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June 23, 2009

Canada talks tough, does nothing

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the reaction of the Iranian government to recent street protests in Iran is "wholly unacceptable." Kudos to Mr. Harper especially for having already described the Iranian regime as "obviously evil". But a few words would not comfort me if I were Maziar Bahari, a Canadian journalist working for Newsweek who was disappeared by Iran's police services during the recent troubles.

In related news: Canada has a military.

Also related: Canadian journalist, Zahra Kazemi - who was tortured, raped and murdered by Iran's government - is still dead.

A trip through the way-back machine to 2008 and Canada's former Prime Minister Jean Chretien may prove instructive. One wonders how much Chretien's little junket earned him.

After all that has happened during the past year, we now have information that the former Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Jean Chrétien, will be traveling to Iran this month as a special advisor to Calgary’s Patrol Gas in order to close a deal with Iran’s national oil company (NIOC). This is a shameful and unacceptable act since Mr. Chrétien was the prime minister of Canada at the time when Ms. Kazemi was murdered. At that time, the Liberal Government promised to bring those who were responsible for that heinous act to justice. It seems that Mr. Chrétien has completely forgotten that a Canadian citizen was tortured and murdered at the hands of the Iranian Regime. The actions of the Liberal Party and Mr. Chrétien go against the respect for democracy and human rights. Canada prides itself on these two issues.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 23, 2009 08:47 AM