Can we hope to now see a blustering, bumbling Paul stumble through a badly made cell phone video?
19 May 2016 at 21:27
Anonymous said...
Ordinarily I find racism offensive and reprehensible. But Paulie's type of racism against Sikhs is so historically illiterate that I am unable to take it seriously. Sikhs in Canada might not go back to 1650, but they have a long and proud history of service to the British Crown.
Has Paulie and his ilk never heard of the Battle of Saragarhi?
20 May 2016 at 21:27
Today was an historic occasion as Prime Minister Trudeau formally apologized in the House to Canadian Sikhs for the Komagata Maru "incident." Former Prime Minister Harper had apologized in 2008, however that apology occurred during an event in Surrey, BC, which was a disappointment to the Sikh community who wanted the apology made on the floor of the House of Commons. We should also note that Trudeau's apology on behalf of the Canadian government was supported by the Conservative Party, NDP, Bloc Quebecois, and Green Party.
Someone who wasn't pleased with the apology?
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Of course it was Paulie!
Now Paulie wrote up a long-winded missive that we aren't about to publish in full that he intended to deliver in a speech at the press gallery at Parliament Hill.
We put emphasis on, "intended":
Controversial speaker denied access to Parliament for a second time Just over an hour before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was to rise in the House of Commons Wednesday and deliver an apology to Canada’s Sikh population for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident, Paul Fromm — anti-immigration activist previously banned from entering Parliament — was scheduled to hold a press conference opposing it. Though his press conference was ultimately cancelled and Fromm was denied access to the Parliamentary precinct late Wednesday morning, that only came after some eleventh hour scrambling. .... Fromm was previously connected to Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel and has been criticized by human rights groups for his racist views. .... The office of the speaker of the house of commons confirmed to iPolitics that, “further to a recommendation from the Deputy Sergeant at Arms, and based on past practice”, Fromm had been denied access to the precinct. That past practice referred to a motion brought by Conservative MP Jason Kenney in 2007, which ordered Paul Fromm and an individual named Alexan Kulbashian “be denied admittance to the precincts of the House of Commons during the present session to preserve the dignity and integrity of the House.”
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Close this window Jump to comment formCan we hope to now see a blustering, bumbling Paul stumble through a badly made cell phone video?
19 May 2016 at 21:27
Ordinarily I find racism offensive and reprehensible. But Paulie's type of racism against Sikhs is so historically illiterate that I am unable to take it seriously. Sikhs in Canada might not go back to 1650, but they have a long and proud history of service to the British Crown.
Has Paulie and his ilk never heard of the Battle of Saragarhi?
20 May 2016 at 21:27