Some of these funding cuts have received considerable media and political attention, such as the crisis that shook and weakened Canada’s world-respected agency Rights and Democracy, created by Parliament. The crisis was triggered by the ideological opposition of a few government-appointed Board members to relatively small grants provided to well-known Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups. It provoked heated internal battles, in the midst of which the agency’s former President, Rémy Beauregard, died from a heart attack. Staff have been summarily fired. Others have left in dismay. A new president, who has taken some questionable human rights positions in the past, was appointed by the government despite opposition from all three opposition parties. In the end, one of Canada’s very important and trusted human rights voices has become largely silent on a whole range of issues that long defined its agenda and program of work.
This is the only good news of the day. You have to love Harpers boldness when it comes to Israel. Man he makes me proud to be Canadian. In a World full of the usual Jew haters.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUfFdhIOoQM&feature=related
This goes for me as an individual as well.
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Sigh. If only he were as ballsy about state censorship and Canada's "human rights" racket.
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