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August Civic Holiday Long Weekend Ontario Featured Events Activities Festivals

Posted by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on August 2, 2010 at 2:00am

Ontario celebrates the long weekend in August as a Civic Holiday where various destinations pay tribute to Canadian Heroes in Toronto it is John Graves Simcoe and in Ottawa it is Colonal By. The rest of Ontario just celebrates the long weekend a time to make the most out of the summer long weekend which this year overlaps both July and August.

Canada Food Day July 31, Civic Holiday Weekend

Food Day is a national celebration of restaurateurs, suppliers, growers, farmers and citizens. Join us on July 31st, 2010 for the 8th annual coast-to-coast-to-coast event, heralding our regional diversity, culinary creativity and world-renowned reputation for throwing an amazing party! See Restaurant Events, Community Events, News Events.

Alberta

Heritage Day - August Long Weekend Alberta - Monday, August 02, 2010
Heritage Day is celebrated the first Monday in August in Alberta. Monday, August 2, 2010 In Alberta, Heritage Day is an "optional" civil holiday, having

Manitoba

Avro Lancaster returns to Winnipeg
‎Global Winnipeg -
The Mynarski Memorial Avro Lancaster MK10 bomber will be put on display at the Western Canadian Aviation Museum over the August long weekend. ...More about Manitoba, Book Manitoba Hotels

Nova Scotia

River Hebert and Area News‎
Amherst Citizen - 1 day ago
Monday is also Civic Day in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Ontario (Civic Day, Simcoe Day or Colonel By Day) and in Manitoba. Darlene's Old-Time Photos ...

Ontario

OTTAWA-OTTAWA VALLEY

Colonel By Day - Monday August 2, 2010 - Ottawa Event Listings ...
Join us for Colonel By Day, a Civic holiday celebration of Ottawa's founding brought about by the construction of the Rideau Canal under the direction of Lt. Colonel By. ...More tourist information on Ottawa Area, Hotels in Ottawa

Rideau Canal Festival, Daily Program
11am - 4pm, Colonel By Day Civc Holiday Celebrations, Bytown Museum/ Ottawa Locks. 11:30am, Buy Local BBQ Challenge, Confederation Park. 12pm - 5pm, World Heritage Plaza ...Ottawa Area, Hotels in Ottawa

Seventh annual Riverside Jam to have all the 'Wright' stuff
‎ EMC Almonte/Carleton Place - Tara Gesner -
Michelle Wright is one of Canada's most widely known and awarded country ... of country entertainment takes place Civic Holiday weekend (July 30 to Aug. 1). ...
HST, competing festival challenge Riverside Jam‎ - Your Ottawa Region

Toronto

Caribana: North America's largest Caribbean Festival. The Scotiabank Caribana Festival is an exciting three-week cultural explosion of Caribbean music, costumes, cuisine, revelry as well as visual and performing arts. Toronto Hotels

Historicist: Opening the Cinesphere
‎Torontoist - Jamie Bradburn - 5 days ago
When Ontario Place recently announced intentions to revitalize the ... of dreams to improve Toronto's shoreline since the days of John Graves Simcoe). ...

Simcoe Day at Gibson House Museum
Monday, August 2, Gibson House Noon to 5 p.m. (last entry 4:30 p.m.). Come back to the past and relax in our country-in-the-city setting. Costumed guides will welcome you to the 1851 farm home of David and Eliza Gibson and their family where you can enjoy tastes of home-made ice cream, children’s activities, and samples of nineteenth-century cookery in the historic kitchen. Admission is FREE!
Location: Gibson House, 5172 Yonge Street, Toronto

Fort York Celebrates Simcoe Day
August 2, 2010 John Graves Simcoe founded the Town of York (Toronto) in 1793 and was the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada. Come learn about the birthplace of Toronto and thrill to the sounds of musketry, cannon and the fife and drum. Tours, cooking demonstrations and kids activities all add to this colourful event. The Fort George Guard joins us for this great day. Fort York National Historic Site

The Weekender: July 31-August 3 | torontolife.com
Forget the cottage. Here's eight reasons to stay in Toronto this long weekend, including Saturday's Caribana parade By Stacy Lee Kong. One of the weekend's ...

White-Tailed Deer Guided Walk - August 2
From antler tip to tail, learn the tricks that deer use to stay alive through the seasons at Bronte Creek Provincial Park. Come head out on a evening hike and try to witness deer in their natural habitat. 8:00pm Campground Amphitheatre. Earn a Park Ranger Stamp. Family Program.

South of Toronto

The Hamilton Spectator
‎ Hamilton Spectator - Steven Page - 2 days ago
Municipalities in Ontario are free to call the first Monday in August whatever they like. Toronto, for instance, long ago declared it Simcoe Day. ...

Ice Cream Simcoe Day Long Weekend(August 1 & 2)
Westfield Heritage Village Ice Cream Festival, Rockton
Next Sunday and Monday experience the fun and nostalgia of ice cream at the 6th annual Ice Cream Festival! There's something for everyone, including live music, horse and wagon rides, magic shows and lots of tasty ice cream!

North of Toronto

Barrie Kempenfest: A Top 100 Festival for Arts & Crafts, Kids Midway, Antique Hunters. Barrie Ontario Accommodation Information. Discover Lake Simcoe Barrie Area Beaches

Blue Mountain: Village Beach Party, The Village at Blue Mountain July 30th to August 2nd, 2010The Summer’s Hottest Party for all ages ~ Reggae & Calypso music, Fire Dancers, Professional Beach Volleyball, Movies Under The Stars, hiking, scavenger hunts and Fire Dancing. Collingwood Information and Accomodation

Huntsville Festival of the Arts: Continues over the long weekend July 31, August 1 Music in the Park Jazz Festival More information and accommodation in Huntsville area resorts, inns, lodges, hotels

Sault Ste. Marie Fin Grand Fest: July 28-August 1Blue and White Festival To celebrate and promote all things Finnish, including but not limited to Finnish culture, Finnish language, Finnish history, Finnish education, Finnish entertainment and Finnish sporting events. More tourist information and hotel accommodation in Sault Ste. Marie.

Lacrosse, lacrosse and more lacrosse
‎Newsdurhamregion.com - Brian McNair - 8 hours ago Lacrosse Festival starts Civic Day August Long Weekend. July 30-August 8, 2010
The field players also won't have to travel far should they be looking for inspiration. On Saturday at Civic Fields in Oshawa, there will be a test match ...

Unionville Simcoe Day Festival
Unionville Simcoe Day Festival - Monday August 2. Festive Music all weekend long. Enjoy the holiday with entertainment and a sidewalk sale. Take a ride on our double decker bus. August 2, 2010. Rumour has it that John Graves Simcoe himself may appear along with Elvis. Main Street Unionville

A Brush with the Highlands - Ontario's Premier Plein-Air Painting Festival
August 1-2 2010

Come and enjoy the breathtaking and unique work of over 40 of Ontario's finest Plein-Air Painters as they paint the stunning and rugged Highlands East. Onsite visitors are encouraged on Saturday and Sunday where you may see the creative painting process as it unfolds. Join us Monday August 2 at the Lloyd Watson Center in Wilberforce for a large one day Show and Sale of works from the talented artists participating. This is the only event of this kind in Canada so mark it on your Calendar. You don't want to miss it!

Selected locations Haliburton County. More info on Haliburton, Wilberforce.
Contact: Tracey Lee Green Tel: (705) 448-9785
Email: abrushwiththehighlands@gmail.com

Good, old-fashioned family fun weekend in Lucknow‎
Lucknow Sentinel - Sara Bender - Near Lake Huron
The Civic Holiday weekend will be full of good, old-fashioned family fun in Lucknow. ... and both have a long list of other awards attached to their names. ...

The 45th annual Georgian Bay Steam Show July 30 to Aug. 1.
Cookstown Ontario: 4635 Victoria Street West, in Cookstown and this event is always a fun time for the family. The featured tractor this year is Allis Chalmers. The show is filled with parades, tractor pulls, wagon rides, demonstrations, vendor booths, singing and dancing performances and more. The talent contest will be held on Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. for adults, and Sunday evening for juniors. Admission for adults is $6 per day and children aged 12 and under enter for free. Parking is free and a shuttle service is available from the Cookstown Outlet Mall. For further information, visit www.steamshow.ca. Get overnight Accommodation in Alliston or Barrie

Celebrate Lake Simcoe Festival July 31
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Come celebrate Lake Simcoe at Innisfil Beach Park! The LSRCA is pleased to be hosting a table at this event. We’ll have activities for the kids and a groundwater model that’s a big hit with kids and adults alike. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Single Day Event Lake Simcoe Region Conservation

Aquapalooza 2010 Sunday August 1st , 2010

BROUGHT TO VIAMEDE RESORT ON STONEY LAKE BY SEA RAY & TOWN & COUNTRY MARINE 11:00AM - 3:00PM OPEN AIR CONCERT AT THE WATER'S EDGE
(Peterborough's own the Cadillacs)
Open to all boaters and boating guests , need to register at
Aquapalooza 2010 events website

AquaPalooza is the name given to a series of on-water celebrations held during the last two weekends in July at more than 100 locations around the world. Created by Sea Ray Boats, AquaPalooza is free and open to all boaters and non-boaters. Each gathering features fun activities for family and friends of all ages, such as live entertainment, games, giveaways and much more.

Manitoulin Region Georgian Bay Ontario

Wikwemikong Cultural Festival celebrates 50 years
‎ SooToday.com - 13 Jul 2010
“The government of Canada is proud to support the Wikwemikong Heritage ... Hosted during the Civic Holiday long weekend, this annual event features Native American dance, traditional foods, historical displays, a pow-wow and a variety of community activities.

Waterloo Ontario

Cambridge farmer's market Civic Holiday Weekend
‎Waterloo Record - Kevin Swayze - 5 Jul 2010
The annual Mill Race Folk festival takes over downtown on Civic Holiday weekend, so Bayley plans August as an arts-themed month at the market. ...

Saskatchewan

Get it on in Saskatchewan‎
Globe and Mail - Grant Black
If you're travelling along Canada's main artery, and you've never thought ... Really adventurous sorts in Moose Jaw over the August long weekend may want to

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Somalia: Journalists under attack as government steps up media crackdown - News Update

Posted by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on August 4, 2010 at 2:02am

22 July 2010 : AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Amnesty International has called on Somali authorities and armed opposition groups in the country to respect freedom of expression amid a growing government crackdown on independent journalism.

A campaign of harassment and intimidation has seen a spate of arrests and interrogations of journalists since June. Media workers already face serious threats from armed groups, with 10 reporters killed in the last 18 months.



Amnesty International's new briefing paper, Hard News: Journalists' lives in danger in Somalia, launched on Somali Human Rights Day (22 July), documents the targeting of journalists in the country.

"Somali journalists are being prevented from informing the local population about daily violence that affects their lives - a service that is particularly vital in a conflict too dangerous for consistent international media reporting," said Michelle Kagari, Amnesty International's Africa deputy director.

"Somalia's authorities must investigate the attacks and harassment of journalists, both by armed groups and members of their own government, and ensure that freedom of expression is respected."

Somalia's internationally backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) controls only a small part of the capital Mogadishu, while the rest of southern and central Somalia is under the control of armed groups.

The two largest are al-Shabab and Hizbul Islam, which are allied against the TFG but have also engaged in fighting against each other.

While the armed groups are the most deadly threat to journalists in the country, media workers have come under increased pressure from the TFG in a recent clampdown on independent journalism.

On 26 June, New York Times correspondent Mohammed Ibrahim fled Somalia after threats from government security forces, following the publication of an article alleging that government forces included child soldiers.

On 29 June, several journalists were wounded when missiles were fired on a press conference being held by Al-Shabab in Mogadishu. Local journalists at the scene believe they were indirectly targeted by the TFG, who did not want the press conference to go ahead.

On 1 July, police detained journalist Mustafa Haji Abdinur and freelance cameraman Yusuf Jama Abdullahi for taking pictures of their colleague, photojournalist Farah Abdi Warsame, who had been hit in the crossfire during fighting in Mogadishu.

The journalists were interrogated and forced to delete their photographs. Warsame was only able to get medical treatment after being interrogated.

"Rather than protecting journalists from feared armed groups such as al-Shabab, the Somali authorities are increasing the problems for media workers by adding to the harassment they face," said Michelle Kagari.

Armed groups opposed to the Somali government now control many towns in the country. They have killed, harassed and intimidated journalists, shut down radio stations, restricted what local media can report on and frequently prevent journalists from publishing information which they believe is unfavourable towards them. This makes it almost impossible to disseminate vital information on the situation in Somalia.

On 5 May - the most recent journalist killing - three gunmen shot dead broadcast journalist Sheik Nur Mohamed Abkey as he was returning home from the state-run Radio Mogadishu.

He was abducted by the gunmen near his home in southern Mogadishu and then shot repeatedly in the head. Members of al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the killing.

In 2009, nine journalists were killed, the highest total in any one year since 1991, when armed conflict broke out after the collapse of ex-President Siad Barre’s government.

In the first five months of 2010, in addition to the killing of one journalist, many more were abducted and harassed by armed groups.

The TFG was backed militarily by Ethiopian troops who remained in Somalia until early 2009. TFG officials and institutions are now protected by the African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM.

The TFG is opposed by a number of armed Islamist groups. Groups on both sides of the conflict often overlap, forge or shift alliances, or divide into separate groups.

Read the report:
Hard News: Journalists' lives in danger in Somalia

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For further information, please contact:
John Tackaberry, Media Relations
613-744-7667, ext. 236

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China passes Japan as world's No. 2 economy

Posted by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on July 31, 2010 at 1:54am

A woman works at a production line at the Hanwang manufacture plant in July. The country supplanted Japan as the world's second-largest economy recently. (Jason Lee/Reuters)

China has overtaken Japan to become the second-largest economy in the world, a senior Chinese official says.

CBC News : July 30, 2010 : China has overtaken Japan to become the second-largest economy in the world, a senior Chinese official said Friday.

"China, in fact, is now already the world's second-largest economy," China's currency regulator, Yi Gang, said in an interview posted on the agency's website.

Estimates from the IMF, World Bank and independent economists predict China will likely supplant the United States' economy as the world's largest by 2025.

While the country's massive manufacturing base makes that a likely bet to happen in the next decade, a lot hinges on what China decides to do with its undervalued currency.

China does not allow its currency to float on the open market, a practice that critics say undervalues it and allows it to artificially boost its exporting clout.

The Chinese economy has grown by an average of more than 10 per cent per year for much of the past decade. Rampant growth like that raises the spectre of inflation, which in turn eats into growth.

The country has also only begun to tackle complex labour and environmental issues as its economy develops, and it's unclear what impact those factors might have on its explosive economic growth.

Earlier this month, the International Energy Agency estimated that China had already supplanted the U.S. as the world's largest consumer of oil, a claim Beijing disputes.

Official data from China is always viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism, but China is generally believed to have passed Germany as the world's third-largest economy some time in 2007.

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Will Canada be Able to Maintain its Role as a Peacekeeper in World Affairs? by M.T. Al-Mansouri,Ph.D.

Posted by M.T. Al-Mansouri, Ph.D. on March 2, 2010 at 6:28pm


Abstract

The pure soul of mankind aspires to a complete and a real peace, yet human thoughts and purposes are different and complicated. Hence, peace does not exist in reality and it is only a diplomatic tool to implement a number of tangible or intangible tasks of superpowers and their allies. Economic, social, political and psychological sciences as well as history tell us that Canada will not be able to maintain its role as a peacekeeper in world affairs.
In one hand, the Latin expression "if you want peace, prepare for war" is also one of never-ending –statements that made us read the unconscious minds of politicians, strategists and analysts. On the other hand, our thought-experiment and perception as well as asset of logic positivism, scientific methods, statistical hypothesis testing give us adductive, reductive and inductive reasoning to inquiry and infer that the peace is a fictional story or a word of right intended to be a wrong.

Spectators can differ among the good and bad because most of the media are biased, monopolized and unilateral. It cheated the audience once, but it cannot continue to mislead the public. In addition, Media is stubborn like a donkey, it continues to provide false information, provoke citizens of the world and distribute both cultures of hate and disputes.

Keywords: assassination, Canada, CIDA, Hamas, Lester B. Pearson, Mishal, Mossad, NATO, Norman Herbert, Suez crisis, peacebuilding, peacekeeping, peacemaking, United Nations

Peacekeeping, peace process, peace building and peacemaking became a fashion of recent era and the political mask to escape from reality and to harm other nations. So peacekeeping is on the road of humiliation.

Despite the fact that we take account of a huge number of international, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations and establishments, we neither notice any solutions for any disputes that appear in the world stage nor build any successful foreign policy. Among the reasons of this failure are confrontations and paradoxes of mankind and the intervention of the Unites States of America in making decisions and implementing the resolutions of the United Nations. Superpowers are the main player of conflicts.

They fight to widen their powers, monopolize the resources of wealth as well as extend their trade and military markets of legal and illegal transactions.
Since neither policy nor economy is fixed we see strategic changes in international relations. For example, the Middle East policy conundrum toward Palestine’s, Iraq’s, and Afghanistan’s issues. We observe divergences on peace processes on the one hand, and on the other hand, we detect the interventions of superpowers in sovereignties of other states, which harm their domestic policies, and results in new conflicts.

As a result, we see discourteous actions of some countries due to the international treaties and laws; for instance, either by Israeli and former Iraqi regimes or by the United States of America. U.S. biases toward Israel in its wars where it supports Israel by sending landmines and cluster bombs or by using the veto against any resolution of the United Nations, which condemns Israel of its occupation of Palestine, Golan Height, Jordanian and Egyptian lands. Even though it

committed crimes against humanity and crimes of war in Egypt in 1956, 1967 and 1973, Palestine in 1948-2009, Lebanon in 1982-2006, and Jordan in 1967, 1973.Many authors and leaders have their individual endeavors. Some of them stand by peace like Lloyd Axworthy, a prominent Canadian politician, scientist, and Former Minister of Foreign Affairs (1996-2000). He wrote in his book entitled ‘‘Navigating a New World: Canada's Global Future’’, he wants Canada to return to internationalism.

He also wishes for Canada to have a presence in the world and to influence the international community, to follow a policy of liberalism. Axworthy has added that vocational training should be more emphasized and Canada should understand its part of a geographical location, but at the same time have an independent foreign policy. He also asserted that Ottawa Public Service must reduce bureaucratic inertia, the United Nations must be reorganized in order to be more efficient. He also believed that two points should be respected and accomplished, the Kyoto Agreement and disarmament. Finally, he asserted that Canada should streamline its operation and present an example to the world (Axworthy, L., 2004).

Lloyd Axworthy’s ideology is an ideal rational process. Yet it is criticized for its opposition of common practice of Canada’s foreign policy, and of disputed countries as well as their supporters.
There are many references that give us a chance to realize what is going on in North and South Korea (CBC News-World, 2009). It is a repeat of occurrences of sixty years ago. North

Korea as a nation was set up by the Soviet Union in the late forties. The North wanted to encroach on the south. This invasion of South Korea started the Korean War with America and the United Nations fighting the Soviet Union and China. After seven years of conflict and lengthy peace conference, the war ended but the reasons for the struggle were never solved. So the battles continue with no real peace evident. Both sides want peace but efforts to attain peace is frustrated by the elements, which make up the human psyche.

The missile tests prevent real peace. Peace can only be achieved in the distant future because of the ideological conflict between Communism and Imperialism. America supports South Korea and harms the North Korea by its immoral tools of policy characterized by sanctions, embargos and war media. North Korea also suffers social, economic, political and environmental problems. Even though America deteriorates peace in Asia, it declares false peace solutions. Such as Hillary’s Clinton appeal to bring the two Koreas together in an objective which meant peace and unity for both of the Korean States (Guy, J.J., 2001, Ruypers, J. et al., 2005 & CBC News-World, 2009).

Even though the U.S. spools of peaceful ideas of idealism, it built and continues to build military bases in many countries like Colombia, Poland, Czech Republic, Iraq and Afghanistan, the Middle East, South Korea, Japan, the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, and Africa.

Owning to the political geography and geopolitics and international relations amongst Canada, America and the allies, Canada has an obligation to participate in acting against the international terrorism, the hidden dispute in Afghanistan.

Canada also launched its social, ideological, economic and political programs to support Afghanistan via Canadian International Development Agency [CIDA]. CIDA works to help Afghanistan recover from decades of domestic and foreign wars, which were held since the cold war, when American administration and its international advocators selected Afghanistan to be a pasture for wars to face their enemy, the former Soviet Union.

CIDA helps Afghanistan to mold its political, social and economic systems, as well as transitioning to democracy (new constitution, democratic elections and school enrollment of more than one million girls), development of a new-voter registration program, funding of literacy programs, funding of a women’s center to promote gender equality and provide leadership training, rebuilding of the country’s irrigation network and agricultural system, removal of landmines, funding a ‘’micro-financing’’ program that provides credits and loans to individuals to start up small businesses, and to fight against drought, and famine (Guy, J.J., 2001, Axworthy, L., 2004, Ruypers, J. et al., 2005 & Norris,Wm P R (Rob), 2009).

If we look to the issues that CIDA declared to support Kabul’s government, and study and analyze the current economic, social, political and security situations of Afghanistan, we can certify that neither Canada nor Afghanistan are in good shape. Canadians suffer from poverty, unemployment, homelessness, sorrows due to CIDA, Foreign Affairs, and National Defense decisions to transfer their budget, equipment, tools and soldiers to Afghanistan.

Canada exploits aids tied, which harm some countries, and Canada became to many countries a warrior country. So aid tied has advantages and disadvantages. One of the cons of it is if a country is in a critical economic and humanitarian situation due to environmental catastrophes; for example famine, drought, flood, or under aggressive occupation; for instance, the Palestinian issue. In these circumstances the donor country put many barriers or conditions towards the aid.

The pros of aid tied are when it is used against countries lead by dictators who work against mankind. For example, South Africa’s regime and recent and former regime of Israel due to its occupation, genocide, ethical cleansing and apartheid.

The second Canadian author and journalist is Mr. Cohen who wrote the book entitled “Lester B. Pearson Extraordinary Canadian’’. He asserted that Pearson oversaw the revamping through the introduction of Medicare, pension plan, Bilingualism, Biculturalism, Auto Pact and the Maple leaf Flag. He played a vital role in the creation of NATO and the United Nations, later serving as a president of its General Assembly. In 1957, Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his handling in the Suez crisis (Cohen, A. et al., 2008).

In contrast to Andrew’s Cohen view, Cohen does not criticize the decisions of Lester B. Pearson about nuclear tipped missiles in Canada installed and controlled by the United Sates of America. This point is evidence on the subjugation of Canada’s State.

Lester B. Pearson laid the groundwork for the creation of the state of Israel in 1947. During the crisis of 1956, when the United Kingdom, France and “Israel” attacked Egypt, Pearson proposed and sponsored the resolution, which created the United Nations Emergency Force to police that area aiming to protect the new Zionist State (Bowen, R.W., 1984, Axworthy, L., 2004, Cohen, A.

et al., 2008 & Norris, Wm P R (Rob), 2009). These are the reasons that Andrew Cohen supported Pearson. Hence, I believe the Nobel Peace Prize is not an honor, but it is a bribe, which is given for politicians like Lester B. Pearson, President Obama and the Zionist leader Menachem Begin. This point also is a testimony on imitative roles of some leaders of states as well as the international governmental and non-governmental organizations and establishments. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, said Pearson was a “ defrocked priest of peace” because of this policy.
Hence, it is clear to see the roles and interests of political actors, sub-actors and shadows and their attempts to change the international public opinion in order to achieve certain plain or hidden goals for their ethnic groups and to show their loyalty only to their collections.

In addition, the names of Norman Herbert, General Douglas MacArthur and Lester B. Pearson, and the locations where they worked (United Nations, Japan, Egypt, Canada and Unites States), positions that they held as well as the war circumstances like the Suez Crisis. Likewise, the accusations of the Ambassador Norman Herbert of espionage for Soviet Union and his suicide in Cairo on April 4, 1957, tell as that both Canadian politicians are guilty (Bowen, R. W., 1984).


Norman Herbert took his life because he was not only concerned that the Communist allegations could jeopardize the negotiations during the Suez Crisis but also to envelop his previous suspicious missions in the world and finally in Egypt, when he provided the negotiations with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. So, I perceive, that both the guiltiness of his illegal tasks and the experienced pressures of the American and Egyptian Intelligence Agencies on him pushed him to commit a suicide.

Another example of political evidence of the deterioration the slogans of peace and social prosperity is the current situation of Canadian education, immigration and health systems. Not only are Canada’s Foreign Affairs and Immigration penetrated by international intelligence agencies, but the interior affairs and other departments of states like Foreign Affairs Canada has been tried several times to withdraw Palestinians, who settle Lebanon in order to drop their rights to return to Palestine (McGeough, P., 2009).

The practices and the continuing breaches of Canadian sovereignty occur through frequent use of Canadian passports to cover the activities of Mossad, the terrorist intelligence organization of the Zionist entity. On September 25, 1997, Khalid Mashal, the Palestinian leader was the target of an assassination attempt carried out by the Israeli Mossad under orders from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his security cabinet. At the time of the assassination attempt Mashal was considered Hamas' Jordanian branch chief.

Two Mossad agents carrying Canadian passports entered Jordan, where Mashal was living. As Mashal walked into his office, one of the agents came up from behind and held a device to Mashal's left ear that transmitted a lethal nerve toxin. After a chase by one of Mashal's bodyguards, Jordanian authorities arrested the two Mossad agents (McGeough, P., 2009).

Clay Beattie with Michael S. Baxendale (2007), in their book entitled “The Bulletproof Flag: Canadian Peacekeeping Forces and the War in Cyprus.” is an example of the Canadian effort in peacekeeping and the rules of peacekeeping power during the conflict in Cyprus. The book also identified fine points, such as founding the Second United Nations Emergency Forces [UNEF II], 1973, Coup D'état, July 15-19, 1974, Turkish intervention, July, 20th, 1974, Encounter with General Ersin, July 26th, 1974, Security Council Resolution 353 of July 20, 1974, Tripartite negations (Turkey, UK and Northern Ireland, July, 25-30, 1974), the Turks launch Phase II of a peace plan. On August 14, 1974. The peace conference in Geneva was unsuccessful due to the fact a war resurrected days after (Clay, B. et al., 2007).

In opposition to the idea cited above, in nowadays, Canadian peacekeepers face many moral, organizational, economic and political obstacles among the following:

1. Security jeopardy: During the war in the Balkans, they became frequent targets of sniper gunfire when they took control at Sarajevo to ensure delivery of civilian relief supplies. During that time the chaos reigned elsewhere. Canadian Major- General Lewis MacKenzie negotiated ceasefire with military leaders on all sides, however they were soon broken (Patriquin, M., 2009 & Walsh, M., 2009).

2. Organizational dilemma: Lewis Mackenzie during the war in former Yugoslavia criticized both the UN and Canada for providing inadequate funding, troops and supplies (Farnsworth, C.H., 1994, Hatch, M., 2009, Patriquin, M. 2009, Reuters News, 2009 & Walsh, M., 2009).

3. Moral crisis: They can be part of corruption e.g. some soldiers participate in immoral activities such as selling humanitarian relief, or they can be involved in prostitution, or espionage for one of the fronts’ conflicts, or in human organ trade. In the spring of 1993, Canadian peacekeeping faced a crisis in Somalia when members of the elite Airborne Regiment had killed the 16-year-old Somali boy, Shidane Arone. Investigators uncovered videotapes showing renegade Canadian soldiers performing sadistic acts of torture (Farnsworth, C.H., 1994, Reuters News, 2009 & Walsh, M., 2009).

Canadian governments also faced problems with its citizens, because they do not want to withdraw the Canadian soldiers from Afghanistan where around 120 soldiers were killed. Canadian governments also stand by leaders who have committed multiple crimes against humanity and war crimes in Palestine (Gaza) and in Lebanon. So Canada and Canadians have a dishonest legacy and their proud image of peacekeeping has been tarnished (Farnsworth, C.H., 1994, Hatch, M., 1997, Reuters News, 2009 & Sloan, S.R. 2002).

Leaders of the world are not serious or interested in solving the conflicts. They support the aggressors and harm victims of wars. They became media personalities. They organize summits and conferences in order to relax on the one hand, and on the other hand, to promote their own militaries, assets, and properties. They eat, meet, talk and dance over the flesh and spirit of killed people and victims. As an example, the president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy was treated with his girlfriend Carla Bruni, for personal interest only when pervious crimes against humanity committed against the Palestinians.

Leaders also are slaves of their desires, likewise pressure and lobby groups with the aim of a narrow, primitive and aggressive manners. Superpowers and industrial countries are in a military race and they sell conventional weapons for worlds’ militants and rebels. They also sell high military technology for developing countries, which aggravates their economic, social and political situations (MacQuarrie, D., 2009).

The economic situation in development countries is at a grave level too. Symptoms of it appear in the form of recession represented with unemployment, poverty, and mental diseases. These factors influence the governments in making decisions to continue investing in the peace process, which does not exist on the earth.

The publics’ opinions have already achieved the greatest level of wakefulness, therefore it is hard to provide or let them cling to artificial traditions of policies. Treaties and convents of peace and international laws are disrespected by superpowers as well as by other states. The establishment of pacts and allies is also an indicator of disputes.
Military and non-military tactics and strategies of western countries provoke and perpetuate global conflicts.

In addition, diplomacy that Canada delivers to the world costs a great deal and the output is lower than the funds invested. These clear and hidden factors have already divided the Canadian political parties. Some of them want to separate from the alliance with the United States and the others want to be a puppet of it. Economic, moral, political scandals of peacekeeping are also one of major causes to withdraw from the peacekeeping.
In conclusion analyzing Canada’s foreign policy, which have been given by experts of academic institutions like official policy, pragmatic idealism, trade as key and puppet and counterweight, I can effortlessly certify that Canada will not be able to maintain its role as a peacekeeper in world affairs.

My recommendation to Canadian politicians is to concentrate on domestic peace and security, which is fragile. They should create agile and better tools and equipment to enhance its domestic social, economic and political conditions, which contain a lot of discomfort, and hindrance. I advise them also to stop advertising fictional programs of prosperity.

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