Speaking of being less Canadian:
From The Grope and Flail:
"The question is, how do you treat the results of this fact? Do you expect from these greater numbers that they will absorb themselves into Canadian society as Canadians or that they'll try to push Canadians to adopt their own values and principles? And this is the gist of the problem," Mr. Baker said in an interview. . . "First of all, there's a Muslim member of Parliament, who's elected to one of the Toronto ridings ..., [Omar] Alghabra, who has been outspoken in his hostility toward Israel," Mr. Baker said.
Which, when decoded, means "Oh crap! Muslims might get involved in politics. There's already one of THEM sitting in Parliament! What if they don't see Israel as a sovereign state for persecuted Jews, but as a militaristic outpost for Western colonialism? "
Well, your Excellency, oogah-boogah-boo! Here I am with my "un-Canadian" values. You know what IS contrary to Canadian values? Labeling a group of citizens as being aliens to the country by virtue of their political or religious opinions.
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, a multi-ethnic, multi-faith organization is running an e-mail campaign on the issue, to have Baker reprimanded for the remarks. It's unlikely to actually happen, but that's not the point:
http://www.cjpme.ca/action.shtml
"He also mentioned reports that some delegates to the 2006 Liberal leadership convention sought to use the Jewish religion of Bob Rae's wife against him."
Uh, no. I was paying attention, and no one (at least, no one of mention) did anything of the kind. There was, however, a campaign to discredit Rae for his role as a board member on the Toronto committee of a racist organization - one that used its charitable tax status and the country's good name to cover up a war crime.
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