It’s possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way (K.Marx, Letter to F.Engels on the Indian Mutiny)
To members of Save U.S. Soldier Corey Glass - Keep Him in Canada!
Breaking News: Parliament Debates Motion to Allow Iraq War Resisters to Stay
On May 29th, following a motion put forward by NDP MP Olivia Chow, Parliament began debating a motion in support of Iraq war resisters.
The debate lasted for 3 hours with all three opposition parties speaking strongly in favour of the motion.
The Tories tried to derail the motion by procedural means but their attempt was defeated by a vote of 121-97.
WE STILL NEED YOU!!!
With the debate now completed, a vote on the motion will take place on Monday, June 2nd.
Call and email Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Diane Finley today! phone 613.996.4974 fax 613.996.9749 email finley.d@parl.gc.ca and finled1@parl.gc.ca
Tell her you want her to • rescind the deportation order against US war resister Corey Glass • support US war resisters, not Bush's war in Iraq • support the motion to allow Iraq war resisters to remain in Canada
Call and email Prime Minister Stephen Harper! phone 613.992.4211 fax 613.941.6900 email pm@pm.gc.ca
Tell him you want the Government of Canada to • rescind the deportation order against US war resister Corey Glass • support US war resisters, not Bush's war in Iraq • support the motion to allow Iraq war resisters to remain in Canada
Call Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion at 613.996.6740 or 613.996.5789
Tell him you want the Liberal Party... • to support the Parliamentary motion to allow Iraq War resisters to remain in Canada, • to oppose the deportation of people of conscience who have resisted an illegal war, and • to support the will of the Canadian people, not Stephen Harper’s decision to deport war resisters, and not the U.S.’s war agenda.
Which Liberal Prime Minister was a Draft Dodger? Not who you think.
" As a child, I remember three main villains in Canada: one was Hitler, who was going to start a war - it was as inevitable as the sunrise; the second villain (not necessarily in this order) was the Treasury Board, which was depriving Canada of enough resources to get equipment for the military, to fight the threat of Hitler; and the third great villain was Mackenzie King, who was prime minister, and was not only a draft dodger in World War I, but had no sympathy and no understanding of, and no interest in, the military and as a consequence damaged Canada's future."
Of course considering the source this comment has as much validity as those of Brian Mulroney. It only goes to show that war mongering Conservatives hold grudges and never forget those who oppose them. Even if it means tarring them with the brush of appeasement and cowardice.
William Lyon Mackenzie Kingreturned to Canada to run in the 1917 election, which focused almost entirely on the conscription issue, and lost again, due to his opposition to conscription, which was supported by the majority of English Canadians.
And all that vitriolic spittle and invective published in his Memoirs will not change that for Mssr. Mulroney. In his Memoir we again see the man revealed by Peter Newman.