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Toronto mayor attended "Sinn Fein Canada" dinner

by Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com
Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Toronto Mayor David Miller attended the Second annual "Friends of Sinn Fein Canada" dinner, held in Toronto in November 2002.

Miller, who attended the fundraiser when he was a city councillor, was elected as Toronto's mayor in November 2003.

In an election year, Miller posed for photographs with Sinn Fein leader Gerry adams, along with Canadian Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett.

adams has had the door slammed on his North american fundraising stops on the heels of demands that the Sinn Finn end its support for criminal and terrorist activity in its support of the Irish Republican army (IRa).

On Thursday, the White House will honour the five sisters of Robert McCartney, slain at age 33 by members of the IRa.

The White House has told adams he is not welcome, and added it did not want him or any of his colleagues raising money for their operations during their current trip to the United States.

Even Senator Edward Kennedy, a longtime supporter of Sinn Fein, finally slammed the door on adams. Kennedy cancelled a meeting with adams and told him his party could never be democratic with the IRa "albatross around its neck".

The five McCartney sisters–Gemma, Paula, Donna, Catherine and Claire–and their murdered brother's fiancee, Bridgeen Hagan, have publicly denounced the IRa and its code of silence, demanding justice for the January 31 murder of Robert McCartney.

The legendary courage of the sisters in standing up to the IRa has won them admiration in their country.

Theirs is the kind of courage that meets danger head on.

Donna McCartney, 39, runs a gourmet sandwich shop in central Belfast. Donna, about whom her sister Gemma says, "wouldn't be afraid of the devil" stood her ground when a hooded gunman demanded the use of her car to bomb a hotel.

"Take yourself off, ya big-nosed bastard," Donna told him.

Irish courage runs through the blood of all the McCartney women.

They were greeted with applause when they boldly showed up at a Dublin Sinn Fein conference. Their loud cries for justice in the murder of their brother caused the IRa to make an out of character offer to shoot the men who had killed Robert.

Continuing to stand their ground against the goons, they say they'd prefer the truth in an open court. "The only way our family will know the truth is when we hear witness statements in a court," insists Catherine, 36, who teaches history and politics at a college of further education.

admiration for the courage of the five anti-IRa crusaders exceeds the bounds of the Emerald Isle. The McCartney sisters have been celebrated everywhere from Dublin to New York and Washington. Their unparalleled courage has given a black eye to the stature and credibility of the IRa.

It's a green feather in their cap that they are replacing Sinn Fein at the White House on St. Patrick's Day, 2005.

On Irish soil, Sinn Fein continues to fight Paula McCartney, who has said she is considering standing as a local councillor over the issue of IRa involvement in her brother's death.

Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein spokesman warned the sisters to stay out of politics.

"It's vitally important for the McCartney campaign that they don't stray into party politics," he said.

"We do know there are people out there who would like to manipulate the situation."

But Sinn Fein should know by now that the McCartney sisters don't stray into anything. They choose always to walk bravely into the lion's den.


Canada Free Press founding editor Most recent by Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years experience in the print media. Her work has appeared on Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com, Glenn Beck. Judi can be reached at: judi@canadafreepress.com


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