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Monday, August 15, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
Party sees red over jibes
Water ski. Competition
Leader of ‘real’ communists compares Mammoliti’s statements to McCarthyism
Toronto’s Stephen Collins carves into the water as if it were butter as he competes during the Canadian Water Ski Championships 2011 over the weekend in Kettleby, Ont. SCOTT MURRAY/FOR METRO
Skiing siblings snare a fistful of medals Stephen Collins, 21, won bronze in jumps, silver in tricks and silver overall in the elite men’s division at the Canadian Water Ski Championships 2011 in Kettleby, Ont. In the open men’s division, he nabbed bronze in tricks and a silver for overall. Sister Megan, 19, picked up a silver in slalom, while brother David, 15, grabbed the bronze for tricks. The championships were presented by Ski Nautique and organized by the not-for-profit Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada.
The Communist Party of Canada is thinking about filing a human rights complaint against Coun. Giorgio Mammoliti, the party’s Ontario leader said yesterday. Elizabeth Rowley, on a radio show, compared Mammoliti’s statements to those of former U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy, who alleged in the 1940s and 1950s that communists had infiltrated the American government. “Anybody who objects apparently to the proposals that are coming from the Ford administration is being attacked as a communist.” Mammoliti, a prominent ally of Mayor Rob Ford with a long history of provocative remarks, has gleefully escalated his red-baiting rhetoric over the last week. By Fri-
“If anyone should complain, it’s me … because it’s them who attacked my Facebook with their comments and … their ‘comrade’ suggestions.” COUN. GIORGIO MAMMOLITI
day, he had progressed to alleging, without any evidence, that six or seven sitting councillors are communists who want the municipal government to seize all private property and control the minds of Toronto residents. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE