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IT HAPFEI\1E1 HERE
Uy G. MacBeod Ross
In his r -Globe and -Mail,/ col.
urn 4i June l5th, Brlice West
surmised , what might have hap.
pened to the little state of
Israel had it been equipped
with the kind `of prophets to
u . which we are subjected here •
, in Canada. We, the tat and
affluent democracy, -which has
been so Ooroyghly brainwashed
),by peaceniks and grave acad.
emic Nice Nellies, so that we
have become °befuddled as to
what , our •national purpose
` .
should be .--li would have been
more ap : opriath had W est sur.
1
mwould wha u d have happened
to the• little state of Canada,
equipped, 'just as it is, with
lots of Nice Nelltes.
Background, of The Am -Can
Confrontation:
s every Canadian schoolboy
has been told, America has
coveted Canada ever since 1813.
Their resounding defeat atCry.
sler's •Farm, before the,,time
,when the priceof ,milk did trot---
gQ upevery week; .the burn.
ing ,of Buffalo; .(the stench of
burning steaks lingers in their
nostrils .still) all these and
more remain to . be avenged:
Over the years .since 1813,
American policy has been based
on the cunning of the serpent.
On the surface all has been
sweetness and tight. They have
.insinuated themselves Into our
vast mining, oil and' lumber
complexes; pouring noless"than
.$26 billion of risk capital into
our estate, until today they
virtually threaten our economy..
Even our intercommunication
system • is ownedas to 2.2.per
' cent by, that colossus 'of -U.S..
Big Business: The A1lnerican
Telephone and Telegraph, Com.,
'Piny. Imagine the possibi1.
sties for propaganda here alone.
True, our government has war.
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which the ,G..B,C, will purchase
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•Canadian Quota.
The big assemblers of autos'
it1
Oakville; Oshawa and Wind.
sok "'all havea direct pipeline
to • their brain trust in. Det.
holt,. Hence each year's mod.
,els° are the direct result .of,
their. ' dastardly machinations.
Yop • have only, to` .follow our.
court proceedings •to realise
how many cars take control of
f
their „driyers. (The effort to
get Nader as a• safety inspector
at Oshawa unfortunately failed,
Even the C,B.E. is suspect
with its .,"understa.nding' with
other American railroads. But
perhaps the most blatant man.
ifestation of American -....Fifth
Columnism ' lies in ' tiie inter•
nationalisation of the Canadian`
Trades Unions. One toot ,from
the .- U.S. Trade Unichorn and
" we're , ootl Be assured our
Minister has his ear tuned tO
this very closely.
Ifo not. imagine any of this
was unknown to Ottawa. On the
contrary, Parliament, whenever
it could •gather a quorum, was
playing a cunning game of
wait and see'; waiting to see
when the U.S. would overstep
'the mark, When that occurred,
the sword of Damocles, poised
so precariously over Uncle
Sam's head, would fall. There
is. a saying, very familiar in
Ottawa and used herewith no
disrespect to Nasser, about the
straw that broke Kemal's back.
Well it broke, but only after
some astute counter -espionage
work by the R.C. M. P, sentry
'on duty at the Parliament. Hill
entrance to the Common:;. This
patriot discovered that the Am.
ericans had, established a bank
of ill things, right in the aorta
of our state: Montreal. And
everyone knows Quebec is
nearer secession than any other
° part of Canada. :The fact that
all- forms of government and
most of industry are forever
journeying 'to New York
to borrow dollars was comp.
letely overlooked by our Cab.
inetI Even the bank's plea
Oat their preSenee en- Cana..
dian sail brought the 0410%W
to Mahernet; that their ores
ence would s .ve public and
private servants their plane
and/or rail fares to New York; •
even this failed to impress our
Cabinet,
It has been said, with r>ore
than a grain of truth, . that a,
Canadian gdver" nment, whether
federal, - .provincial or mtrn.
icipal, acts .with precipitation
only when it is 'voting money
to secure the next electign, In'
this' case -•however, it was the
exception which proved the rule.
A Champion of the Pegple
arose from the serried cabinet
ranks. Prancing into thelists,
with but a .,perfunctory wave.
to our ..Fair . Nellies, he got 'a
law. passed in the twinkling Of
a gnat's eyelash; limiting the
bank's subversive, activities for
all time. Washington recoiled
from this . bloodied blow into
complete silence. . •
y . Then it was, that ..with no
prior declaration of intent, the
Gaspe Peninsula was 'occupied
by a' company of U.S. Marines
in mufti, while Foggy Bottom,
;. (Washington) declared the Gulf
of St. Lawrence closed to all
, shipping bound •for Canadian
ports. The Erie Canal had, of
course, been closed to shipping
flying the red raspberry ever
since it silted up, but it was
declared doubly closed, This
caused a run on Red Ensigns
and/or Union Jacks, which the
flag printers of Canada failed
to meet and recourse was had
to U.S. suppliers.
The reaction of the Canadian
Parliament was instantaneous.
The Prime Minister himself de.
dared a state of emergency,
at the same time counseling
'cool heads'. (The Minister
of Health and•Welfare promptly
added ice bags to OMSIP's free
issues.) The P.M. continued:
"There is only one way to re.
'concile the unfortunate position
in which we find ourselves at
the mment_,and that is to wait
1•and see whether our American
cousins . will - go too far. It is
too early to take a position"
he added, and went on to quote
an old proverb about giving a
fellow enough rope etc etc,
•
I1ebuffed by this coolness, the
Americans handed our govern
Ment a farther insult when U.S.
troops were sent to reoccupy
Fort Niagara. The same night
they enforced a curfew, so that
we were unable to illuminate
the• Falls. At the sameime
a curt fote' .was handed Ottawa'
by the Saudi Arabian charge
d'affaires • ..:(Saudi was repro.
senting the U,S,A; .after' the
latter's ambassador had been
asked to 'leave) demanding the
immediate. removal; of the ill.
uminated name _' of 'General
Brock' from the heel of that
'name, Which was visible. to
American citizens. ' The note
claimed that this was just an.
other effort to inflame the
peaceloving • citizens of the
United States; that unless re."
• Moved at once the U'nitedStates
of America ,could no longer be
responsible if the Peace Bride
was buffaloed.: Buildingbridges
• for international gangsterism,_
the note continued, was suicidal
folly. Brockwa,s a name which
brought shame to every red
blooded American boy, whether
he knew to whom it referred
or not.
Ottawa retaliated in no un.
certain manner as you may be
sure. The Emergency Force
was confined to barracks at
once, while 'wearin' o' the
green' was forbidden, since the
wearer might be mistaken for
a U.S. Marine and lynched. All
arms were collected into the
armouries ,in case some mem-
ber of the Force still harboured
a slight smattering of national.
istic patriotism and emerged
to loose off his bundook on a
southerly bearing. The Can.
adian government finally took
the position which is intuitive
to the animal kingdom when they
encounter a stronger foe. They
lay on their backs and offered
their bared throats. The For.
eign Minister said: "We can
only hope that everyone under•
stands our position as sym.
pathetically as we understand
theirs."
The whole it was then pla-
ced ' in the hands of that mal.
ignant. rabble which .forms the
major part of the General Chu.
ncil of the United Nations, where
it was ,a foregone Cen4lu,&ion
that ..Canada word be branded
as the aggressor. Comt'adeltasa
putin, who. came over, ,from
Moscow especially, was really
the man • who won them over
With his horror stories of ttie
displaced • persons came sol
over Canada ;in wb4ch the Red
Indian tribesmen: had been live,
Ing since 1313,. witx►out iet�en a
santtar r;,.rn bawing:ever' been
near ej, .
The Secr'etarY General #?
014114 an error
.:dor sometime ,
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be loll' . • bus••
sitting` on the' • .ice
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