Tunisia by Keith Roper |
That the Conservative government in Canada is now back-pedalling speaks not to their values but to the concerns of their public-relations department. The fact that members of the Ben Ali/Trabelsis clan already have been furnished permanent-resident status by a Canadian government well aware of its excessive criminality and human rights abuses is a statement in of itself. That members of this family would consider Canada as a second home to where they can escape justice is another.
George Galloway by DavidMartynHunt |
Such immigration policies are a microcosm of the Canadian government's broader policy which is demonstrably cynical, anti-democratic, pro-war and elitist. That the government would allow Canada to be used as a base for a quasi-mafia to hide wealth pilfered from Tunisia in the form of Canadian real-estate and savings accounts by granting them permanent-residency, while tying up courts and spending public resources on persecuting US war-resisters and a democratically-elected British parliamentarian is a statement to all who are listening: That people of conscience, who speak out for peace and social justice and who have public support are to be viewed as threats; and that criminals and abusers of human rights are welcome, as long as their crimes are profitable and committed out of sight.
Read about "The Family" coming to Canada:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Family+members+Ousted+Tunisian+president+reach+Montreal/4150470/story.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec/a-tunisian-palace-in-the-heart-of-montreal/article1873921/
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Dictator+family+investigated+immigration/4160387/story.html
Read about George Galloway's recent visit to Canada:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/george-galloway-takes-shots-at-jason-kenney-pm-from-alberta/article1811320/
Read about a US war resistor:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=4969
Read the World Headlines Review report on the Tunisian unrest which forced Ben Ali from office:
http://worldheadlinesreview.blogspot.com/2011/01/tunisia-and-algeria-north-african.html