i don't know what to say. i'm simply ashamed of what's happening here...

i want to believe that the conservative government is at fault; that everyone who voted for Harper as a strategic alternative to the fiscally-irresponsible liberals shot him/herself in the foot.. but i know i'm running from the possibility of the liberals having done the same due to a political climate dominated by hypocrites, bullies and opportunists

as with every other move meant to 'isolate oppressive regimes,' this will only hurt ordinary people - iranians wishing to come here, or those already here, for whom it will become infinitely more difficult to visit loved ones... gather official documents... live, in short, with the knowledge that an official route exists

case in point: yesterday, we spent 20 minutes devising various strategies that will allow farzaneh to renew her passport

and on a personal note - i wanted desperately to visit in the next few years.. how can i do that now

we have made a giant leap forward in the isolation and alienation of 100,000 iranian-canadians (those, that is, who still have ties at home; who are here for the freedom of maintaining those ties). and for a country that prides itself on hyphenated identities... this is absolutely ludicrous