| | The Black Commentator - A Canadian Ban on U.S. Rapper? |
 | | There is political opportunism, scapegoating, and desperation, but Toronto Liberal MP Dan McTeague has raised (or rather lowered) the bar with his suggestion that Immigration Minister Joe Volpe ban New York-based rapper 50 Cent from entry into Canada for a series of concerts beginning in December. |
 | | Furthermore, if McTeague is vehemently opposed to the genre of "gansta-rap," then he should be equally and publicly vocal on the gangster tendencies of his own political party, since exposed for their corruption through the "Sponsorship scandal." Mr. |
 | | McTeague would be tickled to find out that there are more similarities between Fiddy’s "Get Rich or Die Tryin" mantra and his homies up on Parliament Hill. |
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