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This is a new low even for the liberals, referring to any legimate Canadian political entity as Nazi's is going way too far, dispicable
Graham compares Tories to Nazi propagandists
Updated Thu. Dec. 7 2006 5:46 PM ET
Canadian Press
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives reacted angrily upon being compared to Nazis by a prominent Liberal on Thursday.
Bill Graham, a former cabinet minister who was the interim Grit leader for most of this year, made the remarks in the House of Commons.
He accused the Tories of repeatedly uttering false statements in the Commons about the Liberals' record in government and drew parallels with the infamous Nazi propaganda machine run by Joseph Goebbels.
"The government members in this House behave as if they were reading from a textbook written by Mr. Goebbels when he was preparing for power in Germany,'' Graham said.
"It's disagraceful. . . It's dishonourable. . .
"It's just not possible to have a question period in which honourable members are allowed to so much distort the truth and tell lies about what is in the public record.''
Goebbels remains infamous for his technique of repeating a lie often enough that it becomes commonly accepted as truth.
He played a key role in convincing Germans of the merits of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, and later became Hitler's propaganda minister.
Graham accused the Tories of habitually lying during question period about the track record of the former Liberal government.
He referred specifically to the Tories' oft-repeated assertion that the Liberals did nothing while Maher Arar was being tortured in a Syrian prison.
In fact Graham _ a former foreign minister _ says he frequently pressured his Syrian counterparts about Arar.
The Conservatives reacted with indignation to the comparison with Nazis.
"I think that is reprehensible,'' said Tory House leader Rob Nicholson.
"I heard what (Graham) had to say about decorum. I think that works both ways.''
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This is a new low even for the liberals, referring to any legimate Canadian political entity as Nazi's is going way too far, dispicable
Graham compares Tories to Nazi propagandists
Updated Thu. Dec. 7 2006 5:46 PM ET
Canadian Press
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives reacted angrily upon being compared to Nazis by a prominent Liberal on Thursday.
Bill Graham, a former cabinet minister who was the interim Grit leader for most of this year, made the remarks in the House of Commons.
He accused the Tories of repeatedly uttering false statements in the Commons about the Liberals' record in government and drew parallels with the infamous Nazi propaganda machine run by Joseph Goebbels.
"The government members in this House behave as if they were reading from a textbook written by Mr. Goebbels when he was preparing for power in Germany,'' Graham said.
"It's disagraceful. . . It's dishonourable. . .
"It's just not possible to have a question period in which honourable members are allowed to so much distort the truth and tell lies about what is in the public record.''
Goebbels remains infamous for his technique of repeating a lie often enough that it becomes commonly accepted as truth.
He played a key role in convincing Germans of the merits of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, and later became Hitler's propaganda minister.
Graham accused the Tories of habitually lying during question period about the track record of the former Liberal government.
He referred specifically to the Tories' oft-repeated assertion that the Liberals did nothing while Maher Arar was being tortured in a Syrian prison.
In fact Graham _ a former foreign minister _ says he frequently pressured his Syrian counterparts about Arar.
The Conservatives reacted with indignation to the comparison with Nazis.
"I think that is reprehensible,'' said Tory House leader Rob Nicholson.
"I heard what (Graham) had to say about decorum. I think that works both ways.''
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