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Posted to this Al Akhbar story about recent Canadian governments’ pro-Israel stances, and a Neil MacDonald documentary about the Hariri assassination and  Hezbollah: The CBC is a faint ghost of its past self, as is Canada. The same forces at work elsewhere have gutted both. As for Neil MacDonald, it has to be said that [...]

I am loyal to the flag that protects me. Louis Riel The shameful conduct of Canada towards Omar Khadr is continuing. Watching the documentary Four Days in Guantanamo on Al jazeera, by filmmakers Patricio Henriquez and Luc Côté, has been a disturbing reminder. Loyalty works both ways. How is one to phrase the conduct of [...]

We were robbed! That’s how I felt when Harper got ‘elected’ via a fax machine and a pair of over-priced boots. Only one of the end results has been the withdrawal of Canada from Kyoto. Though I was not an early fan of Paul Martin–in fact, JC was more my man–I was really impressed with [...]

Headlines: Canada to withdraw from Kyoto; Canada bans veiled faces at citizenship ceremonies…. How did we get here? A public backlash against a sensational, but otherwise minor, case of manipulation, and now we are here with ten years of Harper, no Kyoto, no Wheat Board, gutting of various social/constitutional programs, and almost complete capitulation of [...]

Remember the first election of Canada’s Stephen Harper, and the role of RCMP’s Zaccardelli? The late, great James Travers compared Canada to police states getting their leaders ‘elected’. Watching The Wire, the interplay between the heads of the Baltimore police department and the mayor reminded me of the same thing.

Omar Khadr. Canada’s Shame.