A vote for Stephen Harper means a vote for a war criminal and traitor.

In December of 2009 Stephen Harper prorogued (shut down) Parliament for two months.  Harper prorogued government for one reason.  To kill a parliamentary inquiry into the abuse and torture of Afghan detainees.   Harper, through prorogation, shut down the parliamentary committee inquiry immediately after the committee issued subpoenas for several high profile witnesses to appear to give evidence that Stephen Harper knew and even authorized Afghan prisoners, that were in Canadian custody, to be abused and tortured.  The inquiry was launched after evidence was presented by Richard Colvin, the second-highest-ranking Canadian diplomat in Kabul, that Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay and other Conservative government members were complicit in the abuse and torture of Afghan prisoners of war.  The International Red Cross also voiced their concern that Canadian officials (mainly Stephen Harper and Peter MacKay) may be in breach of the Geneva Convention.   The Red Cross tried unsuccessfully for three months to convey its concerns to the Canadian military about problems in the way Canada was reporting to the Red Cross when it transferred detainees to the Afghan authorities.

Between 2006 and 2007, Richard Colvin sent 17 reports about torture to Ottawa. The reports, which were circulated widely within the departments of Foreign Affairs and National Defence, confirmed public warnings from international officials and journalists.

In March 2006, Louise Arbour, the then UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, reported that complaints of torture at the hands of Afghan officials were “common.”

In June 2006, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission estimated that “about one in three prisoners handed over by Canadians are beaten or even tortured in local jails.”

In March 2007, the U.S. State Department reported that unconfirmed reports of torture were “numerous” in Afghanistan.

In April 2007, the Globe and Mail reported on “a litany of gruesome stories and a clear pattern of abuse by the Afghan authorities who work closely with Canadian troops.”

Yet the Canadian Government did next to nothing. In April 2007, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that “Canadian military officials don’t send individuals off to be tortured.”

Colvin’s testimony directly contradicts the Prime Minister’s statement. He reports that all the transferred detainees were tortured and that this was widely know in Kandahar, including among Canadian soldiers and diplomats.

Colvin’s allegations emerged because he was called to testify before the Military Police Complaints Commission, a body—established after the Somalia Inquiry—which has been investigating detainee transfers at the request of Amnesty International and the BC Civil Liberties Association. The Harper government blocked Colvin’s testimony before the MPCC, citing national security.  On October 14, 2009 the MPCC is forced to shut down its hearings after Stephen Harper’s government blocks witness testimony and fails to produce subpoenaed documents. The obstruction prompted the three Canadian opposition parties to call Colvin to testify before a Parliamentary committee.  December 15, 2009: Conservative MPs boycott the Afghanistan Committee, effectively shutting down the hearing. On December 30, 2009 Prime Minister Harper prorogues Parliament, shutting down the Afghanistan Committee.

Torture is universally condemned.  People like Stephen Harper and Defense Minister Peter McKay, who commit or order torture often try to place themselves above the law.  In Canada and around the World, torture is a very serious offense.  In Canada the Canadian Criminal Code provides a definition of torture that is in accordance with the definition contained in Article 1 of the Convention against Torture. There is no defense to a charge of torture that the accused was ordered by a superior or a public authority to perform an act of torture or that the torture is alleged to have been justified by exceptional circumstances, including a state of war, a threat of war, internal political instability or any other public emergency. Any act falling within the Convention ‘s definition of torture is a criminal offence in Canada. In addition, the Canadian Criminal Code explicitly states that any statement obtained as a result of torture is inadmissible as evidence in any proceeding over which the Canadian Parliament has jurisdiction.

In the International community the murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war, the killing of prisoners, the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devastation not justified by military, or civilian necessity are all war crimes.

All the elements of a war crime being committed by Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay and other Conservative government members are present. The prohibition of torture ranks with the prohibitions of genocide and slavery as one of the most fundamental rules of international law. Torture—and complicity in torture—is a “grave breach” of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. If Canadian officials allowed detainees to be transferred to Afghan custody despite an apparent risk of torture, and chose not to take reasonable steps to protect them, they are as guilty of a war crime as the torturers themselves. They can be prosecuted in Canada under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act. Or they could be hauled before the International Criminal Court. Canada has ratified the ICC’s statute, giving it jurisdiction over Canadians who commit war crimes anywhere.  Will the ICC charge Stephen Harper, Peter MacKay and other Canadian diplomats with war crimes?  Not now and not ever.  Why?  The ICC was set up as a tool for NATO.  The ICC is a kangaroo court.  It only charges the victims of US and NATO aggression (Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya and soon to be Syria)  with war crimes.  The ICC will never charge any political ally of the US government.  The US, Canada, France, Britain and Italy are all committing war crimes with their war of aggression against the Libyan people.   The US and NATO are paying mercenaries to bring about a rebellion in Egypt, Libya and Syria.  US recruited and paid mercenaries are the ones killing thousands of Libyan and Syrian civilians.  Neither Libya nor Syria has attacked the United States, Canada, France or Britain.  The US, France, the Harper government and Britain are the aggressors who have launched an unprovoked war of aggression (the ultimate war crime) against the civilian population of Libya.  The rebels in Libya are foreign CIA mercenaries.

About ten days after 9/11 General Wesley Clark was told that the United States government had already decided that they were going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran. 10 years has now passed and the United States government has already attacked Iraq and Libya.  The US had Israel attack Lebanon in 2006.  The US has reoccupied Somalia – piracy was the pretext to that occupation.  Today the United States government is now planning to attack Syria.   Syrian forces are not killing Syrian civilians they are killing US paid foreign mercenaries.  CIA mercenaries are rioting and attacking Syrian forces and Syrian forces are fighting back in self-defense.

During the proroguing of Parliament Stephen Harper appointed five new Conservative members to the Senate, giving the Conservatives the balance of power in the Upper Chamber, despite his vow to never appoint unelected senators.  Why was this unscrupulous action taken by Stephen Harper?  Stephen Harper seeks a majority vote in the coming May 2, 2011 federal election.  Why a majority?  Stephen Harper needs a majority government in order to fraudulently claim the authority to dissolve Canada in favor of a North American Union (NAU).  In Canada Stephen Harper’s hidden agenda is treason.   Section 46 of the Criminal Code of Canada states:

Treason (2) Every one commits treason who, in Canada,

(a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Canada or a province;
(b) without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an agent of a state other than Canada, military or scientific information or any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document of a military or scientific character that he knows or ought to know may be used by that state for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defence of Canada;

(e) conspires with any person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) or forms an intention to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) and manifests that intention by an overt act.

Stephen Harper’s appeared at the New York City based Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) on 25 September 2007, to officially endorse and express his commitment to the North American Union agenda.  The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is a US government funded organization, publisher, and think tank tasked with implementing U.S. foreign policy and international affairs.  They contribute to the US foreign policy agenda by making recommendations to the presidential administration, testifying before Congress, serving as a resource to the diplomatic community, coaching and influencing the media, authoring books, reports, articles, and op-eds on foreign policy issues.  The end game of the CFR is to assimilate Canada into a new “Fortress North America” which is controlled by the U.S. political-military-industrial complex.  In fact Stephen Harper’s government has already harmonized various Canadian government departments and agencies with U.S. governmental agencies – to expedite the assimilation of Canada into the NAU once a majority is acquired.  The Council of Foreign Relations has published a tell-all book on the North American Union agenda entitled “Building a North American Community”.

Mel Hurtig, the former elected leader of the National Party of Canada, a noted Canadian author and publisher, and the founder of the Council of Canadians revealed that senior elected representatives and advisers to the Conservative Party, are currently planning a scheme to dissolve Canada in favor of North American Union. Harper is seeking a majority government (for the 4th time) in order to implement this treasonous agenda.

According to the Canadian Criminal Code Harper’s intentions, whether or not he actually succeeds in dissolving the Canadian government in favor of an American controlled NAU, is treason.  On May 2, 2011 vote wisely.   If you don’t your vote could put a war criminal and traitor in power (temporarily) as the last prime minister of Canada.

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