Post by Said1 on Aug 22, 2006 11:48:51 GMT -5
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Meagan Fitzpatrick, CanWest News Service
Published: Tuesday, August 22, 2006
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jason Kenney said Tuesday that Hezbollah is no different than the German Nazi party in the 1930s and, by visiting Lebanon, opposition MPs lent “political legitimacy” to the organization.
Speaking at a news conference to react to comments made by Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj about taking Hezbollah off Canada’s list of terrorist organizations, Kenney said lessons need to be learned from history.
“There was another political party in the past which had democratic support, which provided social services, which played an important role in the political life of its country in Germany in the 1930s which was also dedicated to violence against the Jewish people,” said Kenney, parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and one of the Conservatives’ senior political strategists.
“The world was wrong to negotiate with that party then and it would be wrong to negotiate with Hezbollah today and I’m shocked that Mr. Wrzesnewskyj doesn’t understand that,” he said.
Kenney said the Liberal party shouldn’t try to backpedal from Wrzesnewskyj’s controversial comments.
On Monday, it was reported that the MP favoured removing Hezbollah from Canada’s list of terrorist organizations. He, along with New Democrat Peggy Nash and Bloc MP Maria Moureni, had been in Lebanon on a fact-finding mission organized by the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations. Wrzesnewskyj later said he made no such comments and what he did say was that Canada needs to evaluate its anti-terror legislation so that it can negotiate with groups on the list in order to implement a peace process.
Wrzesnewskyj released a statement Monday saying he believes Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and should remain on the list. Liberal Leader Bill Graham also released a statement saying the party’s official position has not wavered on the issue of listing the organization as a terrorist group.
Kenney said either way Wrzesnewskyj’s comments and actions are irresponsible, especially for someone who is his party’s associate foreign affairs critic.
“Mr. Graham and his party cannot distance themselves from Mr. Wrzesnewskyj’s words unless they are prepared to remove him from that position,” Kenney said.
Published: Tuesday, August 22, 2006
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jason Kenney said Tuesday that Hezbollah is no different than the German Nazi party in the 1930s and, by visiting Lebanon, opposition MPs lent “political legitimacy” to the organization.
Speaking at a news conference to react to comments made by Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj about taking Hezbollah off Canada’s list of terrorist organizations, Kenney said lessons need to be learned from history.
“There was another political party in the past which had democratic support, which provided social services, which played an important role in the political life of its country in Germany in the 1930s which was also dedicated to violence against the Jewish people,” said Kenney, parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and one of the Conservatives’ senior political strategists.
“The world was wrong to negotiate with that party then and it would be wrong to negotiate with Hezbollah today and I’m shocked that Mr. Wrzesnewskyj doesn’t understand that,” he said.
Kenney said the Liberal party shouldn’t try to backpedal from Wrzesnewskyj’s controversial comments.
On Monday, it was reported that the MP favoured removing Hezbollah from Canada’s list of terrorist organizations. He, along with New Democrat Peggy Nash and Bloc MP Maria Moureni, had been in Lebanon on a fact-finding mission organized by the National Council on Canada-Arab Relations. Wrzesnewskyj later said he made no such comments and what he did say was that Canada needs to evaluate its anti-terror legislation so that it can negotiate with groups on the list in order to implement a peace process.
Wrzesnewskyj released a statement Monday saying he believes Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and should remain on the list. Liberal Leader Bill Graham also released a statement saying the party’s official position has not wavered on the issue of listing the organization as a terrorist group.
Kenney said either way Wrzesnewskyj’s comments and actions are irresponsible, especially for someone who is his party’s associate foreign affairs critic.
“Mr. Graham and his party cannot distance themselves from Mr. Wrzesnewskyj’s words unless they are prepared to remove him from that position,” Kenney said.
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