Wasn't anti-Semitism rather frequent at the time of WW2? I am not defending it, mind you. Just saying it's a leap from one Pierre Berton retrospective to an indictment of an entire country in the present day. Before Larry brought up some stuff with the PQ last year, I had never heard of anything of the kind. Granted, I don't get much in the way of Canadian news down here unless I look, but I do look from time to time.
Dana On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:56:59 -0500, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yep. That's why I want to see the update. There are still practices like > this in older companies, especially those who have no reason to ever change. > But without an investigation (and a more modern one), it's just history. > > > Um Michael, notice the year the late Pierre Burton was referring to? > > > > To quote: > > "Pierre Berton, one of Canada's most esteemed journalists, died on > > Nov. 30. In tribute, The CJN is reproducing one of his unique > > investigative pieces, which appeared in Maclean's magazine on Nov. 1, > > 1948. Part 1 appears below. > > > > n the wartime winter of 1942, when employers of all kinds were > > desperate for men, a young accountant named Norman Lyons, who had been > > rejected for military service on medical grounds, started looking for > > a job." > > > > It wasn't just Canada at the time, the US, Britian, France, Australia > > had the same policy. What is the policy now? What happened in Canada > > over 60 years ago is more or less irrelevant now. > > > > larry > > > > > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:59:21 -0500, Michael Dinowitz > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, based on this article, it's definitly oh canada. Nice to gays, but > > if > > > your a Jew forget about it. > > > http://www.cjnews.com/viewarticle.asp?id=5095 > > > > > > > > > > Tangorre, Michael wrote: > > > >> GO CANADA! > > > > > > > > No, no. "Oh! Canada". Get your facts straight. :-) > > > > > > > > --Ben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140244 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
