Fantino is a big part of the reason why the Conservatives’ fortunes have seen a downturn: the ‘law&order’ conservatives who form a core of his constituency are not pleased. I suspect that if the Conservatives are returned to power in tomorrow’s election, it will be by a very different group of voters than originally.
Why would Harper associate himself with someone so despised in Ontario is beyond me…
The State itself, the government of Ontario has been repeatedly implicated in its interference in the application of the law against both the occupiers and the taxpaying citizen. Compliant and rebuked by Ontario courts have been the Ontario Provincial Police where their actions and inaction have allowed Canadian citizens to be terrorized.
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On the 28th of February, 2006, early in the DCE development stage, trespassers who later were aided by anarchists, union agitators and activists hailing from the left spectrum of politics as partially detailed here by Gary McHale, occupied the DCE. The rightful owners, Henco Industries Ltd, who purchased the land from the Crown, were subsequently denied access by the new strong arm for Native protesters, the OPP.
There has been a deliberate attempt to silence the truth. The conspiracy of silence which has denied a voice to the real victims of the occupation will eventually come to an end.…
By refusing to acknowledge the pain of the victims, both native and non-native, victimizes the victims twice.
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And this is why conservatives are disappointed with PM Harper for embracing Julian Fantino into the CPC…
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