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applegrove

(118,696 posts)
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:25 PM Mar 2018

It's the Atwal effect and nobody's immune

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/atwal-sikh-trudeau-conservatives-1.4559830

Terry Milewski at CBC News

"SNIP......


The tsunami is spreading far from the epicentre of the Jaspal Atwal earthquake. And it doesn't discriminate between political parties.

The Liberals, of course, have been the ones swept farthest out to sea. A week after Atwal — a former wannabe hitman for the Sikh separatist cause — was summoned to dine with Justin Trudeau in India, the prime minister and his national security adviser were neck-deep and clinging to a conspiracy theory.

It was an Indian plot, they said, meant to make us look soft on separatism. So far, the theory isn't selling well.

But are the Conservatives and the NDP still high and dry? Not exactly. Take the case of the Conservatives first.


.......SNIP"
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It's the Atwal effect and nobody's immune (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2018 OP
I hate to admit that I didn't understand a word of that post. nm Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #1
It is a follow up to a post I did last week. Canadian political parties applegrove Mar 2018 #2
Gotcha, thanks. Ferrets are Cool Mar 2018 #3

applegrove

(118,696 posts)
2. It is a follow up to a post I did last week. Canadian political parties
Sat Mar 3, 2018, 09:36 PM
Mar 2018

have a problem with sikh terrorism supporters and they need to work on it.

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