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Spazito

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1. I agree with Stephen Lewis, someone I feel very fortunate to have met...

Reply to alcina (Original post)

Tue Nov 25, 2014, 04:42 PM

Nov 2014

"I think Stephen Lewis was dead-on when he described the current government as “pre-paleolithic Neanderthals” and Harper as being driven by malevolence."

As to the vote against the UN resolution, due to the wording, had they supported the resolution, it would have been contrary to Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/eng/1355931062024/1355931133880

Many of the Harper government's votes in the UN are disgusting and 'malevolent', this one was not of that ilk, imo.

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Canada votes against UN resolution condemning glorification of Nazism [View all] alcina Nov 2014 OP

I agree with Stephen Lewis, someone I feel very fortunate to have met... Spazito Nov 2014 #1

Thank you for the clarification alcina Nov 2014 #2

An environmental group I belonged to brought him in as a guest speaker... Spazito Nov 2014 #3

Must be all those Immigrants in Alberta PeoViejo Nov 2014 #4