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To: seventh_son who wrote (12472)	11/27/2007 10:22:53 AM
From: Ichy Smith	Respond to of 37189

I live near niagara Falls, I place the fault on the former Liberal government, and the Present conservative government. Imagine that the Canadian border is guarded by Niagara Regional Police. That in emergencies, Not Canadian border Security, not RCMP but simple town policemen are called to deal with the emergency. Similarly when refugees arrive, and are held unable to work, and the Canadian Refugee process is mired in a huge backlog, it is not the Federal government who pays for the care and housing of these not yet Canadians, but rather local Tax payers. The Federal Government has a huge surplus, not because of their astute handling of Canadian money but because since the election of Jean Chretien they have shirked more and more of their responsibilities and downloaded them on to the shoulders of property tax payers. The RCMP has been outmoded and in trouble for years, either revamp them, or make them a purely ceremonial force.

To: seventh_son who wrote (12472)	11/27/2007 10:57:02 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 37189

B.C. civil liberties files second complaint over Taser incident at airport By THE CANADIAN PRESS cnews.canoe.ca VANCOUVER - B.C.'s civil rights watchdog has filed a second complaint in connection with the death of man at Vancouver airport last month after he was hit with a Taser. The civil liberties association says the RCMP misrepresented the facts of Robert Dziekanski's death and unreasonably seized and suppressed a videotape of the incident. The tape shows the man being shot with a Taser and it was eventually returned to the bystander who took it. It is expected to be released to the public on Wednesday. But association president Jason Gratl says he's concerned the police were trying to spin a story of what happened at the airport that would place their officers in a better light. The association had already filed a complaint about the RCMP's actions and the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has launched its own investigation as well. Dziekanski died after spending 10 hours in a secure area of the airport before a confrontation with police that ended with him being shot by a Taser.