Comments on: This week in citizenship http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/ Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: sharing http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150466 sharing Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:21:02 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150466 On the contrary conservative incompetence (is there any other kind) sees only color. On the contrary conservative incompetence (is there any other kind) sees only color.

]]> By: Lois http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150465 Lois Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:34:40 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150465 Oh Andrew, you forgot to bring out your violins for Karlheinz Schreiber, a distinguished German-Canadian businessman. Apparently, he has been whisked out of the country on a holiday weekend and did not have a chance to continue his 10-year appeal parade or finalize his 38 million-dollar law suit. Poor him. His human rights must have been violated somewhere - he SAID so! Oh Andrew, you forgot to bring out your violins for Karlheinz Schreiber, a distinguished German-Canadian businessman. Apparently, he has been whisked out of the country on a holiday weekend and did not have a chance to continue his 10-year appeal parade or finalize his 38 million-dollar law suit. Poor him. His human rights must have been violated somewhere – he SAID so!

]]> By: André http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150464 André Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:22:48 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150464 But Steph, Harper said you don't want an election. But Steph, Harper said you don't want an election.

]]> By: ottawasteph http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150463 ottawasteph Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:53:06 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150463 The Harper Government has effectively gagged our Ambassadors, forcing them to have every communication vetted by, you guessed it, PMO. Our foreign service has been dismayed to see the actual language that they use being changed by rookie political staffers, as terminology used by the international community is not consistent with the CPC party line on foreign policy. <a href="http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/dfait-7-29-2009" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/dfait-7-29-200...</a> Election please! The Harper Government has effectively gagged our Ambassadors, forcing them to have every communication vetted by, you guessed it, PMO. Our foreign service has been dismayed to see the actual language that they use being changed by rookie political staffers, as terminology used by the international community is not consistent with the CPC party line on foreign policy.

http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/dfait-7-29-200…

Election please!

]]> By: ottawasteph http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150462 ottawasteph Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:46:18 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150462 On my planet, Italian-Canadians are white. On my planet, Italian-Canadians are white.

]]> By: Herb http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150461 Herb Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:58:35 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150461 Over 30 years ago Canadian citizenship meant something. Personally, I felt that I could use the geographically-corrected words of St. Paul if ever facing a crisis with authority: <i>Civitas canadensis sum!</i> Translation: "I'm a Canadian citizen - back off and respect my rights!" Thirty-odd years of political progress later, we have a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and a citizenship debased to the level where anyone in any civil or executive authority can treat you as an asshole until you have established the opposite in court. It really is time we beat up on politicians, reestablished the limits of authority and got our rights and status back. Over 30 years ago Canadian citizenship meant something. Personally, I felt that I could use the geographically-corrected words of St. Paul if ever facing a crisis with authority: Civitas canadensis sum! Translation: "I'm a Canadian citizen – back off and respect my rights!"

Thirty-odd years of political progress later, we have a Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and a citizenship debased to the level where anyone in any civil or executive authority can treat you as an asshole until you have established the opposite in court. It really is time we beat up on politicians, reestablished the limits of authority and got our rights and status back.

]]> By: Anon http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150460 Anon Sat, 01 Aug 2009 12:42:16 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150460 Incompetence is color blind. Incompetence is color blind.

]]> By: Andrew (not P or C) http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150459 Andrew (not P or C) Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:00:53 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150459 See, none of these people are white. See, none of these people are white.

]]> By: sea_n_mountains http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150458 sea_n_mountains Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:01:53 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150458 sad ain't it? sad ain't it?

]]> By: Richard Osborne http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/31/this-week-in-citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-150457 Richard Osborne Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:50:42 +0000 http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=73855#comment-150457 Bingo. Bingo.

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