Smilin’ Jack needs to clarify or retract the wording used in a draft resolution in hs party.
Canada’s troops in Afghanistan have been “acting like terrorists, destroying communities, killing and maiming innocent people”, according to a resolution that will be voted on by New Democrats at the party’s convention in Quebec City this weekend.
Any group who can liken our men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces to groups like Al Qaeda and Hezbollah has no place in our government. I for one would like to see a public apology to our Forces, who are laying their lives on the line every day.
The resolution comparing Canadian troops to terrorists, put forward by the Nanaimo-Cowichan riding association in British Columbia, says Canada’s goals “cannot be achieved by violence when the ‘enemy’ cannot be distinguished from ordinary citizens” and calls for Canadian troops to be withdrawn from that country.
Its release comes as the bodies of five Canadian soldiers were returned home after being killed in the Kandahar region on the weekend.
A spokesman for Jack Layton said the NDP leader would not comment on the language used in the resolution or indicate whether he intended to vote for it.
I never thought I’d see the day when a Party is more cowardly than the Liberals, but at least they spoke out when Borys Whatsisname decided Hezbollah were not terrorists. Yet I don’t see Jack coming out to make a comment about this. For shame, Mister Layton. You have even less backbone than I gave you credit for, and that’s saying something.
