Alert! Radio
Episode 164 (November 11th 2010)
Mordecai Briemberg backgrounds the recent meeting of the Canadian Parliamentary Coalition to Combat Antisemitism and its true purpose of clamping down on criticism of the Israeli occupation and its apartheid practices. John Warnock reveals the true story behind Ottawa’s decision to reject BHP Billiton’s bid for Potash Corp. Immigration consultant Macdonald Scott positions in historic perspective Jason Kenney’s mission to restrict refugee claimants to Canada and its certain impact. Mitch Podolak presents a Remembrance Day selection of World War Two music. Download this episode (26.6 MB)
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