Zuzak
GRC Report; Wed., Feb. 01, 2006
(1)
Federal Election, Jan. 23,
2006: We
were pleased to see Anne McLellan defeated here in Edmonton, and Andrew
Telegdi
and Borys Wrzesnewskyj re-elected down East. Unfortunately, Walt
Lastewka,
Jurij Klufas and several other Ukrainian-origin candidates lost. Also
unfortunate is that some of the "bad guys" -- Volpe, Cotler, Coderre,
Robillard -- are still around and Michael Ignatieff was elected.
Although
I view the election of a minority
Conservative government as a positive development, the Ukrainian
community must
not be complacent. Remember that upon election, Joe Clark was going to
move the
Canadian Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Brian Mulroney's
election in the fall of 1984 got us the Deschenes Commission. Jean
Chretien's
election in 1993 resulted in the d&d policy. What can we expect
from the
election of Stephen Harper?
It is
especially important that the
Ukrainian community support the recommendations
on citizenship promoted
by
Andrew Telegdi in CIMM Reports 10 and 12 (pdf files) as archived at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/cimm05/cimm05.html
(2)
CJC 2006 Election Issues:
A 34-page
brief prepared by the Canada-Israel Committee and the
Canadian Jewish Congress was assiduously promoted during the election
campaign
via in-camera meetings with the various candidates. A copy is archived
as a pdf
file at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/cjc/cjc20060123election.pdf
Many of the proposals in this document
are
simply unacceptable.
In a
section titled “Citizenship
Revocation” (p.29), the CJC insists that the Canadian government
maintain its
discredited d&d policy and, in particular, the “CJC unequivocally rejects the recommendation to
raise the burden of
proof to the criminal standard of beyond a reasonable doubt.”
Similarly,
in a section titled “Weapons of
Mass Destruction” (p.8), the document completely misrepresents the
situation in
the Middle East -- accusing both Iraq and Iran of possessing and/or
pursuing
nuclear weapons. As I have previously
written at
http://www.willzuzak.ca/tp/wllzzk/zuzak20050904CBC.html
“ IAEA inspection procedures should be
able
to preclude the diversion of fissile material to produce a fission bomb
--
either by governments, criminal organizations or individuals.
Certainly, it
would be impossible to establish a nuclear weapons program.”
(3)
Furman/Skomatchuk d&d
cases: On
Dec. 14, 2005, Prothonotary Martha Mylczynski ordered the trial to
commence on
June 05, 2006 for 20 days at the Superior Court of Justice, 59 Church
Street, 4th
Floor, St. Catharines, ON (excepting one day in Ottawa for the
testimony of Mr.
Mitch Owens). Agreed Statement of Facts, Joint Book of Documents and
all
experts reports are to be submitted 75 days before the hearing (i.e.
March 22,
2006). Relevant expert reports from the Skomatchuk case will be carried
over to
the Furman case.
Presumably,
Justice Hugessen will be
conducting this d&d trial according to the old discredited
d&d process
and not according to the recommendations of the Standing Committee on
Citizenship and Immigration in Report
10
(see link above).
(4) UKAR:
http://www.willzuzak.ca/lp/index.html
[internal]
Since our last report, Dr. Prytulak has
posted two letters to Mary Gusella on his website. On Jan. 10, 2006, he
asks
Ms. Gusella to explain the inconsistencies in the response of CHRC
lawyer,
Giacomo Vigna, to Dr. Prytulak’s “Four questions concerning the
Disclosure
Package”. The letter of Jan. 13, 2006 accuses Mary Gusella of
“Incitement to
hatred by Canadian Human Rights Commission Chief”.
http://www.willzuzak.ca/lp/chrc/outline.html [internal]
Respectfully yours
Will Zuzak, 2006-02-01