Oh he is a columnist

The bias at the National Pest is rearing its head again.

In a story on the Liberals Retreat to Vancouver, err retreat in Vancouver, John Ivison of the National Post says this; Liberals spent the previous evening patting themselves on the back at an event in Surrey, proud of being, in Michael Ignatieff's words, "the progressive social conscience of this country." But Lyotier's message mocks such complacency. That last sentence is an opinion by the writer, but it ran in the paper as a front page story, NOT identified as a column.

Though once you dig through the NP web site you find out that Ivison is listed as a columnist. Except he also is a reporter. So which is he? When is a column a news story and when is a news story a column?

Such media bias should set off the tinfoil hat crowd, except it's not CBC showing bias, it's the national media voice of the right wing. So I guess Scott Taylor won't be complaining about this. Nor will his pal and National Pest blogger Kinsella.

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A new twist on Computer Crime

The media makes a mountain out of a molehill over the arrest of University of Waterloo Engineering student linked to the Tamil Tigers

U.S. prosecutors allege that Sriskandarajah and Mylvaganam used their studies at the University of Waterloo as a cover for terrorist activities.U.S. officials claim the men approached high-tech companies for equipment they claimed was for "school projects" but was actually for Tamil fighters in Sri Lanka, according to a report in The Globe and Mail.RCMP arrest two more in alleged Tamil plot

Let us pause and see what it is he is accussed of doing. Basically, besides being linked to the attempted purchase of weapons in the U.S., which he was not 'directly' involved with, he is accussed of shipping computer software to the Tamil Tigers. Hello, computer software, not guns. Legally purchased military software. Only illegal because the Sri Lankan government bans access to it by the Tamil Tigers.

And he did this PRIOR to the Conservatives banning the LTTE as a terrorist organization. So his arrest is 'after' the fact. The allegations are that he had organized a support group for the Tamil Tigers, however as far as the FBI accusations of his link to the gun buyers in the US, that is still unclear since their information is sealed. However the accusations he is facing in Canada are that he did something perfectly legal at the time, purchase computer software. The allegation that he supplied it to the Tigers is irrelevant since they were not designated a terrorist organization at the time.

His extradition to the United States should NOT BEALLOWED. This should be challenged on the grounds that a Canadian citizen should not be charged in Canada with commiting an offense in the U.S. which is what he is being charged with.

Here is his home page.

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Tories Green Petro Plan

So where does the Harper Government launch its secret meetings on its Green Plan? In Alberta. And who do they invite? Big Oil and Big Business.

Tories' proposed environmental plan to include strong links to US
The Harper government is developing a major environmental plan that would involve stronger co-ordination with the United States on key aspects of air pollution and climate change policy, CanWest News Service has learned.

In a meeting with Alberta industry representatives last week, senior government officials delivered this message during an eight-slide presentation outlining the highlights of a comprehensive green plan expected to be announced next month. The officials from the office of Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and her department also discussed changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to allow federal ministers to transfer powers to the provinces to enforce regulations.

''They clearly indicated this was something they were doing work on,'' said Pierre Alvarez, president of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, who attended the meeting. ''It's something that we have been asking for at both the federal and provincial level for years now.''

Who don't they invite....Critics frozen out of Tory environmental briefing

The Harper Green plan is all about Greenbacks.Tories Put Endangered Species at Risk

Allowing provinces to enforce the rules, oh please gimme a break, they don't enforce the existing rules.Verbena for Ambrose

Nor does the Environment Minister."No Threat" to Spotted Owls in Canada, says Environment Minister

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CMA are Businessmen

MD group happy with CMA president Of course they are Doctors are businessmen. Real reform of Public Healthcare in Canada will only occur when they are put on salary like other healthcare workers, as I have said before.

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Fighting For Democracy

So what happened to freedom of speech we are supposedly fighting for in Afghanistan, only a day after various pro-war bloggers in Canada wrote about a Canadian Forces blogger, his blog has been censored by the Canadian Military. So much for democracy.

Matt In AfghanistanThe life of an undergrad in a very big desert can be officially listesd as MIA thanks to censorship by the Canadian Military brass. Click on it and see for yourself.

Kinda reminds me of this 'democratically elected' guy
who is allowed to Blog but bans others from blogging.

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