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Creekside (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Commenter Stephen Phillips under this CBC poll has a question of his own : "What kind of a question is this? Mr. Colvin is a distinguished career diplomat under attack by a Government that has misled Parliament and the country about prisoner transfers and is now systematically blocking the work of the Military Complaints Tribunal. The real question is this: why is the Government trying to smear...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Department of National Defence (DND) invites the public to vote for the People's Choice Award in the 2009 DND Photography Contest organized by Canadian Forces Imaging Services. Celebrating its 41st year, the DND Photography Contest received a record 1816 entries from 305 talented amateur and professional photographers in the Defence community.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senior diplomat formerly stationed in Kabul claims troops 'handed over for severe torture a lot of innocent people' The Canadian government was fending off calls for a public inquiry on torture today after allegations from one of its senior diplomats that Canada was complicit in the torture of Afghan detainees. Richard Colvin, who was second in command at Canada's Kabul embassy in 2006 and 2007, said...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Roger Nusbaum submits: IndexIQ is coming out of the gate as a bit of an enigma. The new Merger Arbitrage ETF ( MNA ) at first glance seems odd to me. There have been several articles already that have ripped it up for not really being an arbitrage product and I will say I don't get why shorting the broad market against long positions in takeout targets is the best way to go, but clearly they did not...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today invited all Canadians to celebrate National Child Day. This year, National Child Day also commemorates the 20th anniversary of the adoption, by the United Nations, of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Impolitical (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yesterday was devoted to tearing down Canadian diplomat and intelligence officer Richard Colvin: "Tories work to undermine diplomat who blew whistle on torture." It may be tougher this time, they've gone down this road repeatedly over their tenure now. The various public servants they've steamrolled are being duly noted . Journalists are asking tough questions. For example, if you didn't...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | yesterday
Good for Canada to show continued leadership on the world stage... Iran claimed effective victory over Canada at the United Nations on Friday as a majority of world countries refused to support a Canadian-led bid to censure the Islamic republic over its human rights record. The vote in a key 192-member committee of the UN General Assembly passed with 74 countries in favour, 48 against with 59 abstentions....
Creekside (Free subscription) | yesterday
Defensive Minister Peter MacKay : "A top diplomat’s account of the rampant torture and rape of Afghan detainees is not credible, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Thursday. MacKay dismissed testimony from Richard Colvin [First Secretary at the Canadian Embassy in Washington] as second- and third-hand information from enemy sources : "What we’re talking about here is not only...
Right Mind (Free subscription) | yesterday
From the New York Times: In nearly a dozen recent terrorism cases in the United States, Britain and Canada, investigators discovered the suspects had something in common: a devotion to the message of Anwar al-Awlaki , an eloquent Muslim cleric who has turned the Web into a tool for extremist indoctrination. Mr. Awlaki, 38, the son of a former agriculture minister and university president in Yemen,...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just a day after Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged that respect for women's rights is among his top agenda items, Afghan diplomats at the United Nations will oppose a Canadian-led bid to highlight serious human rights abuse in Iran. As if that's not enough, Afghanistan and other states will side with Iran's bid to avoid censure after votes in another part of the UN Thursday saw Arab and Muslim...
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A top diplomat’s account of the rampant torture and rape of Afghan detainees is not credible, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Thursday as he rebuffed opposition calls for a full public inquiry into “massive and systemic” government cover-up.
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Defence Minister Peter MacKay’s exchange with reporters after Question Period today. Question: What should happen to Colvin now that you think he’s not credible? What are you going to do about him? Hon. Peter MacKay: Well, what we’re going to do is continue to do what we’ve done since arriving in Afghanistan. We’re going to build in [...]
Impolitical (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Peter MacKay attacking Richard Colvin today : Mr. MacKay, however, told Parliament that there are “incredible holes” in Mr. Colvin's story. “There has not been a single, solitary proven allegation of abuse involving a transferred Taliban prisoner by Canadian forces,” he said. Globe reporting, January 22, 2008 : Compelling evidence that Canadian-transferred detainees are still...
Far and Wide (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The entire Conservative torture "defence" is obliterated by their own confidence in the unbelievable one. Quite a risky strategy- actually a testament to their own "unbelievability" on this score- to attack the messenger, when the messenger is a trusted government official. Summed up succinctly by the Globe and Mail : Tories attack credibility of diplomat who blew whistle on torture...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (MARKET WIRE) The Honourable Jim Prentice, Canada's Environment Minister and the Minister responsible for Parks Canada, invites Canadians to cheer on the Olympic Flame as it arrives in Prince Edward Island. To support the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay celebrations, the Government of Canada is offering free admission at Parks Canada's national parks and national...
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