Zuzak
GRC Report; Wed., Dec. 07, 2005
(1) Morgan
provocation: A
critique of the article “Don't
make it
harder to kick out war criminals” by Ed Morgan of the
Canadian Jewish
Congress
(Ottawa Citizen, 31Oct2005), in which he pleads that the “on a balance
of
probabilities” criteria be retained in the discredited denaturalization
and
deportation process, has been posted on my website via the Josef Furman
link,
or specifically at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/furman/morgan20051031OttawaCitizen.html
Marco
Levytsky has also written an
excellent editorial on this article archived via the Ukrainian News
link, or specifically at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/ukrnews/UkrNews20051109Editorial.html
(2) 630
CHED AM Radio Edmonton: At 11:40 a.m., Mon., Nov. 07, 2005,
Rob
Breckenridge (substituting on the Dave Rutherford Show) did a telephone
interview with David Matas (B’nai Brith Canada) in which Mr. Matas
continued
promoting the deportation of Nazi war criminals via the d&d
process. There
were no opposing views presented by representatives or lawyers for the
d&d
victims (such as Eric Hafemann) nor by representatives of the CIMM
committee
(such as Andrew Telegdi), who recommend drastic changes to the present
d&d
process.
In
the past, CHED provided similar biased
forums for Steven Rambam (Leslie Primeau Show) and for Ed Morgan of the
Canadian Jewish Congress (11:10 a.m., Jun. 28, 2005). It is disturbing
that 630
CHED (and especially Rob Breckenridge) is ignoring its responsibility
in
providing balanced coverage on such critical issues.
(3) Globe
and Mail apology:
Responding to a complaint by Myroslaw
Prytulak before the Ontario Press
Council,
the Globe and Mail has finally conceded that referring to the people of
the
former Soviet Union simply as Russians is an inaccuracy, when speaking
of 27
million Russian deaths during WWII. However, the apology omitted the
following
specific data: “Prytulak maintained that Russia’s losses were 5.8
million,
including 1.8 million military and 4.0 million civilians, and that, by
way of
comparison, Ukraine’s losses were 8.0 million including 2.5 million
military
and 5.5 million civilians.”
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/furman/prytulak20051114GlobeMail.html
(4) Persona
non grata: An
article in the Nov. 23
- Dec. 13, 2005
issue of the Ukrainian News indicates that Canada rejected a visa
application
by Ukrainian oligarch Vadym Rabinovych, who was scheduled to attend a
business
luncheon sponsored by the Jewish National Fund in Edmonton on Nov. 17,
2005.
Mr. Rabinovych is alleged to be associated with organized crime and
illegal
arms trafficking.
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/ukrnews/ukrnews.html
(5) UKAR:
http://www.willzuzak.ca/lp/index.html/
The CHRT (Canadian Human Rights Tribunal)
arranged a telephone conference for 10Nov2005 for the sole purpose of
discussing the venue for mediation of the CJC vs UKAR complaint. In a
letter to
J. Grant Sinclair (CHRT Chair) dated 16Nov2005,
Lubomyr Prytulak
complains that
he was “bushwacked” -- Mark Freiman (CJC counsel) opened with abuse,
the CHRT
dropped mediation and immediately launched into case management,
despite Dr.
Prytulak’s protests and refusal to submit to CHRT jurisdiction.
In a second letter to Mr. Sinclair dated
19Nov2005,
Dr. Prytulak outlines the malfeasance of the CHRC in
handling the
CJC vs UKAR complaint. A third letter dated 05Dec2005 to
Giacomo Vigna
(CHRC counsel) asks for clarification of the “Disclosure Package” of
CHRC submissions. These
are all archived at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/lp/chrc/outline.html
Should the CHRT decide to proceed with the case, I would urge the Ukrainian Canadian Congress to seek intervenor status to protect Ukrainian Canadian interests.
(6) John Demjanjuk: Articles
in the 29Nov2005
issues of the Boston Herald, USA Today and the RFE/RL website (in
Ukrainian)
indicate that the OSI prosecution is urging Judge Michael Creppy to
deport John
Demjanjuk to Ukraine. These are archived on the Lily website at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/fc/2001/ap20051129BostonHerald.html
(7) Federal Election, Jan. 23, 2006:
The editorial in the Nov. 23 - Dec. 13, 2005
issue of the Ukrainian News lists several issues of concern to the
Ukrainian community
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/ukrnews/UkrNews20051123Editorial.html
(It was written prior to the “parachuting” fiasco of Michael Ignatieff into the Etobicoke-Lakeshore electoral district in Toronto to replace Jean Augustine at the expense of a couple of potential Ukrainian-origin candidates.)
In addition to the d&d issue, which has been of particular concern to me for so many years, there is the general issue of abuse of power and lack of accountability of our political representatives and bureaucrats. There is too much secrecy and a lack of checks and balances in our society. The Access to Information Act is backwards. It allows our politicians and bureaucrats -- presumably employees and servants of Canadian citizens -- to classify virtually anything they desire. We must then fill out forms, pay fees and wait years to obtain information, which should be freely available to everybody and posted on the Internet in the first place. To have material classified for a specified period of time, a politician or bureaucrat should be required to file an application before a judge and this application should be reviewed annually.
As for the d&d issue, I would ask
Canadian voters to repeatedly demand of all candidates to support the
recommendations outlined in Reports 10 and 12 (pdf files) of the
Standing
Committee on Citizenship and Immigration as archived via the CIMM 2005
link on
my website
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/cimm05/cimm05.html
The Ukrainian community in Canada had to wait 91 years to obtain an acknowledgement -- not an apology -- of the unjust internment of their forefathers and mothers during WWI. How long will we have to wait for an apology and just compensation for the victims -- not just an acknowledgement -- of the Deschenes Commission witch hunt of 1985 and the d&d process devastating our community since 1995?
Respectfully yours
Will Zuzak, 2005-12-07