THERE'S A (SHAMEFUL) 'Ministerial shell game' underway.

"Without such answers,how can we ever be confident that Iran's airspace is safe for international civil aviation ... we are doing all we can to prevent another tragedy?"@OmarAlghabra

@ps752justice
cbc.ca/news/politics/…
2/12
WHILE Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra addresses the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) with a "symbolic gesture" for #PS752, it is done solely in the context of the Safer Skies Initiative, a Canada-established initiative protecting global civil aviation.
3/12
THAT SAID, for one of the worst mass murders of Canadian citizens in history, omitted was any mention that no Canadian criminal investigation is open.

IN FACT, RCMP Commissioner Lucki made her decision in spite of a recent Ontario court ruling

cbc.ca/news/politics/…
4/12
that #Iran intentionally shot down Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752) in an "act of #terrorism".

SO JUST TO to be clear and to put a finer point on this, aircraft accident and other safety-related investigations are «DISTINCT» from criminal investigations.
5/12
Minister of Transport speaks while Canada's Minister of Public Safety & Minister of Justice remain 'strangely' [italics] silent.

WORDS SPOKEN with respect to the transportation portfolio are not a substitute for required decisive and meaningful action by (criminal) justice.
6/12
HEREIN lies one manifestation of the lurking disingenuousness by this government, the so-called Ministerial 'shell game'.

It's not difficult to view it as meant to distract.

READING a statement containing the words: "obtaining justice, transparency and accountability"
7/12
made in the context of transportation, are unlikely to be differentiated by most Canadians.

SUCH PHRASEOLOGY is also probably transposed, at least domestically, to the 'justice' context.

BUT, there's a larger concern. Regardless whether it is by sloppiness or even, some
8/12
'design' [italics], Iran also reads the same words. Admittedly, it would be the height of foolhardiness to think the regime is not making note of the context of any statements.

WHAT MESSAGE is sent when "justice | accountability" are spoken by 'Transportation',
9/12
while 'Justice' itself remains silent? Now add the unmissable fact that there is no Canadian criminal investigation underway. The dissonance is as glaring it is jarring.

DOES IRAN see such loose-fitting messaging as simply an excessive casualness, or does it view it as an
10/12
extra-linguistic signalling of a lack of strength and resolve by Canada?

IN CLOSING, if Canada truly has the resolve to seek real justice and actual accountability, then an overarching Canadian criminal investigation must be opened, and with it all messaging tightened.
11/12
"It was the strongest language Alghabra has used to date while speaking in front of the International Civil Aviation Agency's (ICAO) council and is part of a symbolic gesture that victims' families in Canada have long called for."

☞ No it wasn't.
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24 Jun
DECISION MADE by @CommrRCMPGRC @rcmpgrcpolice to NOT open a Canadian criminal investigation is indefensible.

THAT SAID, it raises the question of what constitutes a violation or breach of the #RCMP Oath of Office?

@ps752justice #cdnpoli
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IS IT REASONABLE THAT a refusal to investigate the murder of 55 Canadian citizens aboard #PS752 by an alleged "terrorist activity" might constitute a betrayal of the said Oath? **

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** All 167 passengers (55 Canadian citizens, 30 permanent residents and 53 others on their way to Canada) and 9 crew were killed.

Criminal Code of Canada with respect to terrorist activity stipulates, "the act or omission is committed against a Canadian citizen."
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24 Jun
"Canada's eight-month forensic examination of the destruction of Flight PS752 shows that Canada does not have evidence of its own proving the catastrophe was 'premeditated',"

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@AshleyBurkeCBC @NahayatT @CBCNews #cdnpoli
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2/3
A NUMBER OF points immediately stand out in the @CBCNews story. However, at risk of stating the obvious, it is not possible to assess these without first reviewing the referred unclassified forensics report of the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 #PS752.
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Language is as important as the information.

THAT SAID, and in closing, there is a general truth which says: "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence."

@JavadSoleimani8 @Daniel_Ghods @kourosh1959 @esmaeilion @SalmanSima @NahidGhani #ps752justice
#ps752atrocity
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22 Jun
AS A FORMER @rcmpgrcpolice #RCMP (Ret'd), and risking serious understatement, it is outrageous that @CommrRCMPGRC has decided to NOT open a Canadian criminal investigation.

55 Canadian citizens perished aboard #PS752

Ref. Terrorism in Canada @Wikipedia
@ps752justice #cdnpoli
2/5
IT FLIES IN THE FACE of the Criminal Code of Canada with respect to "act of terrorism", the provisions of which formed the subject of a decision by Ontario Superior Court Justice Belobaba.

AS A RESULT, there exist sufficient grounds, authourity and jurisdiction to warrant
3/5
the opening of a Canadian criminal investigation.

THE INTENTIONAL SHOOTING DOWN of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 with 55 Canadian citizens aboard (and 30 permanent residents), by any definition or understanding, constitutes a 'mass murder' event.
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21 Jun
"While this could be seen as strongest language from Ottawa ..."

IN GRAMMAR, «COULD» is a modal verb typically used to express possibility. @NahayatT wisely includes it.

Statement by Transport Min Omar Alghabra @OmarAlghabra is NOT strong, it is weak.

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IT READS AS an empty avowal of advocacy. #Iran, too, will undoubtedly view it for what it is, timorous.

THE (MORE) IMPORTANT QUESTION,is why issue a spiritless and irresolute statement?For domestic theatre?Does it send another message?
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IN THE COMING WEEKS that answer will begin to take shape.

PLAINLY, Transport Minister ALGHABRA has not been authorized to refer to #PS752 as an «ATROCITY». He remains shackled by PMO @CanadianPM to a narrative that permits the use of "tragedy" only.

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19 Jun
ONE SENTENCE (highlighted in Red) is troubling.

It stands out and is completely incongruous with the emerging fact pattern of this case.
🟥 RED
IT READS ❮AS IF❯ downing of #PS752 was nothing more than a matter of negligence, a 'failure to take proper care in doing something.'
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@OmarAlghabra calls it a "tragedy".

"Tragedy" is more great loss and misfortune, even calamity. It's benign and it minimizes.

FIRSTLY, it flies in the face of a recent Ontario Superior Court ruling: "The plaintiffs have established that the shooting down of Flight 752 by
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the defendants was an act of terrorism and constitutes 'terrorist activity' ..."

SAID IN OTHER WORDS, it has been now ruled that this was NOT an accident, but deliberate; NOT a tragedy, but an ATROCITY

It is literally, a 'mass murder'.

OUR CHOICE OF WORDS MATTER. Referring
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18 Jun
MUCH HAS BEEN SAID about Sir John A. Macdonald and his place in Canada's history ... but, there's something (ugly) that hasn't been mentioned.

In 1763, Lord Jeffrey Amherst cold-bloodedly saw an opportunity in the gifting of smallpox-infected blankets to his

#cdnpoli #YGK
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Native American adversaries.

THIS WEEK "Kingston [City] Council has decided to move the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald to his gravesite, pending Indigenous consultation." @PaulSoucyygk via @CKWS_TV @globalnews #YGK
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THE HORRIFYINGLY RUTHLESS use by Amherst of this crude form of biological warfare was callous brutality and a crime against humanity.

AND YET Amherst Island, named in honour of Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, and its
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