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Toronto Sun December 6, 2005 BAUBLE-HEAD SVEND By MARK BONOKOSKI The cesspool of political "entitlement" and "corruption" in which the federal Liberals are trying not to electorally drown is no longer a one-party domain now that a jewel thief has been acclaimed as Jack Layton's NDP candidate in the riding of Vancouver Centre. No longer can Jack call the kettle black. No longer can Jack talk ethics. How can Jack Layton accuse the Liberals of "helping themselves" in the sponsorship scandal, for example, when he has given his blessing to Sunday's endorsement of Svend Robinson, a politician who helped himself...

Tearful MP's career on hold after pocketing jewelry Last Updated Thu, 15 Apr 2004 14:53:25 BURNABY, B.C. - New Democratic Party MP Svend Robinson stunned supporters Thursday by saying he needs to take medical leave after admitting he took a ring without paying for it. Svend Robinson is comforted by NDP MP Libby Davies. "Something just snapped in this moment of total, utter irrationality," he said while crying and struggling to read a statement during a nationally televised news conference in his Vancouver-area riding of Burnaby-Douglas. "While attending a public jewelry sale, I pocketed a piece of expensive jewelry," Robinson...

LAW OF THE LAND The Bible as 'hate literature'? Canadians advance bill that chills speech about homosexuality Posted: October 21, 2002 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com A prison sentence for quoting the Bible in Canada? Holy Scriptures treated as "hate literature"? That could happen if a proposed bill is passed by Parliament, according to opponents who believe it would criminalize public expression against homosexual behavior. A self-described homosexual member of the House of Commons, Svend Robinson, is expected this week to reintroduce bill C-415, which would add sexual orientation as a protected category in Canada's genocide...