Archive for April, 2009
The Canada-Israel Committee and Canadian “Fifth Columnists”
Blogger Dr. Dawg claims to have obtained a document prepared by Canada-Israel Committee CEO, Shimon Fogel, which describes “a broad strategy… for monitoring Canadians whom the CIC feels are politically suspect.” He warns that he has not verified the authenticity of the document and is open to a denial or other statement from the Committee. The [...]
Daily Roundup for April 20, 2009
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Inside a Canadian Mega-Church
Mega-churches and charismatic Christianity are often thought of as characteristically American phenomena. That isn’t always the case – the Toronto Blessing, as the name suggests, was a revival movement taking its inspiration from the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship in Canada. There are also mega-churches north of the border, though generally smaller and fewer in number [...]
The Cry, Charismatics, and Parliament Hill
Dennis Gruending of Pulpit and Politics, in 2008, explored the charismatic and reconstructionist religious youth organization The Cry, which draws together Canadian youth through prayer rallies in Ottawa and other major centres. The Cry is linked to 4 My Canada, the National House of Prayer, Christian Zionist groups like the Watchmen for the Nations, and a [...]
The Canada Family Action Coalition vs. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin
What can recent history tell us about the methods and strategies for gaining publicity, used by some Christian right organizations? The following is an informative case story which took place last summer. In August 2008, 42 organizations led by the Canada Family Action Coalition complained to the Canadian Judicial Council, seeking Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin’s [...]
Push Polling, Plagiarism, KLRVU Research Part 2
Bloggers investigate KLR VU Part 1 is here By July 25, 2008 blogger scrutiny began in earnest when unrepentant old hippie noticed chatter about a new poll by a company calling itself KLRVU. The company, whose figures regarding Canadian approval contradicted reputable polling companies, had been hired by Campaign Life Coalition. The company data regarding Canadian opinion about The [...]
Push Polling, Plagarism KLRVU Research & Campaign Life Coalition
On July 1, 2008 Governor General Michelle Jean announced Dr. Henry Morgentaler was to be a recipient of The Order of Canada. Online reaction was swift. While reputable companies such as Ispos Reid polls indicated a majority of Canadians agreed with the decision, overnight an unknown company calling itself KRLVU Research disagreed, and began to be talked [...]
Homeless Cons and the Religious Right
For the last few weeks, social conservatives in Canada, the U.S. and Britain have had a new (potential) home on the Internet: Homeless Cons. Greeting this new phenomenon, Unrepentant Old Hippie observed that the “homeless cons” in this case were really, more specifically, social conservatives. To that end, Benediction Blogs On added some of the context [...]
Framing
From The Harper Index: Framing is the practice of influencing how people think and feel about issues by encouraging them to think about them in a particular way. This is done with language that conjures up and appeals to images and values that people know and understand deeply. The political Right is masterful at framing [...]
Peter Kent and the Canadian Coalition of Democracies
When he was running as a candidate in the fall 2008 elections, several bloggers commented on the background of Conservative MP Peter Kent, now Minister of State for the Americas. Kent was revealed to be a senior member of the neoconservative outfit Canadian Coalition for Democracies. Wrote Dr. Dawg: It’s a group that appears to [...]
