Harper throws women overboard
By Alison@Creekside
Gerald Caplan, G&M: The Harper government, women’s rights and the cost of speaking out.
The Tories are playing punishment politics with Canada’s progressive NGOs — and eroding civil society in the process.
“Despite the chill on speaking out, this week the Canadian Council for International Co-operation announced its fear that its funding is likely to [...]
Kevin Neish, Al Jazeera: Israel fired before boarding
By Frank Moher
In an interview with Zoe Blunt published at pacificfreepress.com, Canadian human rights activist Kevin Neish reports that he was on board the Gaza aid ship that was stormed by Israeli commandos, and that soldiers began firing from helicopters above the ship as the raid began.
His account is corroborated by an interview with Al [...]
Kevin Neish and the flotilla: human rites
By Frank Moher
I got to know Kevin Neish, one of three Canadians currently being held by Israel after its attack on the Gaza aid flotilla, last Fall, when a production of the play My Name is Rachel Corrie that I had directed toured to Victoria. Kevin was instrumental in bringing the show to his city, [...]
Rights and Democracy, and Hypocrisy
By Alison@Creekside
On the same day we are hearing from the three fired members of Rights and Democracy at the Foreign Affairs Committee (see below) comes an op-ed in the National Post by R&D board member Marco Navarro-Genie. And what a gong show stinker it is too.
According to Navarro-Genie, the Foreign Affairs committee is involved in [...]
Our good narco-neighbour Colombia
By Alison@Creekside
In the House on Monday, Liberal trade critic Scott Brison defended Bill C-23, the Canada Colombia free trade agreement thusly:
“If we isolate Colombia in the Andean region and leave Colombia exposed and vulnerable to the ideological attacks of Chavez’s Venezuela, we will be allowing evil to flourish.”
Oooh – two Bush cat’s paw points for [...]
Bernie’s version
By Alison@Creekside
In February, Bernie Farber, CEO of the CJC, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, and 10 other Lib and Con MPs attended the London Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism.
From Farber’s Feb 25 column at Canadian Jewish Congress:
“Of all the strategies and tactics reviewed, one stood out for broader emulation. It was the development of all-party enquiries [...]
Abdelrazik: Let the questions begin
By Alison@Creekside
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson announced in Question Period Friday that the government will comply with, rather than appeal, the Federal Court decision ordering it to repatriate Abousfian Abdelrazik, stranded in Sudan since 2003.
Good.
As Chris Selley writes: “It’s all over but the thousands of unanswered questions”Here’s one.
How much did this July 2006 US Embassy memo [...]
Voting Liberal, without hope
Well, very little time left to make a decision and I don’t have a favourite party.
I have been very interested in listening to Green Party candidates and I believe that they ought to have a voice in parliament. So if I lived in a riding with a very strong Green Party candidate, I would [...]
Another Arar
By guest blogger Alison@Creekside
“The similarities with Mr. Arar’s case are compelling. In both instances, a Canadian citizen is fingered by CSIS as a terrorist suspect. In both cases, no charges are laid in Canada. In both, the person is arrested and imprisoned abroad. In both, Canadian officials say there is little that they can do [...]
