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CHIMO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 12:49 PM
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Siddiqui: Stephen Harper's homegrown human rights problem
Stephen Harper is in trouble for being ham-fisted with Parliament and several public institutions. He has also caused a ruckus by penalizing those who dare criticize Israel.

Fused together, those two traits can be combustible enough. Adding a third element, catering to his party's conservative ideologues, the Prime Minister has created a major crisis at Canada's leading international human rights agency.

The entire staff has rebelled at Rights and Democracy, the Montreal-based institution that backs Canada's foreign policy by supporting the rule of law in such troubled spots as Haiti and Afghanistan.

Forty-five of 47 staffers, both management and union, are demanding the firing of the Harper-appointed chair of the board, Aurel Braun, plus his vice-chair and another director.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/755064--siddiqui-stephen-harper-s-homegrown-human-rights-problem

Just one more bit of dividing.
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-24-10 01:27 PM
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1. Harper is very big on wedge issues.
Almost like he's deliberately trying to break up the country.
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BolivarianHero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 10:04 AM
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2. Do a lot of Freeper morons read The Star?
I notice the approval/disapproval ratio is pro-Harper and pro-Zionist. Thought they didn't like that paper.
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 11:23 AM
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3. The respond to "Liberal" papers to ensure the CRAP "talking points"...
get spread around and in hopes of minimizing the facts in the various articles. Typical rabid right behavior.
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HeresyLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-25-10 11:33 AM
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4. Yup, they 'freep' polls, and attack on cue.
Whole teams of them. You can see it in any comments section in the country.
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