Without Shame or Dignity: Tories Give $1-million to Radical Rabbi Friend of Foreign M

Written by Paul Fromm

Sunday, 13 May 2012 07:48

*Without Shame or Dignity: Tories Give $1-million to Radical Rabbi Friend of Foreign Minister* ** The Harper government is utterly Zionist and 110% Israel First. It seems there's no depth they're not prepared to plunge in their slavish support for the most radical elements among those occupying the land of others, Palestine, whose indigenous population, Moslem and Christian, has been expelled and persecuted by Zionist newcomers over the past 60-some years. Prime Minister Harper has declared that "Israel's values are Canada's values" and "an attack on Israel is an attack on Canada." *CTV NEWS*(November 12, 2010) reported: " Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is prepared to suffer any political backlash that comes his way for speaking out against anti-Israel rhetoric." On November 8, 2010, Mr. Harper declared: "All of my life, Israel has been a symbol – a symbol of the triumph of hope and faith. Our government believes that those who threaten Israel also threaten Canada, because, as the last world war showed, hate-fuelled bigotry against some is a threat to all" In January, 2012, Foreign Minister John Baird made his third visit to Israel -- an inordinate amount of attention to a tiny and ultra-controversial state. There he was, dressed as a perfect clown with a yamulka -- a skull cap and symbol of a religion that is not his -- pledging support for foreign invaders. Worse, he was accompanied by a lobbyist for an ultra-radical Zionist sect.* The Globe and Mail* (January 31, 2012) reported: "For Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, his third visit to Israel often seems to be a personal crusade*.* Monday at Yad Vashem, Israel’s museum and memorial to the Holocaust, Mr. Baird ... told the audience of 350 that “Israel has no greater friend in the world than Canada,” then surprised people by saying 'Canada does not stand behind Israel... .' After a slight pause he continued: 'Canada stands shoulder-to-shoulder *with *Israel' in any threats and challenges it may face. He was met with warm applause. Mr. Baird then said he had 'a confession' to make. 'I am not Jewish,” he said. 'But I have a rabbi.' He then proceeded to introduce Chaim Mendelsohn, director of public affairs of the Canadian Federation of Chabad Lubavitch, whom, he said, was accompanying the Minister on his visit to Israel." Being accompanie by a lobbyist for a radical Zionist sect certainly undermined any creibility Baird might have had as a fair and even-handed representative of Canada. *Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird and his "dear friend" and rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn* The Lubavitchers are a radical Hasidic sect. According to *Wikipedia*, their long-time head, the late Menachem "Schneerson looked to Torah law for the appropriate view of the Israeli-Arab<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli-Arab>conflict. He maintained that as a matter of Jewish law, [29] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chabad#cite_note-28> any territorial concession on Israel's part would endanger the lives of all Jews in the Land of Israel, and is therefore forbidden. He also insisted that even discussing the possibility of such concessions showed weakness, would encourage Arab attacks, and therefore endanger Jewish lives. Dennis Greunding, a Canadian writer, noted on February 5, 2012: "Baird refused, when asked by journalists, to make any criticism of Israel’s deliberate building of settlements in Palestine lands under its military occupation. These settlements are widely considered to be illegal under international law<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/the-big-question-what-are-israeli-settlements-and-why-are-they-coming-under-pressure-1692515.html>. In contrast, when Baird met with Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority, he lectured him about the folly of his going to the Untied Nations last year in a bid to have Palestinians recognized as a state. Baird told Abbas that Palestinians should get back to the table, without preconditions, to negotiate a two-state arrangement with Israel. Jeffrey Simpson a *Globe and Mail* columnist described Baird’s uncouth diplomacy with Abbas in these words: “The Harper government insists<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/truculent-moralizing-for-a-domestic-audience/article2325825/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2325825>that it favours a two-state solution, but everyone knows it will do or say nothing to nudge Israel in that direction, or to chastise Israel for doing next to nothing to move in that direction.” The latest debasement of our Middle East policy was revealed Friday when it became public that Baird had intervened to get his "dear friend" and lobbyist Rabbi Mendelsohn's Lubavitcher group a $1-million grant that bureaucrats had strongly recommended against. The *Globe and Mail* *(May 11, 2012)* reported: "The Conservative government overruled federal bureaucrats and gave $1-million to a social hall project submitted by an Ottawa rabbi with close ties to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. After speaking to Mr. Baird, Human Resources Minister Diane Finley personally approved the project even though her officials determined it did not meet the criteria for a federal program aimed at making facilities wheelchair accessible*.* The funding request for the expansion of a Jewish community centre known as a Chabad was submitted by Rabbi Chaim Mendelsohn of the Canadian Federation of Chabad Lubavitch, who serves as the Canadian face of the international Hasidic outreach movement.Ministers can make such decisions because they are ultimately responsible for spending in their department. Mr. Baird acknowledges discussing the proposal with Ms. Finley. 'As the MP for Ottawa West-Nepean, he was happy to lend Rabbi Mendelsohn his support,' said Mr. Baird’s spokesman. 'Determinations are then made by the department.' ... The money for the project came from the Enabling Accessibility Fund, a short-term program that offered federal grants for projects that 'improve accessibility and enable Canadians, regardless of physical ability, to participate in and contribute to their communities and the economy.' Ms. Finley’s department received 355 applications by the deadline of Jan. 13, 2011. Public servants graded submissions against the program’s criteria and whittled the list down to 25 that received at least 82 out of a possible 100 points." ** ** **

 

Further Delays in Political Prisoner Terry Tremaine's "Hate" Trial in Regina

Written by Paul Fromm

Saturday, 12 May 2012 07:46

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email newsletter was sent to you in graphical HTML format. If you're seeing this version, your email program prefers plain text emails. You can read the original version online: http://ymlp237.net/zXJmR0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further Delays in Political Prisoner Terry Tremaine's "Hate" Trial in Regina A Saskatchewan political dissident will remain gagged and his life put on hold as his “hate” trial has been adjourned at least until September with further procedural motions scheduled for June 4. Terry Tremaine,computer programming specialist. math lecturer and accomplished diver, was cursed with the ability to think for himself. Over a number of years, he studied politics and racial differences and began posting his thoughts on STORMFRONT.org under the moniker"mathdoktor99" in the early 2000s. He was swiftly targetted and hunted down by self appointed hate hunter extraordinaire Richard Warman. Warman filed a complaint under the much discredited Sec. 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act(Internet censorship). Warman then approached the University of Saskatchewan where Mr. Tremaine was a contract lecturer in math. The letter threatened an expose to the press and complaints to the police if action wasn't taken. Mr. Tremaine promptly lost his job. Now virtually penniless, he was unable to hire a lawyer to fight the human rights case. On behalf of CAFE, Paul Fromm assisted him and acted as his agent before a human rights tribunal in August 2006. He was duly found guilty, slapped with a lifetime "cease and desist" gag order and fined $4,000 -- although he had earned less than half the poverty level the year before. True to his threats -- despite Tremaine's dismissal -- Warman filed "hate law" -- Sec. 319 -- complaints against Mr. Tremaine and, in June, 2007, his home was raided and his computer seized. In January, 2008, he was charged. The case has been bounced from Crown to Crown and has proceeded glacially through the courts ever since. He was supposed to proceed to trial on June 4 before Court of Queen’s Bench Judge Frederick Kovach but the trial has again been postponed. His bail conditions, although four times amended and made slightly less onerous, keep him from posting his political views on his own website --http://nspcanada.nfshost.com-- or on any "White supremacist" site. Thus, he has been effectively gagged for four years. The maximum prison term under Canada's notorious "hate law" in two years. The outrageous delays effectively inflict the sort of political silencing the West denounces when it is inflicted on a Chinese dissident like the blind Chen Guangcheng. Last December, Douglas H. Christie, Mr. Tremaine's lawyer, was to argue an undue delay motion. The hearing, ironically, was delayed until March. Judge Kovach reserved on that motion and his decision has still not been delivered. May 8-10, Terry Tremaine and Mr. Christie were back in Court to argue three new motions. In an interview with CAFE, Mr. Christie explained that the first motion argued that Sec. 319.2 does not apply to the Internet. "I argued it didn't include passive posting to a foreign website of material which doesn't communicate to a human being in Canada unless he requests it." The second motion argues that Sec. 319, if it applies to the Internet, violates Sec. 2(b) --"freedom of expression" -- of the Charter. Mr. Christie also argued in a motion for a ruling as to whether "communicate" is an issue of fact or a matter of law to be dealt with in a charge to the jury. Judge Kovach reserved again on all three motions. Mr. Christie made a motion to quash the indictment because the grounds of the charge are so vague. Mr. Christie has repeatedly urged the Crown to clarify specifically against whom Mr. Tremaine allegedly willfully promoted hate. ”It’s so vague it’s absurd,” says Mr. Tremaine, The judge instructed that he wanted the arguments in writing. Mr. Christie's deadline for his written submissions is May 19. The motion will be heard June 4-6. The trial has been adjourned at least until September and Terry Tremaine remains gagged. [The Red Chinese could take some pointers from the Canadian justice system in silencing dissidents.] “It’s been seven years since Warman’s complaint in 2005,” Mr. Tremaine told CAFÉ. “For seven years my life has been on hold, locked in legal limbo. I am unable to move on with my career,” he adds. _____________________________ Unsubscribe / Change Profile: http://ymlp237.net/ugmjhqsqgsgbbqgmysgguewwmw Powered by YourMailingListProvider

 

Further Delays in Political Prisoner Terry Tremaine's "Hate" Trial in Regina

Written by Paul Fromm

Saturday, 12 May 2012 07:40

*Further Delays in Political Prisoner Terry Tremaine's "Hate" Trial in Regina* ** A Saskatchewan political dissident will remain gagged and his life put on hold as his “hate” trial has been adjourned at least until September with further procedural motions scheduled for June 4*. Terry Tremaine,* computer programming specialist. math lecturer and accomplished diver, was cursed with the ability to think for himself. Over a number of years, he studied politics and racial differences and began posting his thoughts on*STORMFRONT.org * under the moniker *"mathdoktor99"* in the early 2000s. He was swiftly targetted and hunted down by self appointed hate hunter extraordinaire *Richard Warman*. Warman filed a complaint under the much discredited *Sec. 1*3 of *the Canadian Human Rights Act* *(In*ternet censorship). Warman then approached the *University of Saskatchewan* where Mr. Tremaine was a contract lecturer in math. The letter threatened an expose to the press and complaints to the police if action wasn't taken. Mr. Tremaine promptly lost his job. Now virtually penniless, he was unable to hire a lawyer to fight the human rights case. On behalf of *CAFE*, *Paul Fromm* assisted him and acted as his agent before a human rights tribunal in August 2006. He was duly found guilty, slapped with a lifetime "cease and desist" gag order and fined $4,000 -- although he had earned less than half the poverty level the year before. True to his threats -- despite Tremaine's dismissal -- Warman filed "hate law" *-- Sec. 319* -- complaints against Mr. Tremaine and, in June, 2007, his home was raided and his computer seized. In January, 2008, he was charged. The case has been bounced from *Crown* to *Crown* and has proceeded glacially through the courts ever since. He was supposed to proceed to trial on June 4 before *Court of Queen’s Bench Judge Frederick Kovach *but the trial has again been postponed. His bail conditions, although four times amended and made slightly less onerous, keep him from posting his political views on his own website --* http://nspcanada.nfshost.com -- *or on any "White supremacist" site. Thus, he has been effectively gagged for four years. The maximum prison term under Canada's notorious "hate law" in two years. The outrageous delays effectively inflict the sort of political silencing the West denounces when it is inflicted on a Chinese dissident like the blind *Chen Guangcheng.* Last December, *Douglas H. Christie,* Mr. Tremaine's lawyer, was to argue an undue delay motion. The hearing, ironically, was delayed until March. Judge Kovach reserved on that motion and his decision has still not been delivered. May 8-10, *Terry Tremaine* and Mr. Christie were back in *Court* to argue three new motions. In an interview with *CAFE*, Mr. Christie explained that the first motion argued that *Sec. 319.2* does not apply to the *Internet*. "I argued it didn't include passive posting to a foreign website of material which doesn't communicate to a human being in Canada unless he requests it." The second motion argues that *Sec. 319*, if it applies to the *Internet,* violates *Sec. 2(b)* -- "freedom of expression" -- of the * Charter*. Mr. Christie also argued in a motion for a ruling as to whether "communicate" is an issue of fact or a matter of law to be dealt with in a charge to the jury. Judge Kovach reserved again on all three motions. Mr. Christie made a motion to quash the indictment because the grounds of the charge are so vague. Mr. Christie has repeatedly urged the *Crown* to clarify specifically against whom Mr. Tremaine allegedly willfully promoted hate. ”It’s so vague it’s absurd,” says Mr. Tremaine, The judge instructed that he wanted the arguments in writing. Mr. Christie's deadline for his written submissions is May 19. The motion will be heard June 4-6. The trial has been adjourned at least until September and *Terry Tremaine* remains gagged. [The Red Chinese could take some pointers from the Canadian justice system in silencing dissidents.] “It’s been seven years since Warman’s complaint in 2005,” Mr. Tremaine told *CAFÉ*. “For seven years my life has been on hold, locked in legal limbo. I am unable to move on with my career,” he adds.