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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Greg or e who wrote (16874)	5/7/2003 4:56:50 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

<font color=blue>You wrote:"BTW I'M Canadian and although my government did not support the war neither did it condemn it and I for one am glad there is a country that has both the ability and the guts to be a force for good in this world."<font color=black> I liked your post. It was painful, though, to not have Canada take a more active roll with America in the war in Iraq. For some reason your note reminded me of the heroic efforts made by the Canadians in the small town of Gander, when about 6500 airline passengers were stranded on Sept 11th, 2001. It was a wonderful example of goodness and generosity. A Newfoundland Town Opened Its Doors on Sept. 11 abcnews.go.com From the article:" Some of the passengers remained on the airplanes for as long as 30 hours. But when they finally disembarked, they got a warm welcome. It turned out that the people of Gander had come together like never before to make sure every single person would be taken care of. Although Newfoundland is the poorest province in Canada, everyone helped out. When calls went out for food and bedding, Ganderites emptied their cupboards and closets and went to the airport. "They had been there all night long bringing food and standing at the tables, passing it out," said Bass. Asked who was manning the tables, Ricardelli said: "They were the grocer, they were the postman, the pastors. They were your everyday citizens of Gander who just came out." Gander has a population of just 10,000, and only a few hotels, with a total of 550 rooms. So the locals opened their schools, churches and homes to the visitors they called "the plane people." The town's school bus drivers, who had been on strike for weeks, came off the picket lines to shuttle passengers to their new quarters."

To: Greg or e who wrote (16874)	5/7/2003 5:47:27 PM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

Chrétien restates opposition to Iraq war Last Updated Tue, 18 Mar 2003 21:42:18 This looks close to condemnation to me: OTTAWA - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has revealed more reasons behind Canada's decision not to join the U.S. in a war against Iraq. INDEPTH: Iraq: Canada's Perspective Chrétien told the House of Commons that the goal of disarming Saddam Hussein could have been achieved if Iraq was given a few more weeks to comply with UN weapons inspections. And the prime minister repeated that he's against the idea of forcing a regime change. Question period was all about the near certain war against Iraq and Canada's decision to stay out. "The diplomatic process was bringing positive results. That was the view of the Canadian government. It was not, obviously, the view of the American government. We can have a disagreement there. I still feel given a few more weeks disarmament would have been achieved," he said. Chrétien also said that forcing a regime change is not desirable. Many leaders in the world are not his friends, but, he adds, only the local people have the right to change government. "If we change every government we don't like in the world where do we start? Who is next?" That is the closest Chrétien has come to criticizing the Bush administration for pledging to go to war against Iraq. The Liberal government now says it is opposing any invasion on principle. Written by CBC News Online staff