there are a couple of video interviews done by Lisa LaFlamme with Capt. Goddard here.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060503/afghanistan_goddard_feature_060517/20060517/

More proof that the Hitler-lovin' BushNazis here at SDA (because false racism claims are fun!) are a tiny marginalized extremist fringe group:

Pew: U.S. dislike at highest level ever

"A global survey by the Pew Research Center in Washington found more than 70 percent around the world think the U.S. superpower needs a rival.
The Pew study surveyed more than 91,000 people in 50 countries and is included in a book titled "America Against the World."
It found individualistic traits, such as U.S. military operations, have turned off the rest of the world that considered the United States to be the light of democracy in the past."

washtimes.com/upi/20060517-010342-7596r.htm

Cause and effect, folks. The people who blindly support Bush are actually hurting America and the rest of the world, not helping it. You can still be a good conservative/libertarian/etc. and have the good sense to denounce the worst American president possibly ever. Or you can spend the next three years acting against your own self-interest and looking damn foolish trying to defend the indefensible.

Speaking as a true blue conservative, it's painful to see my fellow right wingers here degrade themselves by defending such a chump president. You sound like Liberals; the only difference being that Liberal supporters act rationally ie in their own self-interest. You guys don't.

Before I sit back with a bowl of popcorn to read the fireworks sure to follow Bob's post above, a little levity is in order. Did you catch the new ad campaign promoting carbon dioxide?

The world hate for America is not new Bob.

There is also a book titled "Hating America".

The "world" has hated and IMO, resented and used her for their scapegoat for well over 200 years now.

Re: The so-called CTV scoop that the Prime MInister is planning to "snub" the media by not attending the annual Press Gallery dinner on November 25. (from anonynmous sources of course)

It is hogwash! Bogus! and more press gallery invention to keep this war with the Press Gallery alive.

According the someone in the PMO who was asked about this - it is fiction. The PM does not plan his schedule for these kinds of things that many months in advance.

Now, after watching Newman and Duffy I have seen a true smear campaign by our so-called Press gallery. These unelected walking egos who work for large profit making conglomerate organizations actually think THEY should control the Prime Minister and this country's agenda.

Maybe that is why we have had such a disgraceful dismal corrupt and ineffective government under the Liberals.

They were so busy just keeping the Press Gallery happy that the rest of us were nothing but voting machines doing the bidding of the media's propaganda. Pollsters told us what to think and the media spun the fiction until we actually believed it.

Why do you think there are so many robots running around thinking Kyoto good. Kelowna good. Conservatives scary.

How can ethical government even hope to survive with this incestuous media cesspool. It is so deep and stinks of Liberal rot from the top down and the bottom up.

Any solutions? Any ideas? Or is the power of the press so omnipotent that we just roll over and take it.

Wow! I’m truly amazed. Richard Gwyn, a columnist in the MSM, the Red Star no less - gets it!

I’m happy to have been wrong and now admit there is actually glimmer of common sense on the left.

Hey BOB!
Two things....
1- Just because the majority disagrees with you does not prove your wrong!

2- Nothing breeds contempt like success.
"Bush Derangement Syndrome"
The Number One reason so many people HATE the Republicans and especially GWBush is that they Succeeded in wiping the Democrats out..not once but twice! So no matter what the masses are braying on about, when it comes down to it Bush was elected by the People and serves them as he sees fit. Plus about 99% of everything said about the US by the Libcomsimps is complete BS!

And just why the heck are you so concerned about what the world thinks of the US? You are Canadian?

Go suck your thumb.

nomdenet - Richard Gwyn 'swings'. Sometimes, in my view, his opinions are 'dead on'; other times, he's into the 'Canadians are tolerant, kind and good' while Americans are whatever is opposite..etc.

Bob, not so fast....it does seem that people who were interviewed also expose their belief that what the United States, AND its leadership, has done is to give hope.

http://pewglobal.org/commentary/display.php?AnalysisID=1001

"Despite the continuing unpopularity of the U.S.-led fight against terrorism, there is growing evidence that support for terrorism is waning among Muslim publics."

"...At the same time, however, there are hopeful signs. There has already been some progress in Jordan, Lebanon, and Morocco, and some population groups, including young people and women, are more favorably disposed toward the U.S. than others. Moreover, support for terrorism and terrorist leaders is declining among many in the region. And finally, there is strong evidence that citizens throughout the region aspire to democratic governance."

~~~~~

I would ask you....what rival to the United States do *you* think those interviewed would want to see play a role?

ET, well if I were George Bernard Shaw I’d say something clever about “swingers”. Meanwhile a bird in the hand is better than 2 in the bush .. oh never mind … sometimes I still think I’m in the frat house .. ;>)

This Blog has latest news and opinions about the arrest of Michel Kilo in Syria whcih is very troubling and calling for his release

Free Michel Kilo Now
http://freesyria.wordpress.com/

nomdenet: Gwyn is no leftie. He is however English by origin. This accounts for some prejudice on his part but also a realistic understanding of things military. And when he's good, he's...

Mark
Ottawa

Mark C, so that’s good news, bad news. Good news that Gwyn is not a leftie. Bad news that I can’t yet be optimistic that some lefties are finally “getting it” … :>)

"attempting to please those who are not your friends will not convert them into friends"

I heartily agree. But a dear Friend taught me that I could always go farther with honey than with vinegar in my interactions with other people. How right she was, although at the time I was not sharp enough to understand her.

Perhaps one will not end up with Friends, but animosity and anger are hard on the blood pressure and the intestinal tract.

The Long-Gun Registry: Costs and Crime Statistics

Excerpt:

There are nearly 7 million registered long-guns in Canada.

Yet of 549 murders recorded in Canada in 2003,

only 2 were committed with long-guns known to be

registered (Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics). ... more

http://www.psepc.gc.ca/media/nr/2006/nr20060517-2-en.asp

Dump Kyoto.

Throw the monster created by Maurice Strong/Paul Martin, at al, into the dustbin of history.

Kyoto is a massive fraud.

Canada: Out of Kyoto, now. ...

Harper hints Canada poised to join Kyoto rival
Canada.com - 3 hours ago
GATINEAU, Que. -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave the strongest signal yet Friday that Canada is poised to join an international climate-change forum that's seen as a rival to the Kyoto process. At the ... google news

What Gwyn doesn't mention is that the allies he doesn't want to disappoint are not there yet. Holland and England won't send their troops until the Taliban spring offensive is over!

Yes, Kyoto is a massive fraud. It has nothing to do with pollution. It's a wealth extortion racket. The developed countries of the world, who are dumb enough to sign on (such as many in Europe and Canada but thankfully not the US) are fined for pollution. This money is sent to the developing countries, who are EXEMPT from the Kyoto treaty. So, these developing countries can pollute the atmosphere as much as they want, with money from the developed countries. The biggest polluters, such as China, are not signers.

And, despite not having signed, the US's CO2 emissions went up only half that of Canada, which did sign on, but did nothing. Now, is the taxpayer supposed to hand over money to China, because the Canadian gov't didn't develop a plan to reduce emissions? The Liberals stole millions of our money to finance their election campaigns. They set up MakeWork Projects in the maritimes under the guise of a useless Gun Registry. AND, they sign onto a fraudulent Kyoto agreement, with no intention or ability to reduce pollution - but- which requires that the taxpayer hand over millions to China etc.

The agreement that Harper is talking about, is a far more realistic, scientifically grounded and intelligent plan - the Asia-pacific plan - and China IS included.

Thanks for the stats, maz2. Exactly. That long gun registry is a Liberal fraud. It was set up for women's votes, the latte crowd vote, and votes in the maritimes.

As usual, steve d - you don't get it. Canada has to function within a global world. NATO doesn't operate within a weekly plan, but must plan ahead for months in advance.

I know that this is not what most of the rest of you are commenting on, but still, regarding Capt. Goddard:

Wow, I'm proud of her.

I want to believe that we are in a country that gives similar opportunities to strong women as to strong men - she proves that it might be true.

I want to believe that what we are doing and will be doing until 2009 in Afghanistan is good and effective - she did it by helping to nab one of the senior bad guys who had been continuing to hurt a lot of people.

..and so, because she not only died doing something (both specific - the firefight - and general - the mission) that helps people who need it, but also because she helped to prove to me that Canada is the kind of country that I want it to be, I feel prouder about the honour of her actions and her sacrifice than I have in a long while.

Ashley

May 18, 2006 STANDARD-FREEHOLDER
Rookie environment minister taking heat over climate change

She's stopped telling the lie and unleashed a major hoopla in a portfolio that was never one of Harper's top priorities

Don Martin CanWest News Service OTTAWA

The bureaucrats suggested she duck. Keep her head down for another 18 months until safely after the next election. Pretend the Kyoto accord was a pollution-reduction target fact and not a mission-impossible fiction.

In other words, continue spreading the big Liberal lie even knowing the former government's $10-billion plan would never come close to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to a level six per cent below 1990 levels.

To her credit, Environment Minister Rona Ambrose arrived at her new job and asked them to translate the Kyoto-enforced reduction of 195 megatonnes of carbon into terms she could understand.

The bureaucrats fiddled with calculators and pencils. Well, they said, it's a bit more than all the power generation in Canada. If the country went dark and cut back a few hundred thousand cars, it could hit the target.

That's when the rubber hit the road for the petite firecracker MP from Alberta. She declared Kyoto, as we know it in Canada, dead.

Ambrose takes the chair job in Bonn, Germany, this week at an international conference on climate change in a curious position. She'll represent the first signatory of the Kyoto accord to publicly admit her home country can't meet its treaty commitment of reducing gas emissions to six per cent below 1990 levels.

Long before the $45 million (!!!!!) conference in Montreal in the thick of last November's election campaign, the event where an electioneering Paul Martin scolded the United States for having a superior gas-reduction record, that much was obvious.

"At that time, they knew we could not meet the targets and no one said a word," Ambrose said in an interview Friday. "We could have kept lying and continued through the next election, but I told them we should admit it and get out of the target business. It sent shock waves through the department. But that doesn't mean we should stop trying."

TRIUMPH OVER PIPEDREAMS
In a triumph of pragmatism over pipedreams, Ambrose went to work eliminating plans to purchase hot air abroad in favour of tangible investments at home.

She killed Canadian plans to purchase a forest in Costa Rica as part of the Kyoto caper.
She vetoed trips by senior environment officials to Russia to buy fixer-upper factoriese for the emission credits they could generate.

And she axed a continuing push to direct Canadian foreign aid and development assistance away from the most needy recipients into the hands of less-deserving beneficiaries just because they offered clean-up credits.

"The tentacles of this target-chasing went through almost every department," she says. "That really blew my mind."
And yet, she hedges still in delivering last rights to the contentious global treaty, pushing for Canada's greenhouse gas reduction requirements to be softened.

By how much? you ask. She doesn't know. "If we set a domestic target, it will be a reachable target."

And what's the penalty if we break our international commitment? Again, she doesn't know for sure.

But on this point, Ambrose sounds resolute. Canadian taxpayers will not be sending billions overseas to buy hot air rights. The money to fight our pollution will be invested in Canadian know-how.

It sounds simplistic. But transferring pollution rights from countries that have no intention of polluting to those seeking a bigger carbon belch doesn't add up to a reduced global discharge in my rudimentary math. OK, true, companies forced to pay for their pollution will find ways to eliminate it, but it still smacks of a massive transfer of wealth from developed to developing countries, which might not be the best Earth-saving strategy.

So give Ambrose credit. She's stopped telling the lie and unleashed a major hoopla in a portfolio that was never one of Stephen Harper's top priorities.

Beyond the greenhouse gas fight, she has set in motion water, air and soil reviews, an environmental-protection overhaul and a renewable energy strategy, which will be unveiled in a few weeks.

But the toughest fight will be killing Kyoto once and for all. "It's not like I don't know the Liberals haven't sold Kyoto to Canadians. It's got the support of 89 per cent of Quebecers. But we've got to tell Canadians the truth."

That's one heckuva green minister talking. But in this department, that's a compliment

There is a strong pacifist sentiment in this country. It's strongest in Quebec for historical reasons. Gwyn

Slick & very Politicaly correct Gwyn . Man you really reached the hights of obstrification. I have to admire your wriggling out of naming names. Could you not have said "because there French" . See that didn't hurt.lol (O:}

steve d.

You are an idiot who should learn not to open his mouth until you know of what you speak. Being that I'm over there (Afghanistan I mean), I can certify that you have no idea what you are speaking about.

My advice is that you pay a bit more attention (or do some actual research) before you open your mouth and spew things that just aren't true.

EdtheHun

Just another example of the Bush administration acting with reckless disregard and against Canadian interests:

"Mr. Harper and visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard share concerns about a U.S. plan to establish a uranium cartel to supply nuclear reactor fuel to other countries. The United States says its plan is a non-proliferation initiative to keep tight control on nuclear fuel that could be reprocessed to manufacture warheads.

Even so, Mr. Howard said, Washington's plan could freeze Canada and Australia out of global markets for uranium nuclear fuel. Australia and Canada are the world's largest suppliers of uranium, but have not been included in the talks to establish the cartel."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060520.HOWARD20/TPStory/National

I always try to treat journalists respectfully, the more so if I disagree with them. But guess what? Except for keeping my own dignity in tact it doesn't get me anywhere. Left-lib-fem-gay media types are so entitled ("of course my views of things are the only ones worth considering") that failure to help them see reason is pretty much a foregone conclusion. So I agree with the tenet that "attempting to please those who are not your friends will not convert them into friends."

I've found left-lib media types to be particularly impervious to civility. They've had the ear of the ruling party adn therefore, access to the Canadian cookie jar for so long that no amount of logic or proving them wrong with FACTS, has any effect on them. They continue to feel entitled to spew lies, invective, innuendo in all directions, particularly concerning individuals and groups they feel contempt for, read any who are not their friends. ('Anyone catch that reptile, Lawrence Martin, and that light-weight flibberty-gibbet, Jane Tabor, on Mike Puffy Live last night?)

I'm with PMSH. Give 'em HELL, Steve! Tell it like it is Mr. Prime Minister, and leave it to the Canadian public to read the true signs of the times.

The Canadian public is growing increasingly appreciative of the CPC's decisive actions and the fact that when a member of the CPC appears in the media, they actually tell Canadians what they're doing and what the outcomes have been so far. This is a far cry from the shameless grandstanding of the Librano$ who puff out their chests and preen their feathers whenever a camera is aimed their way. So, Libs, what's happening? Hey, it doens't matter. I'M HERE. I'M ENTITLED. I'M GREAT! EVERYTHING'S COOL, MAN.

Yeah, right.

We, the Canadian public, are also on to the gaping holes in the media's coverage of most things, of their Moonbat leanings, their mile-high left-lib-fem-gay biases, the supressing of news (how about the lack of coverage of the Chuck Guite trial where very damning evidence about the very probable connection of the Mob in Librano/Adscam affairs?), etc. ad nauseum.

PMSH's best bet is to keep wading through the swamp as best he can without the "assistance" of the media hacks. 'You think Julie Van Dusen't's going to give him a hand, or Neil MacDonald, or Leslie MacKinnon, or Susan Riley, or Keith Boagus, or Don Is He Human?, or Mike Puffy, or I'm Peter Mansbridge and You're Not?

I've always admired rugged individuals.

This weekend's captionfest features a picture of Joe Wilson, media dahling, with his supersecret paperpusher wife Valerie Plame, heading to the DC premier of Al Gore's environmentalist movie "An Inconvenient Truth."

Original Reuters caption, complete with false information on Plame's "agent" status: "Former diplomat Joe Wilson and his wife, former CIA agent Valerie Plame, attend the East Coast premiere of the movie 'An Inconvenient Truth' in Washington May 17, 2006. 'An Inconvenient Truth' tells the story of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's commitment to expose the myths and misconceptions that surround global warming and inspire actions to prevent it. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts." ...
http://newsbusters.org/

Geldof praises Bush. Not found in the MSM or the Globe/Mail.

There are Bobs and there are Bobs.

Bob said above:
"More proof that the Hitler-lovin' BushNazis here at SDA (because false racism claims are fun!) are a tiny marginalized extremist fringe group:"

Bob Geldof says Bush ... well, read on, Bob: Watch out for the ffff word, Bob: Bob Geldof can say the ffff word. It refers to Clinton, er Willy, er Bubba, or whatever his moniker(sic) is. ...

Gary Hall Says:
May 19, 2006 - 13:22

You stated: "Oops, I forgot.....Bush & Co are the real Nazis in this world today......."

You may disagree with his methods, but Bush and Co. is deeply interested and commited to freeing people in the world and in guaranteeing them freedom of religion, culture, and of self.

Your comment illustrates nothing other than tremendous ignorance and hatred. I can only hope that you felt the same way about the last bunch in the WH as they bombed Kosovo into oblivion without the wanted UN resolution (based on hyped up charges of genocide, in an effort to secure "America's energy independence." Clinton launched 970 cruise missiles - killing untold numbers of civilians - and for what?

Bob Geldof [Live 8 organizer] astonished the aid[s] community yesterday by using a return visit to Ethiopia to praise the Bush administration as one of Africa's best friends in its fight against hunger and Aids.

The musician-turned activist said Washington was providing major assistance, in contrast to the European Union's "pathetic and appalling" response to the continent's humanitarian crises.

"You'll think I'm off my trolley when I say this, but the Bush administration is the most radical - in a positive sense - in its approach to Africa since Kennedy," Geldof told the Guardian.

The neo-conservatives and religious rightwingers who surrounded President George Bush were proving unexpectedly receptive to appeals for help, he said. "You can get the weirdest politicians on your side."

Former president Bill Clinton had not helped Africa much, despite his high-profile visits and apparent empathy with the downtrodden, the organiser of Live Aid, claimed. "Clinton was a good guy, but he did fuck all."

You understand that if Geldof, or anyone of fame, had made the same statement smearing Bush instead of Clinton, that the media would have not only widely published it, but would use every opportunity to use it time and time again. ...
http://newsbusters.org/node/5436#comment

New Kid,
Last night on CTV Maritimes, Mike Duffy said a major poll is to be released early next week that will show the Harper Tories reaching 'numbers' as high as those Mulroney received on his first election night win. A massive shift- the average Canadian ain't listening to the media.

Again, new kid, thanks for your insights. I'm at the stage where I can't watch the Canadian MSM because it's such a concerted attack against Harper. The attacks are not based on facts but wild interpretations, they are vicious and ignorant.
Duffy (I like your Puffy)..Puffy's agenda is clear, and the people he has on, are his cohorts: that idiot Jane Taber, with her little-girl shock at government; Lawrence Martin, all slime and sneer; on and on. CTV now repeats Puffy's show; it's on at 5 and 8, to ensure it's heard by all True Canadians.

Susan Riley on TVO, and even TVO's moderators have even become enmeshed in leftist sophistry.

Newman's show on CBC has the same agenda: attack Harper.

I can't recall anything like this before; a concerted MSM focus of opposition against one person. Why? Primarily, because they are all left, either Liberal or NDP; they are all brainwashed within the Trudeau generation of a socialist centralist gov't that is non-competitive and plays only a secondary role in the world.

Canada has not, unlike Australia, moved itself by itself, into the world. It emerged as a dependency on Britain, a member of the commonwealth. After the two world wars, rather than taking charge of itself and setting itself up as a competitive economy, it changed its dependency from the UK to the USA. It became completely economically dependent on the USA, with 85% of its exports going there. It refused to compete in the world market. And, it became militarily dependent on the USA for protection of democracy in the world, and protection of Canada's resources.
Financially, it refused to allow wealth accumulation among its citizens, by its high taxes and redistribution policies. That meant that Canadians could not invest in high cost industrial and research infrastructures; Canada is dependent for these systems on foreign investment.

It then 'sat back' and moralized about 'how great we are', ignoring that this ease of life was a dependent lifestyle.

And, it refuses to grow up. It refuses competition in the world market, insisting that the US purchase its goods. It refuses international responsibilities, insisting that the US and others do this. It refuses to self-develop and self-finance its own infrastructural dev't, requiring foreign investors.

We've got Harper trying to get Canada to grow up, but the MSM, NDP, Liberals, Bloc, want us to remain perpetual adolescents.

...i have some belly button lint for sale.

In other news, have a safe and happy long weekend.

It gotta be a long weekend, starting to rain...

steve d.: Over 3,000 UK troops are already in Regional Command (South) and the some 1,400 Dutch are to be there by the start of August. It would be wonderful if the Taliban offensive were over then but somehow I doubt that it will be.

Mark
Ottawa

David Pulgliese makes a massive effort smear Gen. Hillier in the Ottawa Citizen, "The 'Teflon General'".
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/observer/story.html?id=9dc1d1a9-2957-4a01-963f-81051ab31d94&p=5

A couple of examples:

1) 'Some officers inside the Defence department have a disquieting name for the general's loyal and, some say, fanatical followers -- Hillier Youth.'

Disgusting.

2) 'To his critics, he is a Canadian version of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, the high-profile American commander who in the 1940s and '50s made a career out of ignoring direction from political masters and charging ahead with his own agenda.

He represents the growing Americanization of the Canadian military, a world in which peacekeeping -- much loved by the Canadian public -- is dead and combat operations, such as those occurring now in Afghanistan, become the norm of the future.'

Draw your own conclusions.

Mark
Ottawa

ET, thanks for your commentary. I understand your not being able to watch Canadian MSM. I must have a masochistic streak in me. I watch it, but I yell at the screen on a regular basis: YOU IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, SURE, THE CPC HAS A POLITICAL AGENDA, AND THE LIBRANO$ NEVER HAD ONE?!!!... The air gets pretty blue, but now that my kids have moved out and it's just me and "the two old dogs," as my husband calls our 14-year-old pooch and himself, I figure no harm done, except to elevate my blood pressure. :-)

Your comment's right on when you say that "[Canada continued to be economically dependent on the U.S. after our break with Britain and] refused to compete in the world market. And, it became militarily dependent on the USA for protection of democracy in the world, and protection of Canada's resources."

And now we see a classic case of biting the hand that feeds us. I've seen it happen so many times in my own life of do-gooding. Hold someone's hand, get them through a rough time, hear their true confessions, and what's the reward? Often being rejected and kicked in the teeth. Why? Because the person whose hand you've held has told you too much about themselves in their vulnerable state, and they figure you'll now use this information to get the upper hand over them. Classic, classic, classic projection: They project onto you how they'd likely use the information, which makes you "the enemy." The U.S. has helped Canada so many times (and why not? we're neighbours) that the irrational projection mechanism has kicked in on the part of the left-libbers to paint the U.S. as dictatorial, untrustworthy, arrogant, idiot boobs, with especial contempt for the U.S. President, George W. Bush. The U.S. is certainly open to legitmate criticism but shouldn't be suject to an irrational feeding frenzy.

When you say "Financially, [Canada] refused to allow wealth accumulation among its citizens, by its high taxes and redistribution policies," I agree, to the extent that it's only some citizens, albeit most of us, who are not allowed to accumulate wealth.

The Librano$, on the other hand, have elevated to a fine art wealth accumulation amongst their own ranks and their friends. How the heck Cretin became a wealthy man as a small-town lawyer and Canada's PM is a "true mystery." He shouldn't be a very wealthy man with the job's he's had, but he is.

Hmmm.

Thanks, New Kid and ET. I agree with everything you've said about the media and the perpetual immaturity of this country of ours. My hope is that Canadians will see through the smoke, detect the mirrors, and make up their own minds about what's going on. However, I don't hold my breath. (If anselm's correct about the latest poll supporting the CPC, I'll be both surprised, proven wrong this time, and delighted!)

As an educator for over three decades, I've seen, from a front row seat, a massive shift from self sufficiency and reasonableness to, aided and abetted by the Charter culture AND supported by the pea-brained, appeasement-minded establishments of most of our institutions, the entrenchment of the cult of victimhood, "I deserve it all for nothing", and smug ignorance, masquerading as "I know it all". This combination is lethal. Unless this country makes a turn-around, our prospects, on any scale one wishes to consider, are very dim indeed.

What's happening with PMSH and the media is nothing short of all out war: the principled adults against the oversized toddlers with serious weapons. (VERY scary.) I laud the PM and his crew for their stalwart resistance to getting into the mud with these self-satisfied, bloated, trough piglets.

I love a genuine debate, but I usually avoid the MSM, to stabilize my blood pressure. However, habit, I guess, I still watch TVO's Studio 2 quite regularly. My opinion of that show has plummetted. What sycophants and toadies the hosts have become to the lefty agenda: There was a time when they came across as reasonably intelligent and fair minded. (I altogether gave up that assessment after the male host wheedled my phone number out of me to discuss an issue, phoned once when I was most unlikely to be home, and never called again.) Gilles Paquet is FANTASTIC and so was the retired general they had on last night: I wonder how he got through their propaganda filter. I usually have lots of ideas to pass on (one of the hosts once complimented me on my thoughtful feedback), but, no matter how provoked I am, or even if I have the occasional compliment, I don't bother anymore. (Pearls before swine? Ancient, spot-on image, I think.)

What utter hypocrites the MSM are! They swear they support equality and diversity, all the while using their considerable power to see that both are effectively smothered on the Canadian airwaves (or whatever they are these days!). Please, God, let anselm be right about Canadians seeing through this sham. And, literally, speaking for myself, thank God for blogs, a truly democratic (authentically equitable and diverse) and very powerful weapon against the calumnies of Canada's trying-to-rule, from the sidelines, elites.

H/T to Nat Post/Julie Smyth...

The Honourable Paul Martin, Jr., ex-PM Canada; the Librano$ who said "I love Canada.": conspicuous by his absence.

Martin: a despicable bag of bones; a parasite on the body politic. Resign, Martin.

Shilling for the "Kelowna Accord"; Martin is now a bagman, a lobbyist for the Chiefs. Martin has fallen up to "tabling his private members bill". ...

House was one Martin short for Afghan vote
Paul Martin had to leave House for meetings: aide

Julie Smyth, National Post
Published: Saturday, May 20, 2006

...

MPs Keith Martin, Pat Martin and Tony Martin were all there. But Paul Martin, who was in charge of the country when Canada committed to sending troops, was notably absent during the important Afghanistan vote on Wednesday night. So where was he? He was in the House on Wednesday, tabling his private members bill about implementing the Kelowna Accord, then left for meetings in Toronto, said an aide in his office. The meetings were to do with his new bill and could not be postponed, apparently. Had he been there, he would have voted with the government, assuming he got certain reassurance about Canada's ability to also send troops to Darfur if needed, his aide said. As for things outside politics, the former prime minister has a new condo in Ottawa's market area downtown -- a nice little spot to hang his hat after leaving 24 Sussex Drive, though not in the same swanky condo building where Belinda Stronach lives. He has kept his Montreal residence and his Quebec farm. more ...
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=561d0cae-1463-4795-9e01-e3f3995dbec3

bob

Your chosen article about uranium is so damn poorly written it's useless. I guess you didn't notice that. The author can't seem to figure out the difference between uranium the commodity, a cartel and nuclear proliferation issues. Grab whatever sentences you want from it, but the article is lame.

Half a brain would tell you that the US isn't very popular among the world's thugs, Islamofascists, leftists, and socialists, my friend, and that's a lot of the world. I guess you didn't notice that. Nations aren't like teenagers that need friends. What moron would let popularity polls direct public policy?

Stop your idiotic deceit, sweetie, that you are a conservative. No offense, but it takes a reasonable level of logic and reason to be one. A cherry-picked poll and a lame article won't cut it.

Oh, and "More proof that the Hitler-lovin' BushNazis here at SDA" is a troll dropping.

Hey Bob!
Looks like your **world hate for the USA** has been shot down, but for a final nail in that coffin, you have chosen the highly suspect Washington Times as your authority.

Big mistake pal. Washington Times editor*s failed to edit or stop a piece about **Millions of Canadians hating Millions of Americans.**

Somehow the author of that garbage converted Paul Martin*s comments and Parrish*s stomping on a bush doll during a 22 minutes skit to a finding of **Millions hate**

What trash! Millions love, is more like it.
Millions love Florida and Arizona and like my Dad have a retreat there.

I lived in Texas and later in Ventura and Sanfrancisco for a time. Everybody I met was a fine and positive person. Enthusiastic about life and fun to be around.

Only those who never see Americans find it possible to hate them. TG

Bob, maybe you are confusing hundreds of millions of Americans with a committee in the administration who have the tough job of slowing the spread of terrorism? TG

EdtheHun
Yes you are there so you should know that I was more right than wrong. The British have about 1100 troops over there now and will have(as in the future) an additional 3300 who should be fully operational by July. The Dutch contingent will not arrive until August, if they arrive at all. There is some question as to whether or not to send troops into an increasingly unstable situation. In any event, the European troops see themselves as focusing on reconstruction rather than the more aggressive engaging of the enemy such as the US and Canada are involved in.

hey Stevie D . . best remove head from up yer arse before proving to the world you can't even lie very well.

Dutch troops are in Afghanistan right now and more are coming. Ditto for the British.

And not just troops . . lotsa Taliban busting firepower with Apaches and Harriers. NATO is committing to protect the ordinary peace wanting people of Afghanistan from the whack jobs that want to turn back the clock to the 14th century.

Maybe you should go enlist. I know you couldn't pass the mental or physical tests but it would do you good to get close to some real Canadians who actually are willing to do something to bring peace to people who want it. Maybe a little bit of their goodness will rub off on you and you can start to have life.

But I'm sure you would rather sit around revelling in your self glory and bleat to the world about how much you hate Americans.

Just beyond pathetic, closer to useless.

Fred
You may be right but if I can't find it on the internet my guess is you are wrong. Unless of course you have more information than the internet can hold?

steve d.: You may be right about the number of UK troops now in Afstan.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1778443,00.html

"In one of the worst 24-hour periods since they were ousted from power in 2001, the Taliban launched two suicide bombs, numerous firefights and a massive assault on a village in Helmand province, where 3,300 British soldiers are being deployed."

Also:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2006/05/03/taliban_steps_up_attacks_in_afghanistan/

"Only 1,000 British troops are in Helmand, where no coalition forces have been before, but that number will rise to 2,500 by July. Another 1,500 Dutch troops are due to boost security in Uruzgan by August or September."

Can you provide any solid sources that indicate the Dutch will not deploy at all?

The Dutch will have some pointy stuff:
http://www.netherlands-embassy.org/article.asp?articleref=AR00001836EN

"In February, the Netherlands announced it will send a task force of up to 1,400 troops complete with Apache AH-64D helicopters and F-16 MLU fighter aircraft to the southern part of Afghanistan."

And UK Harriers are already doing pointy things (April 25).
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-04-25T151950Z_01_L25774398_RTRUKOC_0_UK-AFGHAN-BRITAIN-JETS.xml

"As British troops move in force into southern Afghanistan, the government announced on Tuesday that Harrier jets would extend their mission in the country to support security forces battling the Taliban...

Defence Secretary John Reid said six Harrier GR7 jets were playing a vital role in backing up ground troops, most recently Australians, ambushed on Monday..."

Mark
Ottawa

Bob
Reading over your posts it is clear that you are critical of the Bush administration as opposed to all Americans. It is a favourite pastime of some commentors to ignore important distinctions such as that one. Most Americans, if polls are accurate, would agree with you.
The Bush administration has a record close to 100% incompetence. That is why I find it curious that we would send our troops to try to clean up some of the mess their incompetent leadership left behind. Even as the "coalition of the willing" is shrinking elsewhere. Perhaps we are going to Iraq next? The way Harper is ingraciating himself to Bush makes me think Iraq is part of the long term plan.

Steve d.: More on Harriers and the Dutch are already there in large numbers and shooting. (May 3; do Google News for "Canadians look up, way up, for support"):

1) "When Canadian forces in Kandahar come under attack, the skies above are quickly abuzz with the distinct hum of the Royal Air Force's Harrier jets carrying 45-kilogram bombs.

Without aircraft of its own in Afghanistan, Canada must rely on other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization coalition for air support.

"The Canadians are one of our biggest customers at the moment," said Flight Lieutenant Scott Williams, a 29-year-old Harrier pilot from Wales..."
2) Dutch (May 11; Google News for
"Dutch confident about Afghanistan mission"):

'...
Despite parliamentary delays in approving the mission amid a heated national debate about it, Morsink said he believed 80 percent of parliamentarians supported the deployment, “and that is very important for the soldiers”. The political support could prove decisive: Western military officials in Afghanistan think the Taliban will try to play on the doubts of the Dutch public in a bid to force their withdrawal.

The about 800 soldiers who are already in Uruzgan, waiting for the arrival by the end of July of some 550 more, have had been engaged by militants twice in the past weeks. The first time was “quite heavy”, involving rockets, grenades and machine-gun fire, Morsink said, adding the soldiers had coped “extremely well”...

The commander will have at his disposal six Apache attack helicopters and, in a few months, eight F-16 fighters. “They are my Apaches so nobody can tell me in a case of emergency, ‘I cannot help you.’ I have my own means to help myself,” he stressed. The soldiers also will undergo special training in Kandahar before leaving for Uruzgan. AFP'

Any reaction?

Canadian Forces, it must be said, have no close air support of their own, unlike the Brits and Dutch.

(Putting in URLs delays posting of comment.)

Mark
Ottawa

Scratch Iggy and Scooty from the "race". They yead the vote.

That leaves .......... AdScam Martin. Recall Martin .... Jr., had the perfect call on the Commons vote: nay and yea; yea and nay; equals nothing.

Martin's Motto: I LOve Canada and I'm a Librano$; do youse?

Martin is the winner; scrap the "race". It's over.

Afghanistan to become the defining theme of the Liberal leadership campaign

Far from fulfilling Conservative hopes to shut down the debate over Canada's controversial Afghan mission for 24 to 36 months, this week's narrow vote to extend the deployment until 2009 virtually guarantees that it will be an issue in the next federal election. ...
nealenews

Grudging admiration for MacKay from the Chronically-Terrible, Halifax.

MacKay bfghkcd-slapped a Grit pol.

AOKAhhh with youse? (applause)...

Scrappy diplomat

SOME DAYS, Peter MacKay is a regular Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He plays the role of statesman as Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, but can be a real scrapper as minister in charge of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

His split political persona was certainly on display this week. He donned his diplomatic gloves to welcome Australian Prime Minister John Howard to Ottawa on the very day he took them off to slug it out with MP Mike Savage.

The Dartmouth Liberal threw the opening salvo Wednesday when he accused Stephen Harper’s Conservatives of ignoring federal bilingualism guidelines in the posting of a six-figure job with ACOA at the assistant deputy minister level.

Mr. Savage said the Tories are waiving the language requirement in order to hire a Tory who now works for P.E.I. Premier Pat Binns. He asked the prime minister to "ensure his part-time ACOA minister will not interfere with the hiring process."

Mr. MacKay shot back by attacking Mr. Savage, and portraying the Grit MP as hypocritical for criticizing the Tories over ACOA while at the same time "coming cap in hand, begging for ACOA projects for his riding."

After Mr. Savage issued a press release Thursday calling on the minister to apologize for the cap-in-hand comment, Mr. MacKay upped the ante by suggesting Mr. Savage would pay dearly for his criticisms.

"I’ll look at projects coming out of his riding, but his ability to influence me, you can imagine, is going to be severely diminished," he told Stephen Maher, this newspaper’s Ottawa bureau chief.

Peter MacKay’s barely veiled threat is beyond petty. If he was serious, it’s dangerous; if not, it’s preposterous.

Mr. MacKay would be well-advised to show more diplomacy in the matter: by apologizing to Mr. Savage, by consulting the Grit MP on future ACOA grant requests for Dartmouth and, most important, by refraining from appointing a Tory partisan. ...
chronicleherald.ca

I like that theory Bob; if over 70% of the population disagree with you, you must be wrong. What does that say about your beloved NDP when over 80% of the population disagree with Jack Layton and his followers? By your standards Jack is a bigger loser and idiot than Bush. Gotta to hate it when your own numbers bite you in the backside...

Here's a good post on your demigod http://www.cjunk.blogspot.com/

Trent
You need obscene levels of money and power to inflict the amount of damage the Bush idiocy has on America and every other country he has reached out and touched. Jack,nor any other politician can ever hope to destroy as much as Bush has in such a short time. Hopefully Americans will begin to tighten his reigns in November and keep him on a short leash until 08.

Stephen Harper has killed Dracula and Jeancula.

"What mischief Stephen Harper has wrought."

The stake in the Liberal heart
Globe and Mail
May 19, 2006

JOHN IBBITSON

"Sometimes, a political issue can split a party so badly that it becomes dysfunctional. Divisions among British Conservatives over Europe have kept that crew out of power through three straight elections. The schism over conscription split Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals and led them to defeat in 1917.

The question today, as the consequences of Wednesday's historic vote in Parliament start to sink in, is whether the rift in the Liberal ranks over Afghanistan will cost the party the next election.

Stephen Harper came very close to losing his high-stakes House of Commons vote to expand and extend the mandate in Afghanistan. Had Liberal leadership candidate Michael Ignatieff and several of his supporters not come to the rescue, the motion would have been defeated. So a small rump of the Liberal caucus -- including Mr. Ignatieff, interim leader Bill Graham and Scott Brison, another leadership candidate -- supports the Conservative government's policy in Afghanistan. The rest of the caucus -- including leadership candidates Ken Dryden, Stéphane Dion, Joe Volpe, Maurizio Bevilacqua, Hedy Fry and Carolyn Bennett -- is opposed.

Bob Rae and Gerard Kennedy also said they would have voted against the motion. Since Liberals always agree on almost everything -- how can you not agree on a strong, united Canada, socially compassionate but fiscally prudent, committed to peace, freedom, community, responsibility, initiative, respect, diversity, tolerance, truth, justice and the Canadian Way? -- Afghanistan could become the defining issue of the leadership campaign.
...
What mischief Stephen Harper has wrought."
http://www.voy.com/178771/13570.html

Re: Remembering a woman in a man's world and then some. I'm off to Mass to pray for the repose of the soul of Nichola Goddard, and for her family.

She had a beautiful, open face and a "can do" demeanour, from the clips in the CTV footage. Her death is very sad and will leave a huge hole, I'm sure, for the troops under her command.

Condolences and deep sympathy to her husband, mother, father, and two sisters. A deeply painful loss for all of them, for the Canadian army and for our country.

Rest eternal grant unto her, O Lord. And may light perpetual shine upon her.

A great day for piling on Gen. Hillier. This from Thomas Walkom of the Crvena Zvezda:
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1148077814543&call_pageid=968332188774&col=968350116467
'...
... [Modern U.S. strategy] requires a smaller set of favoured allies who are willing to send troops anywhere to do anything that the U.S. requires.

This, in turn, requires these allies to have access to sufficient airlift capacity as well as flexible combat units capable of operating seamlessly with American troops.

It's a strategy favoured by the Canadian military (which calls it interoperability) and particularly by Gen. Rick Hiller, the chief of the defence staff.

But it is not necessarily favoured by the Canadian public which, insofar as it pays attention, resists military integration with the U.S. and maintains a nostalgic affection for old-style internationalism...'

Just for you, Steve d.

Mark
Ottawa

Bob, starting off this thread with more smelly reports of hatred for the USA.

What do you gain by this?

When governments dish out proaganda to their captive citizens, don*t you think it logical that the hate level goes up? Hugo Chavez for example.

No need to reach any further than Canada in fact. You don*t deny that Paul Martin, Parrish and other liberals expressed hatred towards the USA. Do you?

Many governments keep their citizens in rags while they corral the natural wealth. When those citizens have to dig up weeds with a penknife in order not to starve, it is human nature that they could easily hate the USA where everyone enjoys a house, car and flush toilet.

Wise up, Bob, a 70% hate level, even if true, would not be too difficult to understand. TG

Mullah Dadullah... easy to ridicule him... just look at his name.

He could just as well be nicknamed "Tinky Winky". Betcha he carries a red purse with a bomb in it. Heh-- a sissy terrorist!

Hey, Mullah Bullah, I fart on your beard and rub my shoes on your face! Ya big fat Poopy Woopy. We're not afraid of you guys. You little craps are going to lose big time, Chumpy Wumpy! We already captured your stinking Talitubby ass!

Hope the Taliban is reading this!

And I hope Kate doesn't mind if I call terrorists names. So what if we offend them? Our very existence offends them anyway, after all.

steve d.: What about the Dutch in Afstan? Or is their commander lying?

Mark
Ottawa

thnx Mark it was a tres simple google search but I just got back in won't need to hand stevie d his head on a platter.

stevie d & bob . made for each other, forged in a past tense idiology, worshipping morons like Flap Jack Laydown, as a way to cover up their massive inferiority complex . . . its a nasty worlod out there and they just wish it were better, better as they define it not

These are the kind of useless fools like Trudeau in the 40's, roaring around Montreal on his motorcycle, failing to rise to the greatest moral challenge of his generation, engaging in mental masturbation about how bad "others" and how superior they are, bending truths, lying outright or ignoring facts as convenient, when they really can't come to grips and live failure of their selective political beliefs.

We've got Harper trying to get Canada to grow up, but the MSM, NDP, Liberals, Bloc, want us to remain perpetual adolescents.

Your post was a pleasure too read.ET. You got the history down pat.As well as the liberal reasons for there "Just Society". In reality as you so adroitly put. It was them retooling the entire polity for there personel abuse & ideological mania. In the guise of A new mythology. All too make us working chattel. Except those deemed superior or abused. By there standards of course. While tribalizing Canadians into caste like groups.

Hey it worked on a lot of Natives. Why not us? This was probably there thinking. Pol pot had the same idea, but with a quicker surer agenda allied with murder.

thnx Mark it was a tres simple google search but I just got back in won't need to hand stevie d his head on a platter.

stevie d and bob . made for each other, forged in a past tense idiology, worshipping morons like Flap Jack Laydown, as a way to cover up their massive inferiority complex . . . its a nasty world out there and they just wish it were better, better as they define it not

These are the kind of useless fools like Trudeau in the 40's, roaring around Montreal on his motorcycle, failing to rise to the greatest moral challenge of his generation, engaging in mental masturbation about how bad "others" and how superior they are, bending truths, lying outright or ignoring facts as convenient, when they really can't come to grips and live with the failure and inconsistencies of their selective political beliefs.

We've got Harper trying to get Canada to grow up, but the MSM, NDP, Liberals, Bloc, want us to remain perpetual adolescents.

Your post was a pleasure too read.ET. You got the history down pat.As well as the liberal reasons for there "Just Society". In reality as you so adroitly put. It was them retooling the entire polity for there personel abuse & ideological mania. In the guise of A new mythology. All too make us working chattel. Except those deemed superior or abused. By there standards of course. While tribalizing Canadians into caste like groups.

Hey it worked on a lot of Natives. Why not us? This was probably there thinking. Pol pot had the same idea, but with a quicker surer agenda allied with murder.

We've got Harper trying to get Canada to grow up, but the MSM, NDP, Liberals, Bloc, want us to remain perpetual adolescents.

Your post was a pleasure too read.ET. You got the history down pat.As well as the liberal reasons for there "Just Society". In reality as you so adroitly put. It was them retooling the entire polity for there personel abuse & ideological mania. In the guise of A new mythology. All too make us working chattel. Except those deemed superior or abused. By there standards of course. While tribalizing Canadians into caste like groups.

Hey it worked on a lot of Natives. Why not us? This was probably there thinking. Pol pot had the same idea, but with a quicker surer agenda allied with murder.

We've got Harper trying to get Canada to grow up, but the MSM, NDP, Liberals, Bloc, want us to remain perpetual adolescents.

Your post was a pleasure too read.ET. You got the history down pat.As well as the liberal reasons for there Just Society. In reality as you so adroitly put. It was them retooling the entire polity for there personel abuse & ideological mania. In the guise of A new mythology. All too make us working chattel. Except those deemed superior or abused. By there standards of course. While tribalizing Canadians into caste like groups.

Hey it worked on a lot of Natives. Why not us? This was probably there thinking. Pol pot had the same idea, but with a quicker surer agenda allied with murder.

Opps . Sorry for the extra posts. It kept comming up with an error message that said it was not being posted.

thnx Mark it was a very simple google search but I just got back in and won't need to hand stevie d his head on a platter.

stevie d & bob . made for each other, forged in a past tense idiology, worshipping morons like Flap Jack Laydown, as a way to cover up their massive inferiority complex . . . its a nasty world out there and they just wish it were better, better as they want ito be not as it really is.

These are the kind of useless fools like Trudeau in the 40's, roaring around Montreal on his motorcycle, failing to rise to the greatest moral challenge of his generation, engaging in mental masturbation about how bad "others" and how superior they are, bending truths, lying outright or ignoring facts when convenient, when they really can't come to grips and live with the failure and inconsistencies of their selective political beliefs.

Fred and RevnantDream, Fred and RevnantDream, Fred and RevnantDream: I couldn't, I couldn't, I couldn't agree, agree, agree, more, more, more!

Folks... remember that the new comments application here takes a few seconds to process each comment and then post it.

We need to be patient. It'll post. No need to re-click the button.

Takes getting used to, I guess.

"objectively pro-Islamofascist obstructionists? ...": e.g., Bob.

Bob said: "More proof that the Hitler-lovin' BushNazis here at SDA (because false racism claims are fun!) are a tiny marginalized extremist fringe group."

The snake has poison in its mouth. ...

The Government of Iraq

The actual role of the United States in resolving these security issues will be great. But as a matter of principle, the troubles are now an internal matter of a sovereign Iraqi government; and whether or not the problems are successfully resolved is ultimately a challenge that Iraqis will have to meet. They may fail or succeed, but it will increasingly no longer be America's responsibility. Some will argue that it must needs remain America's responsibility, because the US toppled Saddam. Yet at some point in the process, if the words "Iraqi Government" or "sovereignty" are not to remain wholly fictive, the circumstance of US responsibility must diminish and those of the Iraqis increase. Legally at least, that time has come. At some imperceptible point on a ridge a watershed is reached; and water begins to flow another way. – Wretchard, The Belmont Club

Much remains to be done, most of which will have to be done by the Iraqis. We did our part, and did it fairly well, with only half our countrymen supporting the effort, and a very small fraction of us actually engaged. How much faster could this victory have been achieved had we not been held back by so many objectively pro-Islamofascist obstructionists? ...
http://cannoneerno4.wordpress.com/2006/05/21/the-government-of-iraq/

Sink the Red-Greens; sink CSL AdScam SSMartin/Maurice Strong's massive fraud-hoax: Kyoto.

Sink Kyoto SSBrison/Layton, et al.

The CO2 from their huffing/puffing is a stench.

Down with Kyoto. ...

Greenpeace crapola/emissions here:

http://www.voy.com/178771/14004.html
(Boycott Bourque)

Leaked documents tantamount to 'sabotage'

Critics say both the instructions to the negotiating team, and recent comments by both Ambrose and Prime Minister Stephen Harper about looking into joining the six-state partnership are tantamount to sabotage.

Steven Guilbeault of Greenpeace Canada told The Globe that the revealed documents will send a shockwave through the meetings.

"This is a serious diplomatic incident," said Guilbeault, who is in Bonn.

"CSL AdScam SSMartin"

That sums up Paul Martin's tenure very well, Maz.

"SSMartin". Perfect. For that's pretty much all he really seemed to care about-- SSM. Couldn't be bothered with softwood, etc. Softwood? Considering the subject matter, I'd better not quip any further...

Bob, This identity switch trick did not work.
Nice try kid.
**
Speaking as a true blue conservative, it's painful to see my fellow right wingers here degrade themselves by defending such a chump president.

You sound like Liberals; the only difference being that Liberal supporters act rationally ie in their own self-interest. You guys don't.
Posted by: Bob at May 19, 2006 04:59 PM **
=====
You guys don*t?.... Ooops! I thought you were
one of us steadfast conservatives..

Worth a chuckle there Bob. TG

Bob, This identity switch trick did not work.
Nice try kid.
**
Speaking as a true blue conservative, it's painful to see my fellow right wingers here degrade themselves by defending such a chump president.

You sound like Liberals; the only difference being that Liberal supporters act rationally ie in their own self-interest. You guys don't.
Posted by: Bob at May 19, 2006 04:59 PM **
=====
You guys don*t?.... Ooops! I thought you were
one of us steadfast conservatives..

Worth a chuckle there Bob. TG

Mark
Yes it is a big surprise to see that our military serves at the pleasure of America. We give them our natural resources so why not our military? You gotta be consistent. Like I've said before they own us. Its as simple as that.

The Dutch have been in Afganistan since 01 but only in special ops numbers. This will be their first major deployment.

steve d,

Re: " We give them our natural resources"

You have outdone yourself with this dumb statement.

Congrats.

The Finance Department chief was Paul Martin, Jr.

Sorry, CSL SSMartin, er C$L $$Martin, er AdScam M.....

Of course, Martin said he "knew nothing". ...

Accusations of failed influence hurled at Guite trial

TU THANH HA

Globe and Mail Update

MONTREAL — Representatives from the Finance Department tried without success to influence the selection of an ad agency in 1995, the fraud trial of retired federal bureaucrat Chuck Guité heard Tuesday.

The disclosure came during cross-examination of a Crown witness, Andrée LaRose, a former subordinate of Mr. Guité in the advertising branch of the Public Works Department.

Mr. Guité is charged with fraud in the awarding of five contracts to a well-connected Montreal ad firm when the Liberals were in power in the late 1990s. ...
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