Afghanistan by a reader calling himself “uplateinalaska”:

Reading this blog is the first I’ve heard of this raid. It’s now the 31st of March and this story was dated the 29th. Thats the media for you. They probably didn’t want to take up precious space devoted to cindy shehaan.

I am a former Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. I served as an infantry squad leader during the invasion of Iraq. That was many years ago already. I didn’t have the honor of fighting next to any Canadians there, however, I am a history buff. I know what steely eyed killers the Canadian Forces were in World War 2 (God bless the history channel), and I would have been relieved to know that they were protecting either of my flanks.

Stories like this warm my heart. The only way to win the War on Terror is to kill terrorists. Building schools, repainting mosques, handing out freshly baked loaves of bread… ect.. only goes so far. My wife likes to talk about tolerance and acceptance (she says she belongs to the NDP party…no idea what that they are all about…trying to find out by reading blogs). I, on the other hand, cannot tolerate the intolerable. Appeasement tends to piss me off.

I am married to the most beautiful Canadian woman. She was exported from Winnipeg to Alaska last summer. I apologize for that (not really).

And we salute you, our great American friend!

This web site supports the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, and any war against terrorism and tyranny and for freedom and democracy wherever it may be, and for as long as it takes to win.  This web site supports America and American efforts in the war on terror in Iraq and anywhere else it needs to be fought, and supports all the military personnel from Canada, Australia, the U.K., the U.S.A., and elsewhere.

Alleged Terrorist Nabbed Near Toronto

In the ongoing (not so-called) War on Terror, Canadian Border Service guards and Immigration officials have arrested an alleged al-Qaida terrorist as he tried to leave Canada. 

This terrorist allegedly has ties not just to al-Qaida, but to Osama Bin Laden himself and the arrest is one of the biggest since 9/11. The last terrorism related arrest in Canada of this calibre was the arrest of Abdullah Khadr in Toronto.

Alleged Terrorist Nabbed in GTA

[...]...An alleged terrorist—with links to al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden—has been arrested in the GTA while trying to flee the country, Sun Media immigration sources say.

...In one of the most significant terrorism arrests in Canada since 9/11, a man believed to be a captain of the Pakistani extremist organization Mujahedin-E-Lashkar-E-Tayyba, or LET, which is funded by Osama bin Laden and has direct ties to al-Qaida, was arrested March 16 by Canadian border service officers in Newmarket.

...Intelligence sources say members of LET have been trained in Afghan terrorist camps.

...40-year-old Raja Ghulam Mustafa, a Pakistani national who went by the last name Murtaza, was arrested outside his home with a packed suitcase and a significant amount of cash on him.

...In 1997, Mustafa was arrested in the U.S. but was released on a peace bond after he filed a claim for refugee status.

...During that time, officials said he fled to Canada under a phony name. He was eventually able to secure refugee status here.

...Mustafa moved to Newmarket to live with his brother-in-law Syed Maqsood Aly, a fugitive wanted in the U.S. for drug trafficking and fraud, according to sources.

...Khadr faces extradition to the U.S. on charges of procuring weapons for the al-Qaida terror network for use against U.S. forces.
[...]

While this arrest was going on, Canadian soldiers fight the ongoing (not so-called) War on Terror on the other side of the world.  According to Abu Jandal,a former Bin Laden bodyguard, Canadian troops are possibly in the line of fire as he claims that Bin Laden is still in Afghanistan, near Kandahar, and is alive and well.

Source Article

So, to all of the naysayers out there (Jack Layton,  are you listening?), proof positive that the War on Terror exists, as does Bin Laden.

With this latest arrest, it looks like Canadians nabbed a major cog in the terrorist wheel and with our soldiers stationed in Kandahar, there is the possibility they could pull off the coup of a lifetime by “getting” Bin Laden. 

God bless our soldiers in Afghanistan with their ongoing fight against terror and terrorists.

Anti-Canadian, Anti-Democratic, Anti-American Lunatics and More

Harper urged to backtrack on priorities
Fri, March 31, 2006
By CP

OTTAWA—A coalition of social activist groups is urging Stephen Harper to backtrack on a number of his priority issues, including child care and closer ties with the United States.

The Council of Canadians, Egale, the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, the Child Care Advocacy Association and the Quebec-based Coalition Solidarite Sante all say Prime Minister Harper is out of step with the majority of Canadians.

The activists offered these priorities:

- Honour the child-care agreements negotiated by the last government.

- Stop the trend toward privatized health care.

- Strengthen the CBC with stable, long-term funding.

- Reject a re-opening of the same-sex marriage debate.

- Stop talks on further economic and security integration with the United States.

“We believe these five domestic priorities require the urgent action and support of all members of Parliament,” said Maude Barlow, head of the Council of Canadians.

Harper has said he plans to stick to his agenda for the next Parliament, which opens Monday, including introducing a new kind of family benefit for child care. However, he said during the election campaign that a same-sex marriage debate isn’t a big priority.

Barlow said the prime minister should trim his political sails if he ever hopes to translate his minority government into a majority.

I have but one question.  If Stephen Harper is so out of step with the majority of Canadians, how did he end up as Prime Minister?  These commies, socialist underminers, lunatics, fanatics, anti-American left-wing nutjobs, activists will never be happy until Canada becomes a hyper-sexualized, homosexual, separated, pot-smoking, hooker (not sex trade worker)-lovin’, liberal freakshow Fabian utopia.

Source

Montreal Gazette on the CRTC: “eliminating its very existence” would be a “happy outcome”

Some people fear market forces.  I fear the ever-increasing lack of them. 

Telecom industry will thrive with more freedom

 

The Montreal Gazette

Published: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 [Vancouver Sun]

A commentator gave a knee-slapper of an analysis last week. It concerned recommendations by a government review panel to sweep away restrictions imposed on telecom companies.

“If these proposals are adopted (by the industry regulator, the CRTC),” warned Philippa Lawson, executive director of the University of Ottawa’s Canadian Internet Policy and Public Policy Clinic, “telecom consumers will be left at the mercy of market forces.”

Lawson is evidently not a disciple of Adam Smith and his notion of God’s “invisible hand” guiding market forces. Her point, in fairness, was that leaving phone companies entirely to their own devices would render consumers powerless against “abusive industry practices such as hidden fees, misleading bills, excessive late-payment fees and other after-the-fact charges.”

That might be true if the same Technology Policy Review panel had not also specifically advised that the government set up an ombudsman to monitor how telecom firms respond to greater market freedom. That might do more for consumers than the so-called protection offered by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

The panel took its time—nearly one year—in coming up with its long list of suggestions. But in the end, the call for the regulator to get out of the way and for the market to work its magic was received generally warmly by the industry, and dovetails with the agenda of Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, which views market forces as a good thing.

The nugget among the 127 recommendations is for the market, not the CRTC, to determine how much competition should exist in the industry. If past deregulations and privatizations are any indication, the panel’s conclusion will be proven right: Telecom deregulation will mean more competition, which will mean lower prices, more selection and more innovation. The counter argument—that no innovating upstart will have the deep pockets, the vision or the talent required to compete with Bell, Telus, Allstream and the other big boys—will be proven wrong.

[...] The reality is that a free market—under supervision for fairness, naturally—always creates opportunities. It gives energetic entrepreneurs a chance to create jobs, companies, even industries—in a word, wealth. That’s how it will pan out with telecoms.

One happy outcome of the panel’s work, if Ottawa adopts its proposals, would be not just toning down the CRTC’s ham-fisted policeman role, but eliminating its very existence. The proposal to merge it with the Competition Bureau is just fine.

(Yellow highlighting mine)

Liberals’ Ethics Commissioner refuses to probe Liberal Stronach

On March 21 2006 I blogged with this information, when the “Ethics” “Czar” wrote up his report clearing newly minted Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper and MP David Emerson of any wrongdoing:

[...] In fact, Shapiro wrote that MPs who switch parties just before important parliamentary votes are breaking the ethical rules.

“Clearly, if the prime minister were to approach a member with an offer of a cabinet position with the sole intent and specific purpose of acquiring that member’s vote directly linked to a parliamentary proceeding existing at that time, such conduct would be inappropriate and unacceptable,’’ he wrote. [...]

—Vancouver Sun
March 20 2006

... and then I wrote in my blog entry, “Hello Ms. Stronach and Mr. Martin!”

... and then I waited for the announcement that Stronach and Martin were going to be investigated. 

... and then this was reported today:

Ethics commissioner refuses to probe Stronach defection

 
OTTAWA (CP) - The federal ethics commissioner says he will not investigate former prime minister Paul Martin’s role in bringing Belinda Stronach into the Liberal ranks last May.

Bernard Shapiro says there’s nothing in the ethics guidelines to stop a prime minister from appointing an opposition member to his cabinet - in fact, he calls it a constitutional right.

Shapiro was responding to a complaint from New Democrat MP Pat Martin, who had complained that the former prime minister may have violated ethics guidelines by offering Stronach a cabinet job.

Martin said he’s surprised.

He said Shapiro sent a clear message in his report on David Emerson’s recent party switch that had the defection been linked to a Commons vote, it would have been a clear violation of the guidelines.

Martin filed his complaint after the Emerson report because he said Stronach, a former Tory, crossed the floor on the eve of a critical Commons vote that threatened to bring down the minority Liberal government. 

Can he be fired anytime soon?

Bush about Harper: “I appreciate his steely resolve to get something done”

(...In contradistinction to the previous bunch—Team Liberal—and their steely resolve to grow their behemoth government, grasp onto power at all costs, dither until the cows came home, and spend the rest of the time weakening our nation from its foundational family roots upward, perhaps.)

Harper, Bush agree to new softwood talks

Updated Thu. Mar. 30 2006 11:28 PM ET

CTV.ca News Staff

Prime Minister Stephen Harper reached an agreement on Thursday with U.S. President George Bush to resume talks on the contentious softwood lumber dispute.

“We have given instructions to our officials to discuss what the options are,” Harper said after his first one-on-one session with the president.

“But the position of the Canadian government is clear: if we don’t see a resolution, Canada will pursue all its legal options as well as financial support for the softwood industry.”

Bush declared earlier that he has always been “optimistic” about resolving the softwood issue that has strained U.S. relations with Canada for years.

There has been little movement on the file since last August, when a NAFTA panel ruled in favour of the Canadian lumber industry, saying the U.S. was wrong to impose the punitive tariffs.

[...] Speaking after meeting Harper and Mexican President Vicente Fox at the first of a two-day summit in Cancun, Bush complimented the Canadian prime minister on his tenacity.

“He made an emphatic case for softwood lumber. I appreciate his steely resolve to get something done,” said Bush, grinning.

[...]

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Unpatriotism Next Lesson in Quebec Public Schools?

See if you can spot the real problem...

Sovereigntists publish teachers' guide
Thu, March 30, 2006
By FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES


MONTREAL -- The blue Fleur-de-lis flies over a torn Maple Leaf in Activity 1 of a new lesson plan aimed at helping teachers promote Quebec independence, setting the tone right from kindergarten in a book launched by leading sovereigntists.

There is little chance Let's Talk about Sovereignty at School will find its way soon into the official Quebec curriculum, but the publisher has run off thousands of copies in French with the help of a grant from the government of Canada. The book's promoters, including a leading sovereigntist group and publishing house Les Intouchables, hope teachers will shell out $9.95 for a series of ideas to push their cause in the classroom. The first lesson suggests elementary school pupils prepare decorations for Fete nationale -- a major holiday and a rallying point for Quebec nationalists. Artwork by a child shows smiling revellers admiring a Quebec flag cutting through the Maple Leaf, with a traditional Fete nationale bonfire burning in the background.

Source

Maybe the government of Canada sponsoring separatist propaganda with your money doesn't bother you but it doesn't sit right with me.

Western Standard Sued for Publishing Cartoons

I received an email today from Ezra Levant, publisher of the Western Standard. as I’m sure many other subscribers received.  He’s being sued for publishing the infamous “Danish” cartoons. They just won’t let this die.  Alberta taxpayers will be on the hook for the plaintiff’s costs.  The Western Standard will be responsible for their own legal costs.

Here are some excerpts of the email I received.

Dear Western Standard reader,

Our magazine has been sued for publishing the Danish cartoons, and I need your help to fight back!

As you know, the Western Standard was the only mainstream media organ in Canada to publish the Danish cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed.

We did so for a simple reason: the cartoons were the central fact in one of the largest news stories of the year, and we’re a news magazine. We publish the facts and we let our readers make up their minds.

Advertisers stood with us. Readers loved the fact that we treated them like grown-ups. And we earned the respect of many other journalists in Canada who envied our independence. In fact, according to a COMPAS poll last month, fully 70% of Canada’s working journalists supported our decision to publish the cartoons.  [The poll was done February 19/06. Scroll down the Compas main page to see the poll results —conservativegal]

But not Syed Soharwardy, a radical Calgary Muslim imam.

He asked the police to arrest me for publishing the cartoons. They calmly explained to him that’s not what police in Canada do.

So then he went to a far less liberal institution than the police: the Alberta Human Rights Commission [click here —conservativegal]. Unlike the Calgary Police Service, they didn’t have the common sense to show him the door.

Earlier this month, I received a copy of Soharwardy’s rambling, hand-scrawled complaint. It is truly an embarrassing document. He briefly complains that we published the Danish cartoons. But the bulk of his complaint is that we dared to try to justify it - that we dared to disagree with him.

Think about that: In Soharwardy’s view, not only should the Canadian media be banned from publishing the cartoons, but we should be banned from defending our right to publish them. Perhaps the Charter of Rights that guarantees our freedom of the press should be banned, too.

Soharwardy’s complaint goes further than just the cartoons. It refers to news articles we published about Hamas, a group labelled a terrorist organization by the Canadian government. By including those other articles, he shows his real agenda: censoring any criticism of Muslim extremists.

Perhaps the most embarrassing thing about Soharwardy’s complaint is that he claims our cartoons caused him to receive hate mail. Indeed, his complaint includes copies of a few e-mails from strangers to him. Some of those e-mails even go so far as to call him “humourless” and tell him to “lighten up”. Perhaps that’s hateful. But all of those e-mails were sent to him before our magazine even published the cartoons. Soharwardy isn’t even pretending that this is a legitimate complaint. He’s not even trying to hide that this is a nuisance suit.

Soharwardy’s complaint should have been thrown out immediately by the Alberta Human Rights Commission, just like the police did. But it wasn’t.

[...] Our lawyers tell us we’re going to win. But not before we have to spend hundreds of hours and up to $75,000 fighting this thing, at our own expense. Soharwardy doesn’t have to spend a dime - now that his complaint has been filed, Alberta tax dollars will pay for the prosecution of his complaint. We have to pay for this on our own.

Look, $75,000 isn’t going to bankrupt us. But it will sting. We’re a small, independent magazine, not a huge company with deep pockets. All of our money is needed to produce the best possible editorial product, not to fight legal battles. This is clearly an abuse of process designed to punish us and deter other media from daring to cross that angry imam in the future.

One of the leaders in Canadian human rights law, Alan Borovoy, was so disturbed by Soharwardy’s abuse of the human rights commission that he wrote a public letter about it in the Calgary Herald on March 16th. “During the years when my colleagues and I were labouring to create such commissions, we never imagined that they might ultimately be used against freedom of speech,” wrote Borovoy, who is general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Censorship was “hardly the role we had envisioned for human rights commissions. There should be no question of the right to publish the impugned cartoons,” he wrote.

Borovoy went even further - he said that the human rights laws should be changed to avoid this sort of abuse in the future. “It would be best, therefore, to change the provisions of the Human Rights Act to remove any such ambiguities of interpretation,” he wrote. That’s an amazing statement, coming from one of the fathers of the Canadian human rights movement.

I agree with Borovoy: the law should be changed to stop future abuses. But those changes will come too late for us - we’re already under attack. The human rights laws, designed as a shield, are being used against us as a sword.

We will file our legal response to Soharwardy’s shakedown this week. And we will fight this battle to the end - not just for our own sake, but to defend freedom of the press for all Canadians.

[...]

 

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Columnists today, 03/29/06

UPDATED to point you to Ann Coulter’s latest column. 

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Today in our PTBC Columnist section, we have Charles Adler and Barbara Kay. 

... and Ann Coulter!

Don’t forget we now allow COMMENTS in the Columnist section to all the columnists’ columns.  And don’t forget to Send to a Friend!

Today, Ann Coulter is as meek as ever.  Here’s snippet:

[...] Four major world leaders who sent troops to Iraq have faced elections since the war’s inception—Jose Maria Aznar in Spain, John Howard in Australia, Tony Blair in Britain and Junichiro Koizumi in Japan. Three of them won re-elections in campaigns that centered on their support for the Iraq war.

Only in Spain did voters capitulate to savagery and vote in an al Qaeda-friendly government in response to their trains being bombed the week before the election. Unaware that there is NO CONNECTION between al-Qaida and Iraq, al Qaeda’s European spokesman explained that the terrorist attack was intended to punish Spain for supporting the Iraq war. Spanish voters duly complied, making terrorist attacks in the rest of the world more likely. Muchas gracias, Spano-weenies. [...]

That’s funny—when I did a spell-check, “Spano-weenies” didn’t come up.  But you gotta know I’m going to start using “Cana-weenies”.  That’s a given.

Charles Adler says the “Christian Peacemakers” call us the enemy.  You and me. 

That would make them my enemy. 

Mr. Adler then jots down a note to one of those “Christian Peacemaker” former hostages (butt having now been saved by American, British, and Canadian freedom-makers):

Dear Mr. Loney,

I hope you and your partner live a happy and prosperous life. But I hope you understand that many of us on the “enemies list” will never see you as a partner of freedom or peace or Christ.

Barbara Kay, one of my favorite Canadian writers, warns of another slippery slope in the culture war:

In her March 18 column, The Globe and Mail’s Margaret Wente confessed that “my open-minded tolerance deserts me when I see women completely covered up. In every culture where this is the norm, women are oppressed.” I feel the same. But Wente goes on to distinguish between full coverage and the hijab: “Head scarves ... don’t bother me at all.”

Here we disagree. The hijab lies at one end of a cultural spectrum with full-cover tent-like burkas at the other, and is subject to arbitrary “cover creep” at the discretion of a woman’s male family members. Indeed, buoyed by the kirpan ruling, Quebec Muslims immediately announced their intent to press for admission of the hijab in schools. For if the kirpan, why not the hijab? And if the hijab, why not someday for some girls the jilbab and the burka—not to mention mandatory prayer rooms?

Listen or watch Harper National Caucus address

Stephen Harper’s speech today to the National Caucus.  Warning to liberals:  he closes with “God bless Canada!”  Please be advised to stick your fingers (clean hands please!) in your ears and shout la-la-la-la-la I can’t here you church and state church and state. 

  Listen to the audio file!

Watch the video! (In full color - modern-like!  And yet not on the state-run CBC! How DO they do it?) 

Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Address to the National Caucus

March 28, 2006
Ottawa, Ontario

Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here with you today as we prepare for a new parliament and a new Speech from the Throne.

I know all of you have worked very hard…

… and your efforts have not gone unnoticed.

On January 23, Canadians voted for change.

And they asked our party to lead that change.

Change that will bring accountability back to Ottawa.

Change that will deliver real results for ordinary working families.

Change that will allow us to build a Canada that is strong, united, independent and free.

That is quite a challenge, my friends.

But Canadians have placed their trust in us and we will prove ourselves worthy of that trust.

We will keep our promises.

Of course, not everyone is happy about the change Canadians want.

Take for instance our new Official Opposition.

To hear the Liberals talk, you’d think they’re entitled to be in power.

You’d think that the recent election in which 70% of Canadian voters called for change had never occurred.

Or if it did occur, people should vote again to get it right.

Well, that election did occur, Canadians voted for change; they don’t want to vote again.

They want us to deliver change and that is what we will do.

So what are we going to do?

That’s easy — we’re going to keep the promises we made to Canadians during the election.

First of all, we’re going to clean up the mess in Ottawa.

Ordinary Canadians were horrified by the abuse committed in connection with the sponsorship scandal.

They simply could not believe that their tax dollars — the money they worked so hard for — was diverted for partisan political ends.

This will not happen again.

This will not happen again. We will introduce a new Federal Accountability Act.

[...]

We will protect Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic and strengthen Canada’s place in the world by means of a “Canada first” defense strategy aimed at repairing years of Liberal neglect.

We’re going to restore this country’s ability to defend its borders — so we can keep this country we love strong, united, independent and free.

And we’re going to show Canada’s leadership in the world by making an appreciable and appreciated contribution on the international scene.

As we are doing in Afghanistan, where our young men and women are doing an admirable job.

And that is why we stand foursquare behind the work, the hardship and the sacrifice of our young men and women in uniform in Afghanistan.

In conclusion, my friends, Canadians have seen the past.

And they’re tired of it.

So it’s up to us to fix the mess and deliver a bright new future.

We know what we have to do.

We know what we want to achieve.

And friends, make no mistake about it, Canadians are with us.

Quebecers are also with us in large numbers.

It is up to us to work hard to ensure that more of them want to join us.

But in a minority Parliament, more than ever, we’re going to need your help.

And we’re going to need the active support and involvement of Canadians right across this country

· Writing, e-mailing, faxing and telephoning their MPs telling them to get with the plan.

Our plan to build a better Canada, in which a strong Quebec can occupy its legitimate and rightful place.

Thank you all for coming today for the work you’ve done to get us this far and for this show of enthusiastic support for all we are trying to achieve.

Thank you, thank you very much. God bless Canada!

New Poll - Tory Support Rising

In light of today’s story about Canadians suspending assistance to Hamas, this new poll just released shows that Canadians have given Stephen Harper and the Conservatives a definite “thumbs up!” All this before Parliament has resumed.

...The survey by Decima Research put support for Stephen Harper’s Conservatives at 39 per cent nationally, up almost three points from their percentage of the popular vote in the Jan. 23 election.

...Although the Conservative rise remains within the poll’s margin of error, the overall results indicate a widening gap with the second-place Liberals.

...Grit support was at 28 per cent in the survey, down two percentage points from election day.

...The NDP was at 19 per cent and the Bloc Quebecois at 11 per cent.

...The poll of 1,012 respondents was conducted over four days, through Sunday, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 per cent, 19 times out of 20.

...“As the new government prepares to meet Parliament (on Monday), the results we have been seeing in the last few weeks reinforce that the Harper Conservatives have a mandate from Canadians,” said Bruce Anderson, Decima’s CEO.

...In spite of the fact that Conservative support has been rising for weeks,, the liberal MSM has to get that one shot in, saying that these results could be interpreted in several ways and considering that the Liberals are “leaderless,”, the Conservatives should have a bigger lead in the polls. They have never enjoyed a lead bigger than 35% since the days of the Reform Party. And of course, the Conservatives and Liberals are in an almost dead heat in Liberal Ontario where the Conservatives polled 39 per cent to the Liberals’ 38, with New Democrats trailing at 20 per cent.

One interesting little difference I noticed: in the Toronto Star’s posting, the first paragraph reads like this:

OTTAWA — A fresh poll shows Conservative support edging upward as Parliament prepares to resume under a new Tory government.

...while the same article posted on CANOE reads like this:

OTTAWA (CP) - A fresh poll suggests Conservative support may be edging upward as Parliament prepares to resume under a new Tory government.

Other than that one word difference, both articles are identical. 

And as a footnote, the MSM better get used to the “New Normal” in the Press Gallery.
Read this STORY.
Words (by the Media Union)  like “undemocratic” and “frightening” in describing the so-called attempts to limit press access to the Conservative government fall on deaf ears now. 
Would they like a little more “whine” with their cheese?

What’s this? Canada leading the world?

The difference between former Prime Minister and Liberal Paul (“we lead the world”) Martin, and new Prime Minister and Conservative Stephen (“we actually are starting to lead the world”) Harper:  this story in the U.S. version of Yahoo News…

Canada Suspends Aid to Hamas-Led Gov’t

By BETH DUFF-BROWN, Associated Press Writer

TORONTO - Canada said Wednesday it was suspending assistance to the Palestinian Authority because the new Hamas-led government refuses to renounce violence and recognize Israel. Hamas responded that Ottawa’s decision was hasty and unfair.
It was the first government besides Israel to cut off financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority since Hamas won the legislative elections in January, and other nations were expected to follow suit.

Hamas formally took power Wednesday, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swearing in its 24-member Cabinet.

Hamas and new Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh insist they won’t soften the militant group’s violent ideology or formally recognize its longtime nemesis.

Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said in a statement that Canada had no choice but to suspend assistance and decline any contact with the new Hamas Cabinet.

“The stated platform of this government has not addressed the concerns raised by Canada and others concerning nonviolence, the recognition of Israel, and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations, including the roadmap for peace,” MacKay said. “As a result, Canada will have no contact with the members of the Hamas Cabinet and is suspending assistance to the Palestinian Authority.”

With Hamas now at the helm, the cash-strapped Palestinian government faces a crippling international economic boycott,

“I think the Canadian position is hasty and shows obvious bias,” newly installed Palestinian Information Minister Youssef Rizka told The Associated Press in Gaza City. “What we need from the Canadian government is that it ask the Israeli authorities to admit that they are occupying Palestinian land.”

However, Ottawa emphasized Wednesday that it would continue giving humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people through U.N. and nongovernment organizations.

Canada, like the United States, Europe and Israel, considers Hamas a terrorist organization.

[...]

I am proud!  ProudToBeCanadian!

Canadians win battle last night in Afghanistan

Canadian Brig.-Gen. David Fraser, commander of all coalition forces in southern Afghanistan said last evening:

Far-left liberals and socialists and other such ridiculous clowns back home in Canada are against that.  They’re even against our military leaders saying things like that. 

A Canadian, Pte. Robert Costall, died, along with an American soldier, and several were wounded yesterday in a fierce battle fought by our brave Canadian soldiers in their noble and righteous cause.  God bless them all, and their families. 

But several more Taliban terrorists were killed and wounded by the good soldiers.  So we won that battle. 

This web site supports the war in Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, and any war against terrorism and tyranny and for freedom and democracy wherever it may be, and for as long as it takes to win.  This web site supports America and American efforts in the war on terror in Iraq and anywhere else it needs to be fought, and supports all the military personnel from Canada, Australia, the U.K., the U.S.A., and elsewhere.

Canada Leads The World in the Production of Hot Air

We are now starting to see how the production of hot air in Ottawa by Liberals, fueled by Kyoto madness, has outpaced the production of ethanol. It seems that Liberal Canada has been too busy with critical issues like gay marriage, legalizing pot and prostitution, appeasing greedy unions, Kyoto environuts and political activists and stealing from taxpayers.

Canada lags in renewable fuels
Wed, March 29, 2006
By CP

OTTAWA -- Canada is falling behind in the international race to develop alternative fuels made from plants, says a study commissioned by the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association.

Brazil, the United States, China and the European Union are far ahead of Canada in production of fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel, says the report by international commodities research firm F.O. Licht.

In 2004, Brazil produced about 15.4 billion litres of ethanol, the United States 12.9 billion litres, the European Union 526 million litres, and Canada a mere 250 million litres.

How is it possible that the United States is doing so well without an initiative like Kyoto? I'd like to hear liberals, environuts and communist university professors explain how this is possible.

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Sometimes I Like Politicians

In the political sphere, it's not too often that you hear an elected official launch a verbal assault on a bunch of deserving retards (PETArds, actually). I think something below (in quotations) qualifies as the PTBC Quote of the Week!

Here are some great keepers from Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn:

But Fisheries Minister Loyola Hearn swung back at the pop stars who've chimed in, including former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife, Heather Mills, and former sex kitten Brigitte Bardot, suggesting they're has-beens and calling them dupes of lucrative animal-rights groups.

"They use poor old people like McCartney and Pamela Anderson and Brigitte Bardot," the Newfoundland MP said outside a government caucus meeting in Ottawa.

"Some of them haven't got a clue what they're doing. They think this is a great cause and they are just being used.

"I pity them," he said.

Hearn said he used to watch Anderson on the TV show that propelled her to stardom.

"It's been a long time since she looked good on Baywatch," he said.

As for McCartney, Hearn offered up a little advice from his Fab-Four past: "Get back to where you once belonged, because you're doing no good to anybody and you're totally embarrassing yourself."

By the way, what makes Pamela Anderson think she deserves a meeting with the Rt. Honourable Stephen Harper? Does she not realize he has sat across the room from a bunch of tits for years and likely won't be impressed by another pair?

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