tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post5197581828384883875..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: Canada and tortureAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-82219290568673793432008-01-06T05:43:00.000-08:002008-01-06T05:43:00.000-08:00Good questions which have no right answers, other ...Good questions which have no right answers, other than we're wrong to support torture, period.<BR/><BR/>Philosophically, torture is a logical extension of right wing 'wrong' thinking, such as capital punishment and more prisons will stop crime, so being as cruel as the enemy will obviously defeat him.<BR/><BR/>In Harper's case, he's also just a fucking sycophant.Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633199984811526188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-28738124333638393522008-01-05T18:39:00.000-08:002008-01-05T18:39:00.000-08:00Good call here, Alison, I think you have it dead t...Good call here, Alison, I think you have it dead to rights - the war on terra is just one of many excuses the Harperites use to suck up to the US.<BR/>Why wasn't this more widely reported?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-16424465735746753582008-01-05T18:29:00.000-08:002008-01-05T18:29:00.000-08:00Federal court strikes down refugee agreement"The U...<B>Federal court strikes down refugee agreement</B><BR/>"The United States is not a safe country for refugees, the Federal Court said Thursday as it ruled that Canada will no longer have the right to turn back asylum seekers at the border.<BR/>In the surprise judgment, the court found that Safe Third Country Agreement breaches the rights of asylum seekers under the United Nation Refugee Convention or the Convention Against Torture.<BR/>The three-year-old agreement denies refugees who have landed first in the U.S. the right to later seek protection in Canada, and vice versa. It has allowed Canada to automatically send refugee claimants at the border back to the United States. There, they are usually either detained or deported."<BR/>- <A HREF="http://creekside1.blogspot.com/2007/11/all-together-now-unelected-activist.html" REL="nofollow">Creekside Nov 2007</A>.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps together the Federal Court and the Iacobucci federal inquiry can trump the Cons on this. Hoping.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-15201281041018174462008-01-05T16:59:00.000-08:002008-01-05T16:59:00.000-08:00Glad to see you back with the living, Alison, and ...Glad to see you back with the living, Alison, and a great post, too!<BR/><BR/>The portion of the CBC piece I especially liked was:<BR/><BR/><I>Amnesty (International) is among several inquiry participants, including the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group and the Canadian Arab Federation, <B>urging tight restrictions on information sharing with foreign states that use torture or flout the rule of law.<BR/><BR/>That includes the United States</B>, says Amnesty's submission. Canada's interactions with its southern neighbour "should be premised on the recognition that the U.S., through its use of rendition, secret detention and detention centres such as Guantanamo Bay, has been widely criticized for serious human rights violations associated with the 'war on terror."'</I><BR/><BR/>They got that right, didn't they ? ? ? ?West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05757317517075393438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-54416131792680684722008-01-05T14:58:00.000-08:002008-01-05T14:58:00.000-08:00pogge--Maybe, at least in the beginning.But now, I...pogge--<BR/><BR/>Maybe, at least in the beginning.<BR/><BR/>But now, I think that maybe Michael Byers is right - we have become a vassal state.<BR/><BR/><BR/>(details at my place for those interested)<BR/><BR/>.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-83442597352374924312008-01-05T13:19:00.000-08:002008-01-05T13:19:00.000-08:00I really want to take Naomi Wolf's 10 steps to fas...I really want to take Naomi Wolf's 10 steps to fascism and note where Canada is already at work.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this, AlisonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-83280478764388841102008-01-05T08:16:00.000-08:002008-01-05T08:16:00.000-08:00Shorter Canadian government: The terrorists won. W...Shorter Canadian government: The terrorists won. We're so terrified we're throwing our principles out the window.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com