Filed under: Afghanistan, Conservatives, Harper, Liberals, Take that"dumb" voters
Denis Coderre MP and Liberal defense critic has so far been denied access to Canadian Forces in Afghanistan.Seems that the Harper Government somehow thinks that it has the right to deny & hinder elected MP’s access to Canadian troops.
Mr. Coderre has tried for two months to secure government permission to make a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan ahead of Parliament’s return in two weeks.
Not satisfied with blocking Mr Coderre,an elected official, Conservative Government official then resorted to a not so subtle threat.
been officially warned the military base is off limits and that he will be denied protection by the troops.
This is outrages,that an elected MP who’s duty is to the electoral can be threatened and ignored in this manner.
Me thought,PM Harper was committed to informing Canadians about the Afghan situation in hopes of winning more support for the unpopular mission.
One would think they would be encouraging fact finding missions.After all how else will Canadians be able to make informed decisions/choices.
What is it they fear,the truth,facts,what ?
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The politics of this is quite comical on both sides. Coderre acts like this is the first time that anyone in opposition was ever rejected (or not given permission) to accompany the government on a fact finding mission in Afghanistan. Give me a break. His government back in 2001 did not give permission to Cheryl Gallant to accompany a group of MPs to Afghanistan.
On the flip side, this is not the first time an oppostion member (or members) have gone to Afghanistan since 911 without the permission of parliament. In 2001, a group of MPs sponsored by Samaritan’s Purse entered the hot zone to see how the humanitarian effort was fairing firsthand (Operation Christmas Child boxes).
http://www.mydy.com/occ2001/articles.html
Comment by Anonymous October 6, 2007 @ 8:20 amThis morning CBC reports that Maxime Bernier and Bev Oda are in Afghanistan. With Coderre en route, will they take him into their entourage or will they be so partisan as to deny him common courtesy?
What happens will demonstrate Harper’s attitude to the opposition and his desire to provoke them as well as set off an election.
Comment by David E Toronto October 6, 2007 @ 11:11 amhttp://thenonconformer.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/accountability/
Comment by thenonconformer February 24, 2009 @ 1:44 am