Francis Chartrand for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

"Stéphane Dion has done the right thing in dismissing Lesley Hughes, Liberal candidate in the county Kildonan-St Paul (Manitoba). Hughes refused to recognize the nature of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about the 9 / 11. Now I look forward to Jack Layton vigorously rejects a candidate equally problematic, Samira Laoun in the Montreal riding of Bourassa. She was one of the main organizers of a benefit dinner of the Canadian Islamic Congress with Yvonne Ridley lecturer. Ridley is an apologist of terrorism, Taliban and Hezbollah. "

Translations: Stéphane Dion did the right thing: Now it's your turn, Mr Layton, by Barbara Kay, National Post, September 25 2008

Good for Stéphane Dion for stepping up to the plate and demanding the resignation of Lesley Hughes, Liberal candidate for Kildonan-St Paul. Hughes failed to renounce the anti-Semitic implications of her 9/11 conspiracy theories in suggesting that Israeli companies had vacated the World Trade Center before the attacks. The B'nai B'rith has issued a congratulatory statement: "Stéphane Dion has done the right thing by refusing to let Lesley Hughes, a candidate with a record of antisemitism, stand for the Liberal Party of Canada," said Frank Dimant, Executive Vice President of B'nai Brith Canada.

I now eagerly await Jack Layton's forthright renunciation of a similarly problematic NDP candidate, Samira Laouni, in the Montreal riding of Bourassa. Ms Laouni is a person of influence in the leadership of the Canadian Islamic Congress, Quebec region. She was a principal organizer for a CIC fundraising dinner in September, 2007, whose guest speaker, Yvonne Ridley is an impassioned anti-Zionist, but more importantly a terrorist apologist and proud friend of the Taliban and Hezbollah, an organization officially classified as terrorist by the federal government.

Present at that evening to bring NDP greetings, but not during Ridley's speech, which finished shortly before their arrival, were Thomas Mulcair, MP for Outrement and former NDP leader Alexa McDonough. I spoke to Thomas Mulcair the following day and asked him how the NDP could associate itself with anyone representing such despicable, anti-Canadian views. Mr Mulcair swore up and down that he had no idea of who Yvonne Ridley was or what she was talking about, and that he was merely bringing greetings to a community group, the same as he would for any other. I told him in no uncertain terms who Yvonne Ridley was. So the NDP cannot claim to be ignorant of the CIC's open admiration for her, and Ms Laouni's role in bringing her to Canada. Mr Layton, take a leaf from Mr Dion's book, and do the right thing.

Hezbollah Description: Site of the Canadian Department of Public Safety

Hezbollah, or Party of God, "is an Islamist terrorist organization based in Lebanon. Hezbollah wants to restore the supremacy of Islam on the political, social and economic development in the Muslim world. Its objectives, it stated in its political manifesto of 16 February 1985, include the eradication of Western influence in Lebanon and the Middle East and the annihilation of the Jewish state and the liberation of Jerusalem and all Palestinian territories under the yoke of Israeli occupation, without any possibility of negotiating peace treaty whatsoever. In this context, the ultimate goal of Hezbollah is to establish a radical Shiite theocracy in Lebanon. Hezbollah is responsible for car bombings, to hijacking and abduction of Israeli and Western targets in Israel or Jewish, Western Europe and South America. It operates mainly in Lebanon, but is also active in Europe, North America, South America and Africa.

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