Gun owners invite arrest Protesters tote firearms openly in defiance of new gun registry (Canadian)

The Edmonton Journal ^ | Thursday, January 02, 2003 | Allan Chambers

[Blue Collar Christian]

Maybe we could convince CA to secede, then we could conquer it! Let me get moved out 1st.

[Snowyman]

. Members of their parliment have been standing up and making speeches in support of letting hamas set up bases in canada.

Do you have a legitimate reference for this? Or are you just making it up as you go along?

[A6M3]

A Fox News report given by a canadian on 12-31-02 at approximately 6:20am west coast time.

[Snowyman]

Well given that Hamas was banned in Canada on Nov 27th and that Parliament has been on Christmas break since Dec.13 and won't sit again until Jan 27th , and this was reported on Dec 31st. Perhaps someone should check with Fox News and see if they know what year it is.

[A6M3]

Reply to post #44: The issue isn't what day the story was reported, the isuue is, the fact that canadian MPs stood up and lobbied for hamas. The story wasn't touted as a news flash or breaking news. It was an analysis of canadian arabs and their influence on the canadian government.

[Snowyman]

canadian MPs stood up and lobbied for hamas

Well our system doesn't quite work that way. No MP lobbies in parliament for anything. They may speak on any topic, they may ask questions during question period, but not without prior discussion within their party caucus and no party would lobby parliament on behalf of Hamas, especially for Hamas to establish a camp. Parliament does not deal with such things. Parliament follows very structured and time honoured rules and protocol. They debate bills, laws and budgets . Now if there was a debate over Hamas being banned and a MP got up and said he thought they were sweet as sugar, that would be his own opinion. Stupid but still his own opinion. And he'd be accountable to his party and his public afterwards.

As for Hamas .Why would they ? They could just go and do it the same as the Boy Scouts, the Baptist Church or anyone else who wanted to establish a camp. Now that Hamas is banned they would ,out of necessity , have to conceal their intentions

But any gathering of strange people, even in the farthest reaches of the north, as if some arab would want to go there , would be noticed and reported.

I'd look in Hansard but without the exact date , forget it.

[A6M3]

Reply to post #46: Thanks for the info on how your parliment operates. The word lobby was mine not the commentators. An MP standing up and saying hamas was as sweet as sugar would be more accurate because the theme of the commentary was the influence that the arab population is having on Canadian politics and how even MPs were speaking for hamas.