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选举的时候，记得别被各种“美好前景”给忽悠了， 也别指望保守党就是个完美的能解决所有问题！简单地说，自由党政府大量招人，扩大政府职能，吃饭穿衣样样都给你负责了，孩子也全给你包了， 上学学费全包了， 老百姓就负责吹自由党的美德，不支持能行么？ 而保守党却说，咱得自食其力，政府不会大方，手头紧，共同努力过难关。。。 选保守党行么？
Petition to The Government of Canad
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不行。政客都是骗子
上学学费包了的是低收入家庭，中产工薪想多了。
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6680 signatures
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-1194
Is it picking up or dying down?
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-1194
Is it picking up or dying down?
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ZT
https://nowtoronto.com/news/omar-khadr-terrorist-murderer-none-of-the-above/
Omar Khadr: "terrorist," "murderer," none of the above
To call Khadr a terrorist or murderer is ludicrous in the extreme – the incident that led to his capture was clearly a firefight with distinct combatants on both sides. Nobody was out to terrorize anybody.
BY SCOTT TAYLOR
JULY 11, 2017
8:16 AM
howled with indignationthat the payment is in essence a reward to a "terrorist."
To back up their argument, they point to the fact that Khadr confessed to throwing a grenade which killed U.S. soldier Christopher Speer and wounded another American infantryman. This makes Khadr a "murderer" in the eyes of his detractors.
The terms "terrorist" and "murderer" are indeed provocative, but in the case of Khadr they don't apply.
Yes, Khadr’s father Ahmed was a full-fledged associate of the notorious al-Qaeda terrorist network. Following the post-9/11 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the elder Khadr returned to Afghanistan where he had fought against the Soviet occupation during the 1980s, this time bringing along with him his sons Abdurahman and Omar. Their intention was to resist the U.S. military, whose objective was to round up or eliminate any and all who could be linked to the 9/11 terror attack.
Omar Khadr was 15 years old at the time. This puts him in the same category as boy soldiers of Africa whom Canada considers to be the victims of their circumstance.
Khadr was tortured by his U.S. captors. His "confession" to Speer’s death was obtained by torture and to secure his release from Guantanamo and his transfer to a Canadian prison, his lawyers say. Khadr is seeking to have the confession overturned.
The compensation being paid now to Khadr is in recognition of the fact that the Harper government failed to protect Khadr following his capture. He was a Canadian citizen, a minor, caught in the violent chaos of post-9/11 Afghanistan. He was allowed to languish in the brutal conditions of the notorious Guantanamo Bay facility among hardcore terrorists and equally sadistic U.S. interrogators. He also had the misfortune of having a father who firmly adhered to a jihadist ideology.
Does Khadr's treatment warrant a $10.5-million payday? A more appropriate question to ask may be, how can you possibly put a dollar figure on what Khadr went through?
The widow and family of Christopher Speer have been awarded $134-million (U.S.) by a U.S. court in a ruling alleging Khadr killed the American soldier and partially blinded another. With Khadr now in receipt of his payout, Speer's widow is seeking to seize the compensation awarded Khadr.
That Speer was killed while serving his country is a tragic loss.
But why would his family be entitled to such a massive sum? Speer was killed in battle, he was not murdered in his bed.
If Speer’s loss is worth $134-million (U.S.), why wouldn't the deaths of every one of the Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan be worth the same?
Scott Taylor is a former Canadian infantry soldier and founder of Esprit de Corps Magazine
https://nowtoronto.com/news/omar-khadr-terrorist-murderer-none-of-the-above/
Omar Khadr: "terrorist," "murderer," none of the above
To call Khadr a terrorist or murderer is ludicrous in the extreme – the incident that led to his capture was clearly a firefight with distinct combatants on both sides. Nobody was out to terrorize anybody.
BY SCOTT TAYLOR
JULY 11, 2017
8:16 AM
howled with indignationthat the payment is in essence a reward to a "terrorist."
To back up their argument, they point to the fact that Khadr confessed to throwing a grenade which killed U.S. soldier Christopher Speer and wounded another American infantryman. This makes Khadr a "murderer" in the eyes of his detractors.
The terms "terrorist" and "murderer" are indeed provocative, but in the case of Khadr they don't apply.
Yes, Khadr’s father Ahmed was a full-fledged associate of the notorious al-Qaeda terrorist network. Following the post-9/11 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the elder Khadr returned to Afghanistan where he had fought against the Soviet occupation during the 1980s, this time bringing along with him his sons Abdurahman and Omar. Their intention was to resist the U.S. military, whose objective was to round up or eliminate any and all who could be linked to the 9/11 terror attack.
Omar Khadr was 15 years old at the time. This puts him in the same category as boy soldiers of Africa whom Canada considers to be the victims of their circumstance.
Khadr was tortured by his U.S. captors. His "confession" to Speer’s death was obtained by torture and to secure his release from Guantanamo and his transfer to a Canadian prison, his lawyers say. Khadr is seeking to have the confession overturned.
The compensation being paid now to Khadr is in recognition of the fact that the Harper government failed to protect Khadr following his capture. He was a Canadian citizen, a minor, caught in the violent chaos of post-9/11 Afghanistan. He was allowed to languish in the brutal conditions of the notorious Guantanamo Bay facility among hardcore terrorists and equally sadistic U.S. interrogators. He also had the misfortune of having a father who firmly adhered to a jihadist ideology.
Does Khadr's treatment warrant a $10.5-million payday? A more appropriate question to ask may be, how can you possibly put a dollar figure on what Khadr went through?
The widow and family of Christopher Speer have been awarded $134-million (U.S.) by a U.S. court in a ruling alleging Khadr killed the American soldier and partially blinded another. With Khadr now in receipt of his payout, Speer's widow is seeking to seize the compensation awarded Khadr.
That Speer was killed while serving his country is a tragic loss.
But why would his family be entitled to such a massive sum? Speer was killed in battle, he was not murdered in his bed.
If Speer’s loss is worth $134-million (U.S.), why wouldn't the deaths of every one of the Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan be worth the same?
Scott Taylor is a former Canadian infantry soldier and founder of Esprit de Corps Magazine
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本来奥凯达就是个以平民为目标的伊斯兰恐怖组织?
Trudeau says he did not reach out to soldier's widow in wake of Khadr Payout
So much about this lefty extremist's compassion.
So much about this lefty extremist's compassion.
This generalized statement is deliberate and unfair to hard-working, fair-minded, and honorable politicians, most of them by the way are conservatives.不行。政客都是骗子
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