Scott's DiaTribes » James Lunny http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:00:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 James Lunney: church groups are being meanies, so I’m not meeting them http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2010/02/23/james-lunney-church-groups-are-being-meanies-so-im-not-meeting-them/ http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2010/02/23/james-lunney-church-groups-are-being-meanies-so-im-not-meeting-them/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:44:07 +0000 Scott Tribe http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/?p=7928 What a brave guy James Lunney, (MP for Nanaimo-Alberni) is.  He refuses to meet with church groups affiliated with KAIROS Canada who are upset at the Conservative government pulling its funding because of the Conservative government claims it’s anti-Israel (made by Jason Kenney in Israel, you might remember.  You also might remember Kenney isn’t even the Minister in charge of handing out CIDA grants to NGO’s – that would be Bev Oda, who gave an entirely different reason in the House of Commons for the KAIROS Canada grant removal).

The reason given by Lunney for not meeting these folks? Such radical church groups as Quakers, Mennonites, and Anglicans are [...]]]> http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2010/02/23/james-lunney-church-groups-are-being-meanies-so-im-not-meeting-them/feed/ 4