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Topic Started: Aug 11 2006, 04:10 PM (231 Views)
MaxPower
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Minutes after receiving his Canadian citizenship, a Lebanese man spoke out against Ottawa's response to the crisis in the Middle East.

Wadih Farah took his oath of citizenship Wednesday during a ceremony at Halifax's Pier 21. After repeating his pledges to the country, he said a few words about the country's handling of the crisis in Lebanon.

"I think they could do a little bit more," said Farah. "They were a little bit slow to pull people out at the beginning."

Federal Immigration Minister Monte Solberg, who was in attendance, says the Conservatives are doing everything they can to help Canadians get out of Lebanon.

"Anyone who has an application already in process is being fast-tracked," he said. "We're trying to make sure we do everything we can to take people who are already in the process and get them here quickly."

Farah also took aim at Prime Minister Stephen Harper's support for Israel.

"I would have loved to have Canada have a more strong position against what's going on," said Farah.

In the days after Israel launched its air campaign against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, Harper didn't call for a ceasefire, saying Israel's response was measured and justified.

Last week, however, the prime minister appeared to backtrack on those comments.

In an interview for Quebec television, Harper said those comments applied to the early days of the conflict, which he said has now developed into "almost a war."

Solberg to meet Lebanese consul

While in Halifax, Solberg was to meet with Lebanon's honorary consul in the city, Wadih Fares.

In July, Fares blasted the Canadian government for supporting Israel in the conflict and urged Ottawa to call for an immediate ceasefire.

Solberg said Wednesday that Canada was doing all it could to help end the conflict.

Solberg will also meet with four provincial ministers for immigration. He will reassure them that the federal Conservative government is doing everything it can to help Lebanese-Canadians still in the troubled country.

Ottawa said Wednesday it had arranged for two ships to remove any remaining Canadians from Beirut next week. As many as 13,000 Canadians have already been helped out of Lebanon.

As many as 40,000 Canadian citizens were believed to be in Lebanon when the conflict began on July 12 following a Hezbollah attack on an Israeli military post.

Eight Israeli soldiers were killed and two kidnapped in the attack, which triggered Israeli air raids. Hezbollah militants have countered by sending hundreds of rockets into northern Israel.

Canada sucks, can i become a Canadian
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sqeezemasterflash
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We've got them here too. They hate America and dance when we get attacked, but they're all too happy to spend their welfare check.
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cougarman

Britan has it's fair share of them as well.
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Frozenkilt
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Online douche. GOLD! I need more Gold
Revoke their citizenship with one to the temple and then charge their fucking family for the bullet.

- Sean
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Caber McJock
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I agree
Fuck.
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Jesse Snadden
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Send him back to the Lebanon Border, let God decide what to do with him.
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sqeezemasterflash
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I don't know about you guys, but I'm getting a banner add on this thread for online application for U.S. Citizenship. It's fast and easy!

Time to shut the border down. No getting in without a specific plan of what you're going to do once you're here. If you're not here to work, go to school, or spend money at a resort, we don't want you.
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Jesse Snadden
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Guess I won't be going to watch the Arnold Classic in 2007 after all.
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Caber McJock
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I think you fall into the third category there Jesse.
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ballsofstone
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Most of the problems in the world have occured because we have failed to practice good ethics in our capitalism. This may sound very Ayn Rand-ish and it is but if you you are ethical in your dealings you do not sell or buy from states that are opposed to the way you live and that you are opposed to the way that they live. Instead it is all about maximum profits and we deal with states that have atrocious records across the board.


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Mike The Silverback

Didn't Hezbollah fire the first shot in this one.

In addition, don't cry foul play about attacking civilian targets when you launch missiles from residential areas.

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ballsofstone
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I am convinced that the western world needs to become more insular and zealots of any faith should be given a one way ticket to any shithole on the planet that is not the western world
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Peter
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Most of the problems in the world have occured because we have failed to practice good ethics in our capitalism. This may sound very Ayn Rand-ish and it is but if you you are ethical in your dealings you do not sell or buy from states that are opposed to the way you live and that you are opposed to the way that they live. Instead it is all about maximum profits and we deal with states that have atrocious records across the board.


I very much agree with that. In Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' there's a chapter on why such a small nation like the Dutch Republic managed to carve itself a leading role and became a world power. Among other things, Sagan said that although their economy was based on capitalist principles, they were fully aware that the unlimited pursuit of profit can rob a nation of its soul.
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sqeezemasterflash
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Jesse, I'd consider coming to watch the Arnold a planned activity, and it could fit into the resort category. I'd also consider athletic competition a form of work.

We just need to enforce the basic questions at the border. Why are you coming here, where are you going, what are you planing to do there, and when are you leaving.
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Jesse Snadden
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I know, I was just kidding. I'm gonna have to get a passport soon, looks like I'll be needing it to cross the border.
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sqeezemasterflash
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I thought you already needed on to go from the US to Canada. They didn't bother with it last time I crossed, but that was in 2000
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Jesse Snadden
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No, it wasn't required. Now the US is looking to make it mandatory.
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Caber McJock
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For air and sea, not for ground, which is good for me. It would blow having to pay for 4 fucking passports to take my family to fucking Fargo.
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MaxPower
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The real fun starts when they do a search crossing back into Canada. We were coming back from buffalo one time, the border cops searched everything, went through all our bags, even had the drug sniffer dog give the once over.

It was a good thing we didn't deside to get some booze because i know we would have tried to hide it so we would have to pay.
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