Jason Kenney For Prime Minister

116 Replies to “Jason Kenney For Prime Minister”

1. Looks like I’m not the only one who notices the risible double standard applied to “terrorism”; in addition to denouncing Kenny’s decision to ban critics of Israel from Canada, the Post had this editorial today, pay attention ET:
   “Terrorism double-standard
   As members of this editorial board watched tens of thousands of Tamil Canadians throng downtown Toronto on Monday, we couldn’t help but be struck by a curious double-standard that afflicts Canadian ethnopolitics. To wit: Why are Canadian Tamils permitted to express support for terrorism in a manner that would be considered outrageous if the demonstrators were Arab or Muslim?
   The rally that took place in Toronto on Monday was not just, as organizers claimed, an expression of support for Tamil civilians in war-torn Sri Lanka. Many of the participants carried flags of the Tamil Tigers, a terrorist group that practices suicide bombings and abducts children to use as soldiers. (In 2006, Canada’s federal government officially designated the Tamil Tigers a terrorist group, a move that criminalized the group’s fundraising efforts in this country.) Some of the banners displayed on Monday also depicted Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran, a wanted mass murderer who personally authorizes the acts of terrorism the group has committed over the last three decades.
   Yet there was little outrage. To our knowledge, no politicians at any level of government have come forward to denounce this open demonstration of support for a banned terrorist group. In fact, Liberal MP Gurbax Singh Malhi recently appeared personally at a similar rally in Ottawa, and another Liberal MP, Derek Lee, has urged other MPs to join in, too.
   …
   The message must be: Terrorism is a criminal affront to Canadian values, wherever it is practiced. Just because Canadians don’t pay as much attention to Sri Lanka as they do to Israel doesn’t change that fact.”
   http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1399829
   For those who didn’t read the whole thing, I’ll offer a summary: people who ignore extremely large Tamil Tiger terrorist rallies lose all credibility. Nobody will listen to your retarded spiel about Islamofascists when it is clear you have no problem with SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER AND MORE AGGRESSIVE TERRORIST GROUPS.
   If one drop of Canadian blood gets spilled to these Tamil bastards, the blood will be on the hands of people like ET and Jason Kenny who support the right of terrorist groups to hold large terrorist rallies in Canada. Traitorous. Disloyal. Treasonous.

2. I commended Kenny for his stance in the comments section for the “Star”. It was not posted… hmm I guess the star is for the terrorists to. Only friendly comments were allowed , so a RED star for that rag.

3. Well, Monford, I have objected to the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) demonstrating by the thousands in the heart of downtown Toronto. I wrote to Mayor Miller to object and to ask why this demonstration, involving support for an outlawed terrorist group and pulling as it did on a police presence which would have cost the Toronto taxpayer a pretty penny, was permitted.
   http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/011012.html
   I was told by the City of Toronto that demonstrations of this kind are justified by Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which guarantees the right of “peaceful assembly.”
   I have still not had my question answered concerning the efficacy of rights being extended to groups in our midst who support outlawed terrorists groups. And I don’t anticipate that I’ll be hearing from Mayor Miller again. He tends to avoid sticky questions and seems to think that his office as Mayor of Toronto precludes having to be accountable to Toronto voters and taxpayers.
   I would like a justification as to why the LTTE are permitted to rally anywhere in Canada. And, I would like to know from someone who is conversant with the workings of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms if the right to “peaceful assembly” can legitimately be extended to supporters of known terrorist groups that have been outlawed in Canada? My sense is that no terrorist group outlawed in Canada should be “protected” by Canada’s Charter.
   If Charter rights, in fact, extend to them, what is the protection offered by the Charter to law-abiding citizens of our country?

4. Well, Monford, I have objected to the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) demonstrating by the thousands in the heart of downtown Toronto. I wrote to Mayor Miller to object and to ask why this demonstration, involving support for an outlawed terrorist group and pulling as it did on a police presence which would have cost the Toronto taxpayer a pretty penny, was permitted.
   http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/011012.html
   I was told by the City of Toronto that demonstrations of this kind are justified by Section 2 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms which guarantees the right of “peaceful assembly.”
   I have still not had my question answered concerning the efficacy of rights being extended to groups in our midst who support outlawed terrorists groups. And I don’t anticipate that I’ll be hearing from Mayor Miller again. He tends to avoid sticky questions and seems to think that his office as Mayor of Toronto precludes having to be accountable to Toronto voters and taxpayers.
   I would like a justification as to why the LTTE are permitted to rally anywhere in Canada. And, I would like to know from someone who is conversant with the workings of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms if the right to “peaceful assembly” can legitimately be extended to supporters of known terrorist groups that have been outlawed in Canada? My sense is that no terrorist group outlawed in Canada should be “protected” by Canada’s Charter.
   If Charter rights, in fact, extend to them, what is the protection offered by the Charter to law-abiding citizens of our country?

5. Perhaps I should say, what use is a Charter of Rights and Freedoms if it equally extends protection to outlawed terrorist groups and law-abiding citizens?
   Then, what’s the point?

6. “It’s an issue of Canada exercising her sovereignty over who she allows to enter. Period.”
   This isn’t an issue of Canada exercising her sovereignty over who is allowed to enter or not. This is, however, and issue of the Government of the day abusing its mandate by arbitrarily keeping a single individual out because it,even though it holds a minority in parliament, happens to be in power.
   If Galloway was an enemy of Canada or whatever, any government in power would have refused him entry. Its quite clear that in this case Galloway would not have been banned if any other political party was in power.
   What this boils down to is, is the Conservative Party abusing its mandate. That is why it becomes a free speech issue. The free speech issue isnt a red herring. There are Canadians who want him here. And there are Canadians who don’t. And the Canadians who don’t have overruled the ones who do because they happen to be in power.
   Its arbitrary as hell because no one here can prove that ANY government of Canada would keep Galloway out. Only the Conservatives – and newsflash – the Conservatives do not represent every Canadian. By virtue of their banning him on arbitrary grounds, they are violating the right of freedom of expression and speech of those Canadians who do want him here.
   I don’t particularly want him here, but I don’t understand why he should be banned either. I bet you would kick up a storm if some hard-right joker was stopped from entering Canada by the Liberals.

7. It would be interesting to see their reaction if there was a huge rally in support of the IRA in downtown Toronto although largely defunct and not currently on the “Banned list”.
   http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp
   What part of the list do Canadian supporters of the Tamil Tigers and Islamic Fanatical groups not understand? How many more Air India bombings do you want to see launched from our shores, or attacks on the American people planned and perpetrated from your neighborhood?
   How long do you think it will take for “peaceful” rally’s to take a turn for the worse once the rallies are acceptable to the mainstream and their support and numbers grow? When will more turn on their adopted government and the lovely Canadian citizens that supported them?
   http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/005668.html
   If you believe this is acceptable and the normal way Canada should function “Times change” you are either an incompetent moron, or a socialist anarchist.

8. Just to put things in perspective, if we were to go by the arguments of those supporting this move, then Canada has a right to exercise its sovereignty by keeping FOX News or Ann Coulter out because the former broadcast the latters explicitly anti-Canadian views. FOr what its worth, I doubt many of you disagree with her views – being anti-Canada is as much in fashion here as being anti-US is on leftist blogs.
   So how many of you would let that pass? Or Jerry “the antichrist is Jewish” Falwell?
   It doesnt add up;/

9. “Just to put things in perspective, if we were to go by the arguments of those supporting this move, then Canada has a right to exercise its sovereignty by keeping FOX News or Ann Coulter out because the former broadcast the latters explicitly anti-Canadian view”
   Let me know when Ann fund raises for a group of terrorists that want to attack Canada…until then your analogy is pretty weak at best.

10. For the reprobate, brainless leftards, once again, he’s an admitted Islamic terrorist supporter, financially and politically.
    Your equivalency arguments do not work. Not that they ever did.

11. Thank you, irwin. Well said. Monford, trigger, and others are simply clueless on this matter.

12. trigger: “Just to put things in perspective, if we were to go by the arguments of those supporting this move, then Canada has a right to exercise its sovereignty by keeping FOX News or Ann Coulter out because the former broadcast the latters explicitly anti-Canadian view”
    h.ryan, you took the words right out of my mouth. Good G*d: All this “equal rights” talk for the past 25 years has totally dulled too many people’s discernment abilities.
    There’s a vast difference between a duly elected and democratic government upholding the laws of the land vis a vis those who champion the cause of illegal, terrorist groups vs. a U.S. writer/news network airing anti-Canadian views which in no way threaten Canada’s security or safety.
    It would appear that the lying equal rights industry is turning out nothing but idiots!

13. I don’t see the harm(national security!? ha!, how can anyone use that argument and at the same time realize that his crap is piped in?) in allowing an avowed moron to speak. The media will be all over it and his hole will be twice as big.
    I think galloway has more negative effect on young people via the airwaves than inperson and close up.

14. Posted by: trigger at March 21, 2009 2:08 PM>>
    “being anti-Canada is as much in fashion here as being anti-US is on leftist blogs.”
    That statement in a nut shell speaks volumes for how out of touch you are. Either that or a blatant lefty PC spin doctor attempting to paint SDA and conservative bloggers as un-Canadian with zero evidence to support the claim. Every thread or conservative comment made on SDA, whether critical of government policies or not is to some degree made towards the preservation of the Canadian status quo.
    Your comment clearly puts you in the lefty troll category, a petty anarchist and blog site hacker attempting to spread a malicious virus. You don’t have an opinion or an argument; you have an arsenal of insults and petty PC slogans to derail discussion and debate.

15. all the worlds a stage so lets see amongst Galloway and Wilders who gets to speak
    act accordingly folks

16. Looks like the reason is his professed/bragging about giving money to Hamas. hamas is an organization that is on our terrorist list. So lets put this another way, canada denies entry to a confessed terrorist fundraiser.
    Posted by: Stephen at March 20, 2009 3:48 PM
    Oops – looks like canada dropped the ball with D’ohbama a few weeks ago; he was allowed entry and is giving $900 million to hamas for “palestinian rebuilding”. Thankfully, none of that cash will be used to buy guns or bombs.
    That’d be a hoot if we stopped and turned back the Messiah at the border for “security reasons”, eh?
    /smiling in gratuitous pleasure at the thought
    mhb23re
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