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A few hours before Parliament voted to legalize same sex marriage on June 28, Frank McKenna, Canada’s ambassador to the United States went on American University Radio, a National Public Radio station in Washington D.C. During his one hour appearance on the Diane Rehm Show, McKenna spoke on a variety of issues from the war in Iraq to trade to Mad Cow disease. When a listener sent an email to the show that mentioned same sex marriage, the Ambassador said the following:

Monday July 04, 2005 By BETH DUFF-BROWN Associated Press Writer TORONTO (AP) Though many view Canada as an unassuming neutral nation that has skirted terrorist attacks, it has suffered its share of aggression, and intelligence officials believe at least 50 terror groups now have some presence here. They are from Sri Lanka, Kurdistan and points between and include supporters of some of the best-known Mideast groups, including al-Qaida, authorities say. Osama bin Laden named Canada one of five so-called Christian nations that should be targeted for acts of terror. The others, reaffirmed last year by his al-Qaida network, were the...

Canada's ambassador to the United States has launched an all out war on Fox News Channel. Ambassador Frank McKenna has undertaken a public relations effort to reach the more than one million Canadians living in the United States, a group he calls the "Canadian diaspora." McKenna says the effort is to boost support for Canada here, and to counter what he says is the "Fox factor," referring to the Fox News Channel, America's most popular cable news network, and its most highly-rated show, "The O'Reilly Factor." McKenna told the Toronto Star that he wants to arm Canadians with facts that...

McKenna goes ballistic over decisionDon Martin National Post February 26, 2005 OTTAWA - He went, um, ballistic at hearing the news. Frank McKenna is one angry Washington-bound Canadian ambassador after being left in the dark about the government's decision to deny its blessing to the U.S. ballistic missile defence system. Put less diplomatically, "he is seriously pissed," according to a senior government source. The anger is understandable, and explains why the former New Brunswick premier has gone underground and is not returning media calls. McKenna appeared before a parliamentary committee on Tuesday to shine up his credentials before being formally...