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Canadian Government Seizes on Ottawa Shooting to Promote Militarist, Anti-Democratic Agenda By Roger Jordan and Keith Jones 24 October 2014 Canada’s Conservative government is seeking to exploit the killing of two Canadian Armed Forces’ soldiers in separate incidents this week to dramatically shift politics further to the right. Speaking in parliament Thursday—the day after a gunman fatally shot a soldier at Ottawa’s National War Memorial, then entered the main block of the national parliament—Prime Minister Stephen Harper vowed to greatly strengthen Canada’s national security apparatus. “Our law and police powers,” declared Harper, “need to be strengthened in the area of surveillance, detention and arrest.” He continued, “I assure you that work—which is already underway—will be expedited.” Since Monday’s hit-and-run killing of a Canadian Armed Forces’ warrant officer in St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Harper and his government have gone into overdrive to promote the false narrative...

Ottawa assault: PM went (cowers) to closet, MPs made spears from flagpoles A legislator said Conservative caucus members fashioned spears from flagpoles. By Ed Adamczyk    |   Oct. 24, 2014 at 12:20 PM  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. UPI/Debbie Hill | License Photo OTTAWA, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- As details emerge of Wednesday's assault on Canada's Parliament building in Ottawa, a legislator said weapons were being made by Parliament members in hiding. An alleged Islamist sympathizer was shot and killed in the massive Parliament building after killing a soldier stationed at a nearby war memorial. While those inside hid in locked rooms, Parliament members fashioned spears from flagpoles to defend themselves. The unidentified legislator told the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail members of the Conservative caucus made spears from flagpoles in the room in which they were barricaded. "There were 15 flags up at caucus and all but two were taken down...