Pray for the G20 with Karl Rove!

Karl Rove is coming to the G20!  That’s right, ‘Bush’s brain’ who was Dubya’s chief advisor, a key architect of the Iraq war, and a prolific liar who arguably should be in jail right now, will be speaking at an evangelical event at Canada Christian College sponsored by Canada Family Action, the Institute for Canadian values, Conservative Values of Canada and B’Nai Brith of Canada. It is being coordinated by Charles McVety, head of Canada Christian College, who is one of Canada’s most active campaigners against same sex marriage through his Defense of Marriage Coalition. It will all take place in Toronto while the G20 is meeting – June 25-27.

The wide array of speakers are all white men, who, of course, are best able to understand Canadian values, the importance of defend marriage, etc… and how that all wraps up into wholesome, family values G20 policy.

And this isn’t some side show – they have clout.  Former Conservative MP Garth Turner once said McVety has unrivaled access to the Prime Minister, with McVety having told him:”I can pick up the phone and call Harper and I can get him in two minutes.”  Wonder where Harper’s anti-abortion ‘women’s health’ plan comes from?

McVety’s Wikipedia page (yes, I took the shortcut on this paragraph, though I fact-checked!) states that he is anti-Darwin, anti-environmentalism (leads to worship of earth), and was one of the leading proponents of Bill C-10 changing policy on tax credits for films the Conservatives didn’t like.  McVety claimed credit for the Bill (Globe and Mail -2008-02-29) stating “films promoting homosexuality, graphic sex or violence should not receive tax dollars.”

Workshops include such important events as ‘pray for the G20′ and dealing with ‘one world government’ (hmm, is it a stretch to say that we have that now, and people like Rove get to lead it?).  Right in line with the Conservative government itself,  the event’s main focus is to push the G8 to stop nuclear Iran (though Iran currently has no nuclear weapons), while viewing the regions other potentially apocalyptic threat, Israel’s nuclear weapons, as outside scrutiny, despite the fact that Israel has an already existing nuclear stockpile.

But I guess in a world where the Israeli Defense Forces can storm a relief supply flotilla at gunpoint in international waters and still be seen by much of the media and establishment as the victims, I shouldn’t be at all surprised by this little contradiction.  I digress.

They will even be having a rally up on Gervais Ave (Eglington and Don Mills).  I will look into where the police will be putting the security fence up there.  Or whether they will arrest Rove.

Maybe some of the protest will shift there?

This is all up at www.g20.ca, a website which, strangely enough, the $1billion G20 cost was unable to cover.   Or when , McVety called, did Harper just say, ‘hey, g20.ca is yours, go crazy old buddy’