Canada Terrorism Watch: Canada Slams Representative John Hostettler
Bill Graham, head of Canada’s main opposition Liberal party, speaks in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa May 3, 2006. Canada’s government and main opposition party united on Friday to condemn ‘completely uninformed and ignorant remarks’ by a U.S. member of Congress who said Canada was a breeding ground for terrorists.
Reuters: Canada slams “ignorant” US comments on security
Canada’s government and main opposition party united on Friday to condemn “completely uninformed and ignorant remarks” by a U.S. member of Congress who said Canada was a breeding ground for terrorists.
Last week police in and around Toronto arrested 17 Muslim men, five of whom are under the age of 18. Several of them are charged with plotting bombings in major Canadian cities and training militants.
John Hostettler, chairman of the House of Representatives subcommittee on immigration and border security, said on Thursday that Canada “hosts an abundance of terrorists and as many as 50 terrorist organizations.”
Bill Graham, head of Canada’s main opposition Liberal party, asked in Parliament what the government was doing to “stand up to these unjustified and abusive attacks on Canada, making sure that the American media and the politicians understand and speak the truth?”
Jason Kenney, parliamentary secretary to Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, described Hostettler as misinformed and called on him to withdraw the comments.
“I join with the leader of the opposition in repudiating those completely uninformed and ignorant remarks that we heard yesterday,” he replied.
But, the Canadians are used to BASHING the United States on the Global War on Terror and trade issues. Paul Martin, the former Prime Minister and Liberal Party Crook Head spent the past few years in heavily crticizing the USA in the press.
So, when a United States Member of Congress does the same, then…… all hell breaks loose north of the border.
Hostettler also lashed out at “South Toronto,” which he said was “the type of enclave that allows for this radical type of discussion to go on.”
Toronto is Canada’s largest city, but there is no area known as “South Toronto.” Crimes rates in the southern part of the city — which lies on the north shore of Lake Ontario — are relatively low.
And what is the REAL issue here?
Hostettler’s comments alarmed Canadian politicians, who are trying to persuade U.S. lawmakers to delay a law that would require all Canadian citizens crossing into the United States to carry a passport or a sophisticated identity card.
Canadian and U.S. communities along the border fear the rules — due to come into effect on January 1, 2008 — could damage a lucrative cross-border trade.
Hostettler said he opposed the idea of a delay, saying: “We do not want to have to worry about a neighbor that has a very different attitude than we do about terrorism.”
The real concern by Candians is that over 40 per cent of them do not possess passports and thus are truely undocumented residents when they cross over to the United States.
THIS MUST STOP.
The United States has an obligation, not to lucrative border trade, but, to protect American residents from unlawful entry of terrorists into the United States.
Canada is a conduit through which terrorists may easily pass.
There should be no delay in the 2008 implementation date.
Stay tuned….. Prime Minister Harper will meet with President Bush on July 6th.
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2 Comments
agioblue
Hostettler’s comments, much like your own are uninformed hysterical ignorance. The comments also pre-suppose y’all have a handle on the 12-15 million undocumented illegal aliens , primarily from Messico, currently residing in the U.S.
Mind you, those illegals do come from a country known for its stable Governments and open and honest dealings with the U.S. unlike the radical Canadians.
Besides, as everyone knows, the messican illegals are nothing more than happy-go-lucky fruit n bean pickers.
Flap
Excuse me.
Were the 17 terrorists arrested in Toronto from Mexico?
There is much to do to secure both borders Canadian and Mexican. I don’t want Canadian terrorists blowing up targets in the USA.
I know you can understand that.