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    • The Hollywood act of the Canadian Government

    By Judi McLeod & Arthur Weinreb

    November 18, 2004

    The Prime Minister Paul Martin-led Canadian Liberal Government is about to have a good laugh on the rest of us. With the help of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) stooges, they’ve got it nailed down to a fine science.

    The controversy over their backbench MP Carolyn Parrish grinding her boot on a George W. Bush doll on CBC’s satirical This Hour Has 22 Minutes tomorrow, could not have been carried off without Liberal government approval. CBC is a Crown Corporation–bought, paid for and sustained with millions of tax dollars by the Liberal Government in Ottawa.

    The outrage of the government over the controversy as reported by the mainline media is as big a part of the act as Parrish’s stomping on the Bush doll.

    That means that Carolyn Parrish is not a renegade or runaway Liberal backbencher MPP as she is described by media, but a docile puppet of the Canadian government.

    For the hanging by a hair Ottawa Liberals, Parrish makes the perfect foil. A foil diverting a Canadian electorate taxpayers away from the ongoing multi-million dollar Liberal sponsorship scandal. With her ongoing antics, Parrish is also a foil that keeps members of Opposition Parties in line rather than strategizing to bring down a Liberal government clinging desperately to power only by virtue of their minority status.

    The timing of stomping the Bush doll on public television couldn’t be more perfect for the Canadian feds.

    Martin--who relied heavily on the anti-American vote in last June’s close election--is in a pickle. A date with the polls for him is only a matter of time- and look who’s coming to town for an official two-day visit, beginning November 30.

    MPs are getting ready to join the projected cast of thousands of peace protesters, who will be waving anti-Bush placards on Parliament Hill. All good optics for Martin who can pay lipservice inside the House, but not antagonize the angry mobs.

    The grinding her boot on the Bush doll, airing tomorrow, punctuates a litany of boorish Parrish anti-American tirades, including her description of Americans as "bastards".

    Parrish was only yesterday professing to the Canadian Press that she has no fear of bossman Martin.

    Could that be because down at heart Martin approves of an outburst that is more a political ploy than an act of bravery?

    "Every time he (Martin) gets up and reprimands me, be it ever so gentle, it just feeds it and he looks like he can’t control me, which he can’t. And if he wants to know why he can’t control me, I have absolutely no loyalty to this team. None."

    Do these remarks sound a trifle staged for a backbencher MP in a minority government?

    "After what they’ve put me through and lots of my colleagues, they can all go to hell. But he’s not going to control me, so all he’s going to do is end up looking weak."

    As Shakespeare would put it, she doth protest too much.

    Even sporadic Liberal criticism of the upcoming televised stunt as "bizarre" and "stupid" rings hollow.

    Much of the criticism is wrapped in political doublespeak: "It’s a pathetic spectacle that someone would behave in this fashion," said Ontario Liberal MP Roger Gallaway, rating Parrish’s theatrics as "a rather perverse joke".

    Galloway, nonetheless argued against bouncing the four-term MP out of caucus: "I have a fundamental problem with removing someone from caucus because they’re bizarre and stupid."

    Liberal Bush haters will hide behind Parrish’s skirts should the Canadian government allow the president to address their parliament. These courageous souls will heckle from the anonymity of the background, while Parrish demonstrates outside with peace protesters on the Hill.

    That’s the Big Act of the snide and cowardly Canadian Liberal Government at work.

    Forget considering Mel Gibson or Michael Moore for 2005’s Oscar. Their act’s got nothing on the Canadian government.

    Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com

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