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Edited on Sun Jun-20-10 11:15 PM by snagglepuss
group to lecture about electoral politics and how Canadian xhristian fundies ought to organize themselves. Charles McVety who invited Rove to Toronto is closely connected to Hagee in the US. "In a bestselling book, The Armageddon Factor: The Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canada, journalist Marci McDonald described McVety as being steeped in an apocalyptic world view, centred on the belief that the messiah will return to Earth to save Christians as the rest of the world perishes in a final, terrible battle. She also noted that McVety is very close to controversial Texas evangelist John Hagee, one of the foremost proponents of this dispensationalist thinking."
I've just listened to him McVety garbage about Oxfam and how his followers should protest against the organization receiving money from the govt. Earlier this evening I listened to Canadian journalist Marci MacDonald, mentioned above, discuss her new book about the rise of the xhristian right in Canada. She says Canada is at the point the US was back in the 80s when Falwell was being pooh poohed.
What concerns me is that over the last couple years there has been a noticeable push to the right in Canada. I've had the sense that American neocons have set their sights on Canada and are doing everything in their power to assist Harper in gaining a majority come the next election. That Rove will be speaking in Canada to fundies is simply one more thing confirming my suspicions.
I agree with MacDonald that things are afoot in Canada and its not good. Right wing forces IMO are stealthily aligning to undermine Canadian institutions such as universal health care. It is no coincidence that a former Harper aide is planning to launch a Canadian Fox style news channel in 2011 because he doesn't think Canadians have access to right wing viewpoints.
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The conference will also hear from Grant Jeffrey, an evangelical author whose books include "Armageddon," "Final Warning" and "Countdown to the Apocalypse."
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