MP Blasts 'no-Fly' List Scrutiny

Posted on Thursday, July 21 at 22:02 by jensonj
He says he was assured he would not have problems with future bookings already made with Air Canada. So Martin was taken aback when the flag came up again Monday as he tried to board a flight to Vancouver to attend a conference on native residential schools. He was delayed about 20 minutes. Martin, whose Winnipeg riding includes the airport, said Air Canada personnel were embarrassed by the incidents. "We're on a first-name basis. I fly all the time. So it just makes you wonder who the chimpanzees are who designed this list." http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/07/19/pf-1138714.html

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  1. Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:11 pm
    He'd do well not to get "violent."

  2. Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:25 pm
    If you have done nothing wrong then you have nothing to fear do you eh?

    A little inconvenience for the safety of others and their peace of mind right? How selfish!

    I wonder if her credit cards and bank accounts are now being monitored by the CIA, FBI and CISIS?


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    Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.

    Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.

  3. Fri Jul 22, 2005 7:21 pm
    Perhaps its time for Martin's party to become much more vocal on this issue. Let's see Jack Layton on national television (even if he has to buy the time) decrying this raving madness, and demanding that the specific individuals responsible be named and identified, and then required to produce credible, factual evidence to justify what they do, or else summararily turfed out of the Canadian "security establishment" and sued into abject poverty.

    Allowing this sort of thing to continue will not protect a single one of us (just look how well it worked in Britain). What it certainly will do, if we do not control it now, is destroy our democracy, compromise our freedoms, erode our values and give rise to a police state culture that no rational Canadian would want.

    Cowardly and unprincipled government Ministers and politicians whine miserably that we must do this to pacify our American neighbours and maintain our international relationships. There is no doubt at all that our relationship with the United States is very, very important, perhaps even precious....BUT.... NO RELATIONSHIP OF ANY KIND WITH ANYBODY OR ANYTHING IS WORTH COMPROMISING OUR FREEDOMS, VALUES OR JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THIS MANNER. If that's what it takes to business with the Americans, then sadly and most reluctantly, but very definitely and very proudly, we should cease to do so, and learn to survive on our own. It's not as hard as we think.

    I wonder if Martin's being an NDP Member of Parliament and and presumably a progressive politician had anything to do with this? What good is democracy if shadowy figures from who knows where can harass or perhaps intimidate our elected representatives? C'mon Jack! Its past time! Let's see what you are made of! Let's hear you. Otherwise, who's next?

  4. Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:15 pm
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    <p>---<br>Perception is two thirds of what we perceive reality to be.<br />
    <br />
    Difficult decisions are a privilege of rank.<br />



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