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'Street-Corner Cromwell' Galloway Gets No Special Treatment: Kenney Spokesperson
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TAKE ACTION AGAINST MINISTER OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION JASON KENNEY
by CAF
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney has just announced:
 
1) FUNDING CUT TO CANADIAN ARAB FEDERATION: Cutting the funding to the Settlement Service of the Canadian Arab Federation alleging CAF promotes terror. According to a release by CAF "This arbitrary decision made by the
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, under the Harper leadership is an attempt to silence any dissenting voice and is being used as disciplinary action for CAF’s political stand which is contrary to their own. Furthermore, this is a warning to other non-profit, anti-racist organizations not to criticize members of the Canadian government or they may face a similar fate."

2) BANNING OF ANTI-WAR UK MP GEORGE GALLOWAY: Well known Respect Party MP from the UK George Galloway has been deemed "inadmissible on national security grounds" and been denied entry into Canada where he was scheduled to speak at a series of public forums. A minister's spokesman told reporters in the U.K that the Galloway is inadmissible on national security grounds because of his views on Afghanistan and the presence of Canadian troops there.
 

 
 
Kenney has been targeting CAF since at least Jan 2008 for their outspoken stand on Palestine and the recent siege on Gaza. In the letter dated March 18 which announces the non-renewal of $ 2.1-million contract for immigrant language instruction, Kenney's departement states "statements have included the promotion of hatred, anti-Semitism and support for the banned terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah."

Alykhan Velshi, Kenney's spokesman, said;
 
"We're going to uphold the law, not give special treatment to this infamous street-corner Cromwell who actually brags about giving  'financial support' to Hamas, a terrorist organisation banned in  Canada," he said. "I'm sure Galloway has a large Rolodex of friends in  regimes elsewhere in the world willing to roll out the red carpet for him. Canada, however, won't be one of them."
 
UPDATE I: Ha'aretz
 
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Dear friends and allies,
 
I'm writing to ask you to please take action against Jason Kenney TODAY and have drafted a short summary of what has been happening over the past few days in the hopes that you will circulate it to others and encourage
others to umm.. write Kenny. (yes futile I know, better yet write letters to the editor and post a comment to online media sites as this is all over the internet). Thanks! Harsha
 
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TAKE ACTION:
 
1) CAF urges you to call, fax and e-mail Minister Kenney in addition to
e-mailing your local MP to express outrage of this unprecedented decision
to cut funding to the Canadian Arab Federation.
 
2) Contact Minister Kenney and your local MP to condemn the decision to
deny Galloway entry and for censuring free speech of those with a
dissenting opinion and political ideology.
 
 
Contact Jason Kenney:
 
Constituency Office:
1168 137 Ave SE
Calgary, AB
T2J 6T6
P. 403-225-3480
F. 403-225-3504
 
Ottawa Office:
325 East Block
House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6
P. 613-992-2235
F. 613-992-1920
 
Email:
kennej@parl.gc.ca
 
Contact your MP: You can find your local MP and their contact information
by entering your Postal Code in the link provided below:
 
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC
 
 

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