Is CSIS replaying the Arar card?
By Alison@Creekside A leaked 2004 CSIS report from LaPresse on Thursday purports to be a summary of a conversation between Abousfian Abdelrazik and Adil Charkaoui in 2000 in which they plotted to blow up an airplane enroute between Montreal and France. It has already been enthusiastically repeated across our national press: CBC: CSIS file reveals plot to bomb [...]
The A word
By Alison@Creekside The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Anti-Semitism has released its Final Report — two years in the making — on what co-chair and former Lib MP Mario Silva refers to as the ”wave of anti-Semitism we are witnessing in our nation.” A 71% increase. Yet a mere seven months earlier in December, here is the CPCCA’s [...]
Jason Kenney’s “very cynical” letter
By Sandeep Chauhan Jason Kenney ought to love Charlie Sheen. Kenney and his office pulled a boner of a move with their fundraising letter targeting “very ethnic” communities, but it’s getting buffered a bit by Charlie’s shtick. I should probably be outraged, but I’m not. I should be shocked, but again I’m not. I just [...]
Oda and da machine
By Montreal Simon Oh. My. Mafia. I hear the Con mob in the PMO, now known as the Oda Gang, are desperate. The new boss is now claiming she couldn’t have whacked KAIROS, because she has an alibi. She was out of town. So even though she owes her current position to the fact she [...]
Libs go AWOL on own war resisters bill
By Alison@Creekside For want of just eight more votes, Bill C-440 — the war resisters bill to give protection to US Iraq war deserters — went down to defeat on Wednesday 136 to 143. The following 18 Libs expedited that defeat by going awol on the vote: Michael Ignatieff, Jean-Claude D’Amours, Ruby Dhalla, Kirsty Duncan, [...]
The Cons find their wedge issue: Israel
By Alison@Creekside Two days ago Jason Kenney’s communications director Alykhan Velshi tweeted that Con MP Tim Uppal from the inquiry panel at the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism will be looking for unanimous all-party approval when he introduces a motion to condemn the use of the word “apartheid” as applied to Israel in the [...]
Israel for dummies
By Alison@Creekside Jason Kenney explains the difference between anti-Semitism and legitimate criticism of Israel at Monday’s session of The Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism: Irwin Cotler: “How does one distinguish between legitimate criticism of Israel and crossing the line?” Jason Kenney: “Criticism of Israel predicated on a view of Israel as a criminal enterprise, [...]
Canada to Palestinians: no more schools for you
By Alison@Creekside Last month Jason Kenney explained his government’s decision to cut off funds to the church aid group KAIROS thusly: “Our government is working to dismantle the client relationship that existed between the government of Canada and organizations whose priority is seemingly to advocate for the legalization of banned terrorist organizations like Hamas and [...]
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 [...]
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