Segnosaur
16th May 2003, 01:55 PM
Ok, a few interesting things have been happening in Canada lately:
In a recent refugee case, our Imigration and Refugee board has refused the application of an applicant. The reason? He had spied for Israel against Hezbollah, and as such was considered a War Criminal.
http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=4FEACF00-04EE-4FAA-9F26-C111EB5E579C
This puts the refuge board at odds with the government, who had recently declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Now, Canada's refugee process has been a joke for along time... There are tens of thousands of people who's refugee claims have been rejected, but they have disappeared into the Canadian population... And they're worried about a guy who spied on terrorist organizations?
I had heard about another case recently, where the immigration board denied the application of someone who had been a member of a terrorist organization, but a judge later reversed their decsion. (The reason? He had been involved in killing only police and military, and thus was part of a legitimate resistance movement.) Sandly, I heard this on the radio and didn't get all the details... anyone have any more information on it?
In other news:
We had a by election recently to replace one of our MPs in Ontario. The ruling liberal party had held the seat, but they lost the reelection to the Progressive Conservative party. Why did they loose? Our Prime Minister, in consideration of the sensitivities of everyone involved, placed the blame fairly on the person responsible: The past Liberal there who had Alzheimers.
http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=9EDB8D57-459B-4406-9729-3D1FFDDA69B9
Really classy there Jean. But, the way Canadians react, comments like that will probably increase his popularity even more.
Note: This probably isn't the most insensitive comment I've ever heard about; a few years ago, some vetrans wanted to go to Europe for a ceremony which involved burying the casket of a dead Canadian soldier. Cretien was only going to provide funding to send a few over, and made some sort of remark about how the "Dead guy wouldn't weigh very much now".
In a recent refugee case, our Imigration and Refugee board has refused the application of an applicant. The reason? He had spied for Israel against Hezbollah, and as such was considered a War Criminal.
http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=4FEACF00-04EE-4FAA-9F26-C111EB5E579C
This puts the refuge board at odds with the government, who had recently declared Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Now, Canada's refugee process has been a joke for along time... There are tens of thousands of people who's refugee claims have been rejected, but they have disappeared into the Canadian population... And they're worried about a guy who spied on terrorist organizations?
I had heard about another case recently, where the immigration board denied the application of someone who had been a member of a terrorist organization, but a judge later reversed their decsion. (The reason? He had been involved in killing only police and military, and thus was part of a legitimate resistance movement.) Sandly, I heard this on the radio and didn't get all the details... anyone have any more information on it?
In other news:
We had a by election recently to replace one of our MPs in Ontario. The ruling liberal party had held the seat, but they lost the reelection to the Progressive Conservative party. Why did they loose? Our Prime Minister, in consideration of the sensitivities of everyone involved, placed the blame fairly on the person responsible: The past Liberal there who had Alzheimers.
http://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=9EDB8D57-459B-4406-9729-3D1FFDDA69B9
Really classy there Jean. But, the way Canadians react, comments like that will probably increase his popularity even more.
Note: This probably isn't the most insensitive comment I've ever heard about; a few years ago, some vetrans wanted to go to Europe for a ceremony which involved burying the casket of a dead Canadian soldier. Cretien was only going to provide funding to send a few over, and made some sort of remark about how the "Dead guy wouldn't weigh very much now".