No!
We don't want anymore of them, thank you.
We are only 32 Million. Please, no? Pretty please?
Posted on 09/08/2006 4:52:23 PM PDT by fanfan
OTTAWA (Reuters) - One of Canada's top television reporters has been suspended from her job for praising the country's increasingly troubled military mission in Afghanistan, the company said on Friday.
Christine St-Pierre, a veteran Ottawa correspondent for French-language public broadcaster Radio-Canada, wrote an open letter to Canada's 2,300 troops telling them to ignore mounting criticism of the mission.
Five Canadian soldiers were killed last weekend, prompting ever louder calls for Ottawa to review the mission. One opposition party wants the troops to come back next February, two years ahead of schedule.
"We owe you all our respect and our unfailing support ... dear soldiers, your tears are not in vain, your tears are brave," St-Pierre wrote in the letter, which Montreal's La Presse newspaper published on Thursday.
Radio-Canada suspended her for breaching internal regulations that stipulate employees are not allowed to express their opinions on controversial issues.
"Ms. St-Pierre infringed a number of Radio-Canada's journalistic rules ... she has been relieved of her functions for an indeterminate period," said spokesman Marc Pichette, adding that the broadcaster was investigating what had happened.
St-Pierre told La Presse she knew she had gone too far and said she could no longer be objective when it came to reporting on events in Afghanistan.
"I don't think I'll be covering this story again," she said.
She should have forced a kid to stand next to an unxploded bomb. The BBC would have hired her in a heartbeat.
She must have missed the fine print in her contract when she was hired. You know, the line that reads: "Be it known that if the subject employee ever undertakes to make any statement, whether orally or in writing, that can in any manner whatsoever be construed by management to be in support of conservative opinion or values, or in any manner whatsoever supports any political, national, or internatonal situation that would be construed as conservative by the management of this organization, then said employee will be severely reprimanded, including suspension or loss of employment."
Killing terrorists must be considered bad by a critical mass of Canadians.
No!
We don't want anymore of them, thank you.
We are only 32 Million. Please, no? Pretty please?
I prefer the Frank magazine version...The Corpse
I believe this is her - click on the picture to go to her bio page (in French) on CBC.
If you want to see the effectiveness of Canadian troops, link to my favorite Canadian blog and scroll down to "Smokin' Taleban".
There is a simply outstanding YouTube video in which you seer various jihadi despatched in chunks to their various virgins. In at least one case, there appears to be a piece for each and every of the 72!
http://dustmybroom.com/
Is that why they need 72?
No one told them that.
Not at all.
My town, Ottawa, Canada's capital city, finally caught up with the wear red on Friday campaign, and I was pleased to see so many people wearing red. The Canadian Legion branches sold out of car magnets, T-shirts, and pins.
:-)
I'm increasingly troubled by the number of Canadians who hate their country.
For those boys with the .50s in post #27, it must be more fun than picking off grouse with .22 head-shots!
Notice that he just 'wings' one former taleban. ;^)
I have a new hero, and her name is Mme. Christine St-Pierre.
How dare she support the troops! Doesn't she know that the loyalties of her trade lie in Mecca?
Thanks for the link. I loved the Smokin Taleban
An absolute disgrace! The left are Bin Laden's greatest ally!
Thanks for the ping.
How in the heck is supporting one's country "controversial?!??!?!"
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