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A summary of articles on the Asian Tsunami
Asian Tsunami a year later:Where's the Canadian aid?
By Garth Pritchard
Monday, December 26, 2005
The first days of January, 2005 — I was on an aircraft with the first 200 Canadians headed for the Ampara district of Sri Lanka.
A wall of water traveling 500 miles an hour had just hit their coast. The television pictures were horrendous. The damage, immeasurable. The human carnage, unfathomable.
I remember thinking that day that the Canadian military’s DART group had been set up for failure by the politicians in Ottawa. The feel on the airplane amongst the Canadians was one of resignation: they were being sent to a world disaster. Paul Martin, the Prime Minister, and his ministers had waffled and waited, and had spoon-fed the Ottawa media. "Wrong people. Antiquated equipment," they said.
Paul Martin's photo-op from Human Tragedyby Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com
Monday, May 9, 2005
You’ll never see this on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).
That’s because it’s incredible, shot-on-site film footage that Prime Minister Paul Martin doesn’t want you to see. Canadafreepress.com editors decided to post it here so that you can judge for yourself.
Jack Layton, The Dance Has Begun, tsunami aid?So, Canadian International Development Agency--Where's the money?
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