"Sorry we can't help you. Canada says you're bleeding in the wrong part of Israel."
CANADA OBVIOUSLY WANTS TO BE COUNTED AMONG THE AMORAL EUROPEAN TERRORIST LOVERS. WELL YOU GOT YOUR WISH, CANADA!
Posted on 10/28/2002 10:51:32 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
Canadian authorities have decided to revoke tax exemptions on donations made to the Magen David Adom organization, since money for the emergency medical service supports ambulances that operate in the territories.
MDA directors in Israel and organization supporters in Canada have tried in recent weeks to reverse the decision but to no avail thus far.
MDA's directors in Israel delivered a letter to the Canadian government saying that ambulances supported by Canadian citizens will not operate in the territories. However, the pledge has not persuaded the authorities to re-institute the organization's tax-exempt status.
The decision to revoke the tax exempt status is significant, since it is liable to discourage potential donors. Canadian law offers tax exemptions to persons who donate money to bodies officially recognized as "charity organizations." Gifts to organizations that lack such designation do not entitle the donors to tax exemptions.
Earlier this month, Canada's Federal Court of Appeals ruled in principle that the authorities cannot revoke tax exempt status on donations to organizations that operate in the territories.
The court said it sees "no logic in the proposition that the provision of emergency medical assistance can be a charitable activity in downtown Tel Aviv but not in the occupied territories." Despite this statement, the court did not overturn the decision to revoke tax exempt status on donations to MDA.
"Sorry we can't help you. Canada says you're bleeding in the wrong part of Israel."
CANADA OBVIOUSLY WANTS TO BE COUNTED AMONG THE AMORAL EUROPEAN TERRORIST LOVERS. WELL YOU GOT YOUR WISH, CANADA!
What terrorities of the State of Israel does this encompass?
"That's not just good old-fashioned Jew-hating talk. It's policy now."
Overheard in an Ottawa cloakroom, perhaps?
Post the email addies here I'll join you.
Our government gets worse by the day. Actually, Argh, The Sun has a story today about Joe Clark warning that the Feds are risking Alberta's separation by the callous way they act regarding Western interests. The stupidity of Chretien's minions seems to know no bounds.
Oh, and for those on this thread that are so quick to paint every Canadian with the brush of leftist Liberal stupidity that we're forced to endure on a constant basis up here because of a screwed up parliamentary system and idiotic power concentrations in Ottawa, well y'all have a nice day too, eh.
Yet the Canadians have nothing to say about the plethora of islamist front organizations in their country that helped and continue to help fund the islamist butchers responsible for 9-11 and other as yet uncommited atrocities. How PC of them. Vile leftist scum.
No one's accusing all Americans of being "Vile Leftist Scum" because your most internationally famous news organization (a) continued to avoid called John Mohammed by anything other than "John Williams" or that (b) they refuse to draw the obvious Jihadist link to the sniper shootings. Leftist PC'ism is as infuriating to any right-thinking Canuck as it is to you. Context please.
I did not mean to impune ALL Canadians, only the leftists in government and the leftists and PC "useful idiots" in society at large -- including the mass media, educational instututions, NGO's, etc. -- who support their destructive (and racist) policies. Of course, the same problem exists in the USA, especially in my home state of Kaliforniastan. :O)
Yep. And we sure do have our share. Cheers, eh!
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