Canada pulls support for UN anti-racism conference
[RIGHT] *23/01/2008 6:45:51 PM* [/RIGHT]
**** Canada will not support preparations for a [UN anti-racism conference](http://www.un.org/WCAR/) planned for Durban, South Africa, next year. The government claims the previous meeting in 2001 turned into an embarrassing promotion of racist attitudes.
Conservative MP Jason Kenney
“(The conference) turned into a bit of a circus for intolerance and bigotry, particularly but not exclusively directed at the Jewish people,” Conservative MP Jason Kenney, the government’s secretary of state for multiculturalism, told CTV’s Mike Duffy Live.
He added that “Hitler posters (were displayed) by NGOs that have been re-invited by the organizing committee now chaired by Libya.”
The NDP said Canada needs to be at the table in Durban.
“I think Canada needs to be there even if we bring a different perspective and can say something differently than other people in the world,” said British Columbia MP Bill Siksay.
Siksay added that the Conservative government should not abandon its traditional commitment to multiculturalism.
The 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban highlighted divisions between the developing and developed world. It also showed the seething anger in much of the Arab world against Zionism, the international movement that helped establish Israel.
Some countries, notably Pakistan and Syria, had wanted to state in a declaration that Israel’s “foreign occupation” had given rise to racism in the Middle East. The U.S. and Israel alleged anti-Semitism was behind much of the anti-Israel rhetoric. They walked out in protest. But African governments complained at the last conference that Western governments had chosen to highlight treatment of the Israeli issue as if it was the only one on the agenda.
South Africa, the host country, stopped short of calling U.S. President George Bush a racist, saying instead that he was not “anti-racist.” Other African countries were upset that Britain and the West refused to overtly apologize for their support of centuries of slavery.
**Last month, a prominent Israeli newspaper reported that Israeli diplomats were working behind the scenes to convince the Europeans, the U.S., and “like-minded” countries such as Canada, to boycott and even de-fund the conference. ** B’nai Brith Canada and the Canadian Jewish Congress praised Canadian officials for pulling their support for the conference.
Yes , the west is guilty of slavery but so is are the Islamic nations historically. Well, documented in 'White Gold" . and Specifically today, it exists in Sudan.
Any pics of suicide bomber's damage in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bagdad, atrocities from the Armenian holocaust and WW11 holocaust, the Zimbabwe massacre , just to name a few?
We have concluded the best to end the suffering of civilians is to create a Palestinian state . The world map would be lovely to see the countries of Israel and Palestine, since they never had a country of their own before either.
Canada rascists? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha , there are bad people in all countries but canada rascist???? hahahahahahaha what a joke. The most tolerant and multicultural society. The problem is they should adopt assimilation over multiculturalism.
Canada rascists? hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha , there are bad people in all countries but canada rascist???? hahahahahahaha what a joke. The most tolerant and multicultural society. The problem is they should adopt assimilation over multiculturalism.
One of my friends who failed to get the immigration ( after trying/wating of 3/4 years maybe) informed me that Canadian are racist, i asked him how did he came to know? he said, they didn't gave him immigration...hahahahhahaha
Isn’t it funny how the brainwashed and intolerants can claim US and especially Canada are racist? What a crock. Canada is one of (if not THE)most multi-cultural, accepting nations in the world.