And treasonous too! (In my opinion!)
This article in today’s liberal media provides us with at least a couple of sound lessons: (A) The Liberals are now a scientifically provable total farce, with a “consensus” of MPs (Liberal Frenchman Stephane Dion’s spokesman said, and I quote, “the ‘overwhelming majority’ of the Liberal caucus support the decision”) and its voters who are “very likely” willing to gamble the safety of Canada and Canadians, for their own selfish unprincipled indeed bizarre political needs; and (B) The liberal media will write ridiculously subtle and non-inflammatory articles when political parties make horrendous—nay treasonous, methinks—decisions that could risk the very country we live in, as long as the party in question is the Liberal Party or of course Layton’s you’ve got to be kidding party.
As I often do, let me start with a quote from well into the article:
The Liberal move sets a new course for the party on anti-terror issues under new leader Stephane Dion.
In October, a House of Commons subcommittee that was reviewing the act proposed extending the sunset provisions for five years. Liberal MPs on the panel supported the proposal.
If this were the Conservatives ignoring a committee’s recommendations or falling back on a previous and oh-so-obvious commitment and responsibility to Canada —one that literally could mean the death of untold numbers of Canadians and other westerners in our own country and others —the media would be absolutely apoplectic. You know, like they were when the Conservatives dared tinker with the socialist Status of Women gals and all their millions in taxpayer cash. Or when they figured Harper was being “petulant”. Or when they decided he had a pudgy belly.
Indeed, the subcommittee was acting in concert with the Liberals’ own bill, which they are now going to vote against because the Conservatives are the ones who are extending it as any non-treasonous responsible government should.
Anti-terror powers set to expire
Tory motion to extend them: Liberals withdraw support for provisions of law they enacted
Andrew Mayeda, CanWest News Service
Published: Saturday, February 10, 2007OTTAWA – Canada is set to roll back some of the unprecedented powers granted to authorities to fight terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks after the Liberal party withdrew support yesterday for two controversial provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act.
The former Liberal government of Jean Chretien rushed the sweeping federal law through Parliament in the weeks after 9/11, arguing law-enforcement agencies needed extensive new tools to deal with the threat of terror.
But in response to concerns the law would trample civil liberties, the government placed a “sunset” clause on the provisions of the law enabling “preventive arrests” and “investigative hearings.” Both provisions expire at the end of next week, unless both Houses of Parliament pass a resolution to extend them.
The Conservative government tabled a motion yesterday that would extend the provisions for three years.
But now that the Liberals have withdrawn support, the motion looks doomed. Both the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois oppose any extension. A vote on the motion is expected next week.
The Liberal shift surprised national security experts, who were expecting an extension to sail through Parliament.
“I’m shocked,” said Craig Forcese, an expert in national-security law at the University of Ottawa. “They were pretty enthused about it while in government.”
Scaling back such powers would put Canada on a considerably more moderate track than allies such as the United States, Britain and Australia.
“If anything, they’ve been ratcheting it up,” said Mr. Forcese. “We are definitely bucking the trend if we let these expire.”
The motion’s defeat would also add another dimension to a brewing feud between Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the opposition on law-and-order issues.
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day slammed the Liberals yesterday for “bail(ing) out on their own former legislation.”
“It appears that the logic, or the illogic, that is being applied to not extending these provisions that are in here to protect Canadians, is that everything is fine now. Nobody has blown up any Twin Towers since [9/11]. There has not been any attack in Canada. Could there be any thought that maybe the legislation has actually served as a deterrent? Would that ever come into account? It appears not.” […]
I would personally propose legislation recommending treason charges be brought against those who seek to weaken Canada and its defenses against the Islamofascist terrorist threat. But then I’m not a liberal.
(Hat tip to Ken)
…UPDATE… here’s a poll on CTV’s Canada AM web site:
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