http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/canuckistan/ en-us Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:08:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953711/posts “It’s my BLOODY right to do so!” by Baron Bodissey A Motoon Ezra Levant is the publisher of Western Standard magazine, whose print version — now defunct — published the Danish Mohammed cartoons two years ago. On Friday Mr. Levant was summoned under protest to be interrogated by a “human rights officer” from the Alberta Human Rights Commission. The reason? Khurrum Awan, an imam from the Canadian Islamic Congress, filed a complaint with the HRC against him. Mr. Levant was required to appear before this extra-judicial body — no one on the HRC is a judge, and the panel is... Gates of Vienna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953711/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:08:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865661/posts Not quite parody but dangerously close. How can she be so disgustingly pro-American, he wonders, and yet so stridently anti-Islamic? Doesn’t she see that Islamists and “Christianists” are two sides of the same coin? Things pick up towards the end but she never retreats. Just one of the many reasons she has my vote for the vice presidency next year. Click the image to watch. Hotair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1865661/posts#comment Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:56:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789030/posts He's a former Vice-President of the United States. His movie, "An Inconvenient Truth", is up for an Oscar. And he's the poster boy for the environment - printed on recycled paper of course. All of which is making Al Gore a hot ticket in Toronto. The American politician turned environmentalist came to the U. of T. Wednesday night for a long awaited speech, and there were throngs of fans to greet him. So were ticket scalpers, who are seeing a different type of green. Reports indicate more than 20,000 people were trying to get their hands on a ducat for... Toronto City News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1789030/posts#comment Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765088/posts I'm with a group of surprised camels, a 300lb chicken shwarma and a bemused comedy writer in a wintry, wet Toronto square. We're here for the launch of CBC's new sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie, which depicts a Muslim community trying to assimilate in a small prairie town. It has little in common with the sugary, 1970s American pioneer family drama Little House On The Prairie, jokingly appropriated in the show's title. By contrast, Little Mosque addresses head-on post- 9/11 fears and prejudices. It's generating lots of publicity in Canada, with or without the camels, largely for breaking new... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765088/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:23:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717988/posts OTTAWA (CP) - Another controversial comment by Liberal leadership front-runner Michael Ignatieff has cost him the support of his Toronto campaign co-chair. Thornhill MP Susan Kadis withdrew her support for Ignatieff on Wednesday, after he accused Israel of committing a "war crime" during its bombardment of Lebanon last summer. "Michael is an intelligent person and I would think that he would have a better handle on the Middle East given his years of experience on human rights and international law," Kadis said in a written statement. Kadis was reacting to Ignatieff's appearance on a French-language television program Sunday, in which... Canadian Press via Sun Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717988/posts#comment Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:23:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697093/posts A majority of Canadians believe U.S. foreign policy was one of the root causes that led to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and Quebecers are quicker to criticize the U.S. administration for its international actions than other Canadians, a recent poll suggests. Those conclusions are found in a newly released poll conducted by Léger Marketing for the Association for Canadian Studies. The poll suggests that 77 per cent of Quebecers polled primarily blame American foreign policy for the Sept. 11 attacks. The results suggest 57 per cent in Ontario hold a similar view. Canadian opinions have hardened against the United... CBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1697093/posts#comment Thu, 7 Sep 2006 15:31:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648259/posts Lawyers acting for a group of Canadian terror suspects have complained about a media blackout on court proceedings. Speaking after 14 of the 17 suspects appeared at a bail hearing in Brampton, Ontario, they said it was indicative that the men cannot get a fair trial. Details of the charges they face have not been published but their lawyers say they include an alleged plot to storm parliament and behead the PM. The accusations against the men, most Canadians, has caused nationwide shock. Citizens' rights Rocco Galati, representing one of the suspects, who include five teenagers, complained that the men... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1648259/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jun 2006 02:27:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645135/posts Two mothers should be allowed on birth document, judge says Found in breach of Charter, Ontario told to alter rules to include lesbian parents KIRK MAKIN From Wednesday's Globe and Mail An Ontario judge struck down a birth registry provision yesterday that prevents lesbian couples from being registered as parents of babies conceived through artificial insemination, saying that the regulation causes them unjustified "pain and hardship." Mr. Justice Paul Rivard of the Ontario Superior Court ruled that the province violated the litigants' right to equality by stopping them from adding their names to the Statement of Live Births after their... The Globe and Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1645135/posts#comment Wed, 7 Jun 2006 20:12:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643276/posts The delivery of three tonnes of ammonium nitrate to a group suspected of plotting terrorist attacks in southern Ontario was part of an undercover police sting operation, the Toronto Star has learned. The RCMP said yesterday that after investigating the alleged homegrown terrorist cell for months, they had to move quickly Friday night to arrest 12 men and five youths before the group could launch a bomb attack on Canadian soil. Sources say investigators who had learned of the group's alleged plan to build a bomb were controlling the sale and transport of the massive amount of fertilizer, a key... Toronto Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1643276/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jun 2006 19:32:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1620189/posts ILLEGAL GUNS | With a big-city summit set for Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg's war on traffickers is bringing results, but weapons keep flowing into his city as fast as police can seize them. It took 11 months and ended in a porta-potty on a construction site. In the bitter pre-dawn cold of a Sunday morning in February in the borough of Queens, members of New York's Operation Tripod pounced as gun traffickers from Ohio sought to close the type of big-money deal that keeps the so-called Iron Pipeline humming. Toronto Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1620189/posts#comment Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:14:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606839/posts NEWMARKET -- Two local taxi drivers, one with alleged terrorist links and the other facing outstanding charges in the U.S., were nabbed two weeks ago outside a modest townhome here, neighbours and co-workers say. But the secrecy and mystery surrounding the arrests of alleged al-Qaida captain Raja Ghulam Mustafa and his brother-in-law Syed Maqsood Aly continued last night when Syed's wife tried to distance herself from both men. Meanwhile, the Toronto Sun learned last night that Mustafa entered Canada about 18 months ago using the fake name of Raja Ghulam Murtaza and obtained refugee status. When first approached by the... Toronto Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606839/posts#comment Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589391/posts he Ontario Library Association refused to drop from its recommended list a book that includes Palestinian children endorsing suicide bombing. Palestinian and Israeli children speak about suicide bombings, anti-Semitism, guns and soldiers in “Three Wishes,” by Deborah Ellis. “In our eyes, the book is perfectly good and we stand by our selection committee and the rights of children to read this book,” said Larry Moore, the association’s executive director. The Canadian Jewish Congress asked for the book to be removed from a list of recommending reading for 8-11 year-olds, saying it does not provide young readers with enough context. “They... JTA daily briefing http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1589391/posts#comment Fri, 3 Mar 2006 18:29:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578683/posts TORONTO — Ontario has formally passed legislation to prohibit the use of religious tribunals to settle family law disputes such as custody and divorce. The bill was introduced after Premier Dalton McGuinty promised last year to prohibit the use of religious rules, called Shariah law, to settle Muslim family law cases. McGuinty surprised many when he announced he would not only ban Shariah, but would also prohibit all religious arbitrations in Ontario. The Canadian Jewish Congress said Tuesday it was disappointed with the new law. "It assumes that faith-based approaches to arbitration are innately exploitative," said Mark Freiman, honorary legal... ctv (Canada) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1578683/posts#comment Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:59:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1572822/posts Danish products removed from Toronto shops CTV.ca News Staff Muslim-owned stores in Toronto are removing Danish products from shelves in response to outrage over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that appeared in the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten. Outrage erupted into protests in many Muslim countries over the cartoons which depict the prophet as a terrorist or another with him wearing a turban shaped as bomb. Signs have appeared in a Toronto grocery store that say, "We no longer carry any products from Denmark." The store's manager told The Toronto Star removing Danish products is about showing solidarity with other Muslims, even... CTV Toronto (Canukistan) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1572822/posts#comment Mon, 6 Feb 2006 17:20:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1572291/posts Bomb threats against Canadian Jewish schools Canadian security officials cite Hamas victory for rise in anti-Semitic threats Judeoscope In a community security alert released today, B’nai Brith Canada revealed that threats were made in recent days against Jewish community institutions. The alert specifically mentioned bomb threats targeting elementary Jewish schools. Security experts with whom B’nai Brith maintains contact said the electoral victory of Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas could be a reason for the sudden rise of anti-Jewish threats. The security alert also expressed dismay at the announcement yesterday that the convicted fire-bomber of the United Talmud Torah Jewish Day School... YNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1572291/posts#comment Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:22:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1555349/posts LifeSiteNews.com Monday January 9, 2006 Vision TV Moving toward More Openly Anti-Catholic Bias By Hilary WhiteTORONTO, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Vision TV, the Toronto-based broadcaster that bills itself as “Canada's multi-faith and multicultural broadcaster,” is positioning itself as a leader in anti-Catholic media punditry. The broadcaster’s most recent round comes in the form of a programme on NDP MP Charlie Angus’ very public conflict with Catholic teaching on same sex “marriage.”In July, Angus was told by his parish priest, Fr. John Lemire, that his support for the change in the definition of marriage would put him so seriously at... LifeSite http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1555349/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:20:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553726/posts Anti-American sentiments are so robust in Canada that you apparently don't even have to be American to feel their sting — American-by-association will do. Take the case of Michael Ignatieff, the Toronto-born political scientist and human rights expert who spent the last couple of decades teaching at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. When he returned to Canada late last year to run for Parliament, did he get a warm welcome home from the locals? Hardly. Ignatieff had to stand down hecklers shouting "American, American!" — and this was at the candidate nomination meeting for his electoral district,... The Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553726/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jan 2006 19:21:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553466/posts Canadian hockey fans at an international tournament in Vancouver, B.C., chanted anti-U.S. slogans as they cheered the Russian team to victory over the American squad. A Canadian columnist, who called the booing "disgraceful," said the venom began toward the end of the semi-final game at the World Junior Hockey Championship, which concluded last night with Team Canada playing the Russian national team. "U.S. sucks!" the Canadian fans chanted. Pete McMartin, writing for CanWest News Service, pointed out the Canadian team wasn't even on the ice at the time. If it were, he said, "that would have gone some way toward... wnd http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1553466/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jan 2006 03:51:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552638/posts VANCOUVER, January 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The BC Human Rights Tribunal is being asked to discover a new “sexual orientation.” The Vancouver Sun reported December 30, that a self-described “pagan” is accusing the Vancouver police of discrimination for refusing him a license to drive a limousine because of his involvement in the “bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism” (BDSM) underworld. A Vancouver man, Peter Hayes, has accused the Vancouver police of illegal discrimination because of his involvement in BDSM. Hayes says that he lost a potential job as a limousine driver when police refused him a chauffeur's... LifeSiteNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552638/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jan 2006 22:36:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552044/posts A too-close-to-call federal election campaign in Canada has spurred the nation’s beleaguered Liberal leader to try and cling to power by attacking the nation’s oldest ally and largest trading partner. That Canada sells 83% of its world exports to the United States and some 50% of all Canadian jobs depend either directly or indirectly on those exports seems irrelevant right now. It’s a bizarre world Up North these days. Prime Minister Paul Martin is in the fight of his political life against Conservative leader Stephen Harper and that’s obviously why he’s been trying to whip up anti-American fervor in the... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1552044/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jan 2006 01:24:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551388/posts REAPING WHAT WE SOW National Post January 3, 2006 by David Frum After a spasm of heart-rending, frightening violence, Toronto's Mayor, David Miller, and its news media want Torontonians to remember one thing: The city is very, very safe. Really. "Chicago: 445 homicides. Washington D.C.: 195 homicides. Baltimore: 268 homicides. Toronto: 78 homicides." So opened a story in Sunday's Toronto Star. If there is any problem in Toronto, the Mayor insists, it is traceable to the United States: "The U.S. is exporting its problem of violence to the streets of Toronto," David Miller complained on Dec. 27. And naturally... National Post - Canada http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1551388/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jan 2006 00:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550920/posts The Canadian media got all jacked up recently over the fact that an American pundit let loose with an anti-Canadian rant on a cable TV show. Not since the president of Hershey's saw that crane-necked alien E.T. with Reese's Pieces in its hand has anyone been so giddy about high-profile brand placement. Canadians don't get to respond very often to comments made about us by Americans, because more than a decade of Liberal rule has set our once-great country on a depressing descent into irrelevancy. You know Canadian media are desperate for attention when they offer serious reportage and heartfelt,... Toronto Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550920/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jan 2006 04:40:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550290/posts Tory campaign worker resigns after blog posting Updated Fri. Dec. 30 2005 9:12 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff The campaign manager for Conservative Party member Peter Goldring stepped down Friday, after writing a blog posting that called for Alberta's independence. Gordon Stamp, who posts under the pseudonym "Psycho," wrote on Free Dominion: "I honestly see no benefit for Alberta to remain part of Canada. Seriously, there is absolutely nothing that Canada as a nation offers me." He goes on to compare Alberta to "a battered wife who has not yet realized that being divorced is better than staying married." While... CTV.ca http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550290/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jan 2006 19:43:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550852/posts Ottawa program offers drinks to homeless alcoholics Last Updated Mon, 02 Jan 2006 19:49:58 EST CBC News Shelters across the country are taking a closer look at an Ottawa shelter that gives drinks to homeless alcoholics after a study suggested the program is having a positive impact. Dr. Tiina Podymow envisioned the program after volunteering with chronic alcoholics, including some who drank upwards of 40 drinks per day, including mouthwash. Two men in the program receive their drinks at an Ottawa shelter. Participants in the Managed Alcohol Project were given permanent beds in a shelter and, from 7 a.m. to... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550852/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jan 2006 01:19:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550727/posts Trans-Alaska pipeline named in online manual "Jihad groups" in Canada are being urged to cross the border to carry out terrorist attacks against the United States, a Washington research group says. A 12-page document recently posted on an al-Qaeda-affiliated Internet forum says small groups of terrorists with explosives expertise should enter the United States from Canada. The scenario is reminiscent of the 1999 attempt by extremists in Montreal to bomb Los Angeles airport — except this time the targets are oil and gas fields, refineries and pipelines. The port of Valdez and the Trans-Alaska pipeline are specifically named as targets:... The National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1550727/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jan 2006 20:39:36 GMT