From: "Gary Britt" 

It must have been bad if it reminded you of stuff Phil writes, but
seriously the anti-American stuff coming out of Canada, acceptance of
deserters and their celebration even among the politicians and Canadian
intelligentsia, and what appears to me to be very loose almost pro
terrorist immigration/visa standards, and the numerous anti-USA slanders
made by various PM's and cabinet members in the Canadian government over
the past 3 years does not make me think of Canada as a friend of the USA. 
Recent conservative party victories are hoped by me to change this, but its
still too soon to tell.

Gary

"Dave Ings"  wrote in message
news:442c2c6f$1{at}w3....
> That's an incredibly silly thing to day, it's beneath you. When you say
> things like this you sound as unreasonable as Phil can be . I doubt it
> reflects the real you.
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Ings,
> Toronto, Canada
>
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:442c29c8{at}w3....
> > Maybe because until recent elections the Canadian government had more
> > sympathy for the terrorist enemies of the USA than the USA.
> >
> > Gary
> >
> > "Dave Ings"  wrote in message
news:442c2502$1{at}w3....
> >> The short version as I recall it: an early 30s Canadian citizen of
North
> >> African (perhaps Syrian, I can't recall) descent of no particular
> >> security
> >> interest (also a software guy, like me) who was in transit (returning
> >> from
> >> vacation) from North Africa to Canada via JFK. Detained at JFK
> >> (supposedly
> >> partly on the basis of bogus information supplied by the RCMP to US
> >> immigration services) and held for several days in New York. Then
shipped
> > by
> >> private jet via Rome and Jordan to Syria where he was tortured during a
> > year
> >> long captivity. Released by Syria and returned to Canada when they
> >> decided
> >> he was uninteresting (also when the negative PR finally got the
Canadian
> >> government to act). His life and career have been shattered, as you
might
> >> imagine.
> >>
> >> The long version:
> >>
> >> http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/arar/
> >>
>
>

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