U.S. again brands Canada terrorist haven

[dArKeR]

Canada has been branded a "favoured destination for terrorists and international criminals" by the research arm of the U.S. Congress.

Generous constitutional freedoms, weak law enforcement and lightly patrolled borders have made the country an inviting place for dangerous extremists to set up shop, says a new report by the Library of Congress in Washington.

"Canada has played a significant role as a base for both transnational criminal activity and terrorist activity," the report says.

The report, titled Nations Hospitable to Organized Crime and Terrorism, was completed in October by the congressional library's federal research division under an arrangement with the Central Intelligence, Crime and Narcotics Center.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040215.wterr0215/BNStory/National/

What do you call the Republican Party?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

1. When does the invasion begin?

[Ekova]

2. I'll take the hit for Canada on this one.

Entering spider-hole now, bringing life savings and a briefcase filled with evidence. Mmm, hotdogs...

[CHIMO]

3. Don't Get

Angry. Get Ev....

Institute closer checks on US of A citizens working in Canada. Know which ones are agents.

Analyze the free trade agreement for benefits.

Gain control of of the country's resources.

Many more ways. Just want it and then start implementing it.

Some party will come along to then pick up the banner and get done.

[Minstrel Boy]

4. "an inviting place for dangerous extremists to set up shop"

Gimme a break. That sounds much more like Bush's America.

Damn our "generous constitutional freedoms"!

[aquart]

19. Love 'em while you got 'em.

[daleo]

5. The Globe loves these "Blame Canada" stories

There is a certain segment of the Canadian population, well represented by the Globe, that loves to run down the country and build up the U.S. - constant hand-wringing about every topic imaginable. Part of it is simply that the Globe represents big business in Canada, which mostly has a subsidiary mindset (often literally) to U.S. business. The other part is just our tendency to a bit of an inferiority complex, at least on the part of some people.

I will wait for my morning copy of the Globe to see the details of the story - they have a frustratingly slow web page.

[CHIMO]

7. US of A

News. This is a report of news.

See also

http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/02/15/terror040215

Also here.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1076887504865&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037

[daleo]

10. Agreed, my Globe bashing was gratuitous

And its web page loaded very fast this time. The Star seemed the most balanced of the three - pointed out that the Canada section of this U.S. report was only 10 of the 234 pages.

Still, I suspect some Globe columnists will be wringing their hands about this in the next day or two.

[freeforall]

6. Yeah Right

Do I detect frustration on the US government's part because Canada makes her own decisions, and thinks Shrub is a moron?

Nah, can't be that....

[bubblesby2002]

8. Lightly controlled borders - makes me smile -

the only actual "borders" we have are the ones we have with the USofA. 49th parallel and the Alaskan panhandle or am I wrong.

[Newsjock]

15. Don't forget about Greenland

And all those nasty terrorists catching the red-eye from Nuuk to Iqaluit.

[david_vincent]

17. You forgot that Canada borders on France

not metaphorically, but literally. St. Pierre and Miquelon are French
territory and always have been. Canada's literal proximity to France is bound to give reactionary imbeciles here in the States conniption fits.

[pink_poodle]

9. Oh this is getting so warped. And yet if you ask anyone here...........

you find very little concern about safety or any other security matters. Just don't have that paranoia level that the US has. And this "generous constitutional freedoms" clause is a complete joke. Isn't that what the USA was supposed to represent and why we are all hating you guys????????

[CHIMO]

11. One Has

To realize what is happening in Canadian politics to get a better picture.
We get shots from Paul C. and then he is quiet. We then get government releases and then some more pushes from Paul C.
Then we have a regrouping of the right at the same time as these things are coming from the South.

Makes one wonder about the interference that may be going on.

I for one think that if it continues a party will finally pick up the nationalism banner to stay in power or to come to power.

[whirlygigspin]

13. Canada is hiding WMD's too

it's a terrorist free for all up there!

[pink_poodle]

21. hee hee hee. Good one!! -nm

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[MrPrax]

12. This is a Retread...The Glob Must be on Auto-Pilot

Nice work if you can get it...rehashing stuff from last May

My link to the canada.com story is scrubbed...
(But this blogger has the reports quotes when this bombshell hit last May!!)

May 05, 2003
Canada: More free than the U.S.?

The U.S. just released this year's State Department report on global terrorism. Interestingly, Canada has become a problem spot -- because "it doesn't spend enough on policing and places too much emphasis on civil liberties", according to an Ottawa Citizen writer who's seen the report.

The report says: "Canadian laws and regulations intended to protect Canadian citizens and landed immigrants from government intrusion sometimes limit the depth of investigations."

"Sometimes limit the depth of investigations"? Well, yeah -- that's what civil rights are for, for god's sake: To prevent the abuse of government power.

Consider how ironic this is, with respect to American-Canadian relations. On paper, Canada's civil rights look much more weak than those in the U.S. Sure, Canada has a "Charter of Rights and Freedoms," guaranteeing civil rights to Canadians. But their Charter has an infamous "notwithstanding" clause -- which says that civil rights are only guaranteed "notwithstanding" the government's overarching desire to maintain "peace, order, and good government." What does that mean? That means if any pesky civil rights get in the way of "peace, order, and good government" (words that Mussolini might have used, quite frankly), the government can bust heads and revoke those rights. Scary, eh?

Except not really. On paper, Canada may look like it has shakier civil rights than the U.S.; but in practice, the government does far less snooping on and jailing of its citizens, as the U.S is discovering. And more importantly, the Canadian government has infinitely better laws protecting Canadians' privacy against prying corporations -- as the State Department report notes with annoyance.
more
http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/000352.html

I don't know who is more tedious...Canadians who take this shit, or the Americans that keep photocopying it...

Were TOO free?

[CHIMO]

14. Exactly

Went back and checked a reference on the CBC article and found out that it was from Oct. 2003

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/Nats_Hospitable.pdf

Stale news.

How come it came out as new news? (If that means anything)

Who got this article into circulation at this time? Can anyone help.

[BadGimp]

16. Time to stock up on Canadian Bacon

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[Voltaire99]

18. The inmates are jealous

Canada can only make the US right wing jealous, since it embodies the dream of a free, vibrant, functioning democracy which the US has systematically betrayed for so long that there's precious little of it left here.

Hell, I'm jealous: watching Canadian news these days via News World International on cable, I long to live in a saner society.

Dear Canada: would you mind just annexing the upper US midwest, please? Thanks! ;-)

[w4rma]

20. insane. (n/t)

[freeforall]

22. New Slogan for Canadian Tourism

Visit Canada. Favoured destination for terrorists and international criminals

Sounds kinda catchy, I think