Rick Hillier named Chancellor of Memorial University?

Rick Hillier has just been named the Chancellor of Memorial University in Newfoundland. For the full story see the Ryerson Free Press.

Rick Hilliers Quote For Today

It's the last week for everybody's favourite Chief of Defence Staff, so we thought we'd feature some of Rickys best quotes, eat your heart out Don Cherry.


"These are detestable murderers and scumbags. They detest our freedoms, they detest our society, they detest our liberties." -- Hillier on July 14, 2005, on Osama bin Laden and Islamist terrorists in general. He added: "We're not the public service of Canada. We're not just another department. We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people. "

Student Anti-War Planning Meeting

Monday, June 23, 2008

4:00pm - 6:00pm

Ryerson Students' Centre SCC #301CESAR Board Room

55 Gould Street

Ryerson Students Against War & Racism invites you to come out to our info session and anti war planning meeting. Find out how you can be a part of the Student Anti War Movement!

Ryerson Students Against War & Racism

ryesaw@gmail.com

http://ryesaw.blogspot.com/

What Happens in Afghanistan Stays in Afghanistan

The Double Standard of Canada’s Foreign Policy,

While sexual assault and rape is a crime when it happens to Canadians, it’s perfectly alright when it happens to Afghanis according to the Canadian military.

According to a recent Toronto Star article Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan who have witnessed the sexual abuse and even rape of innocent civilians including young children have been ordered by their commanding officers to ignore these crimes.

Even worse, these crimes are being committed by the Afghan army, the same army that we are there to support and defend.

Are we really fighting this war to defend the rights of the Afghan people? This latest information makes that a little bit harder to swallow.

Afghan Civilians Killed By Foreign Spies

Just in; Afghan civilians killed in secret raids by foreigners: UN official

A UN rights official has alleged that secret foreign intelligence agents have been taking part in secret raids that have killed Afghan civilians on multiple occasions, (at least three). Also no one is taking responsibility for these killings. Basically the UN official explained “foreign intelligence agencies are operating with “impunity” in certain provinces”.

So now we now what Canada’s $27 million secret spy fund can go towards. So that our secret foreign intelligence agents can continue the fine work of our coalition partners like the U.S. in using spies to kill innocent Afghan civilians while acting with total impunity and no accountability.

Money For War But Not To Save Lives

For search and rescue operations and patrolling the West Coast and B.C. mountains Canadians rely on the aging CC-116 Buffalo planes. However the 41-year-old CC-115 Buffalos are old and not going to last. But Stephen Harper and his Conservative government refuse to replace them until 2015 even though reports have shown that 2015 is too long since the planes will be 48 years old then and most likely not even operating anymore. Why is the government not buying new search and rescue planes to help save Canadian lives? Because their focus is on the war and continued occupation of Afghanistan. Last year they spent $3.4-billion for gigantic C-17 cargo-lifter planes for the Afghanistan war.