Civil Liberties: Canadian NGO

Canadian NGO: Our organization, a mainstream Canadian NGO has worked tirelessly to protect civil liberties for over a decade, was recently smeared by the PMO as being affiliated with a banned terrorist group. Why? Because we dared to exercise our right to criticize Prime Minister Stephen Harpers decision to take someone on his trip to the Middle East who praised individuals widely recognized as anti-Muslim activists, according to The Star. Excuse us? Since when does government publicly accuse Canadians of criminal affiliations without a shred of evidence? Wait dont answer that question and One would think it unfathomable in Canada that the heart of our democratic government the Prime Ministers Office would use the bullying tactics of undemocratic regimes to silence dissenters, but it has. Rather than respond to the legitimate concerns in our open letter to the prime minister, the PMOs communications director dismissively stated that we have documented ties to a terrorist organization such as Hamas. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.