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Topic: Svend Robinson

	CBC News Indepth: Svend Robinson
		Svend Robinson was born in the United States in March 1952 to Edith Jensen and Wayne Robinson.
		Robinson remembered that the principal once said he would never shake the hand of an Indian because it was dirty.
		Robinson turned to alcohol as he struggled to deal with his sexuality and the death of his mother.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/robinson_svend (1047 words)

	Svend Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robinson is a self-described socialist, and is commonly regarded as being one of the most left wing figures in Canadian politics.
		Robinson was involved in the New Politics Initiative and the NDP's renewal process, although he remained committed to the party after the NPI's defeat at the 2001 general convention in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
		Robinson's long-time assistant Bill Siksay was nominated in his place as NDP candidate for Burnaby-Douglas; Siksay won the riding in the federal election in June 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Svend_Robinson (1217 words)

	andrewcoyne.com: False sensitivity
		I will avoid the obvious insensitive jokes about Svend Robinson's announcement that he is mentally ill, and proceed straight to the less obvious ones.
		Just some thoughts: * Throughout the Globe piece, neither Robinson nor his interviewer is able to say the words "mentally ill," let alone crazy.
		It is an odd anomaly that, while it is objectionable to make fun of or discriminate against the mentally retarded -- or whatever the preferred term now is -- it is perfectly all right to discriminate against the extremely dim -- a subject I've explored before.
	andrewcoyne.com /2005/05/false-sensitivity.php (616 words)

	Real Women of Canada - Newsletters - NDP MP SVEND ROBINSON
		Robinson, incidentally, came late to his homosexuality, as he was married to his high school sweetheart, Patricia, from 1972 until 1978, and described his sexual relationship with her as good.
		Robinson's anti-family, anti-life bills include those prohibiting the spanking of children by the removal of S.43 of the Criminal Code, which currently allows physical discipline of children if it is reasonable under the circumstances; and those enforcing abortion on demand, and ensuring that "medicare-funded hospital and clinic abortion services" are available across Canada.
		Robinson was jailed 14 days for contempt of court due to his protest against logging on Clayoquot Sound for violating an injunction that banned interference of a road leading to the Clayoquot Forest (approximately 200 km.
	www.realwomenca.com /newsletter/2004_jan_feb/article_3.html (2222 words)

	Svend Robinson Accountability Session April 4th, 2004 \| Urban Vancouver
		Svend Robinson is the Member of Parliament for Burnaby-North, so even though this fits better as a suburban Vancouver topic, Robinson is among the most well-known politicains in the Lower Mainland, not to mention Canada.
		Robinson said he felt not only political betrayal for Dosanjh's quitting but also personal, and he said he could not understand why someone with such a long and distinguished career of activism could be so opportunistic.
		Svend Robison is one of those politicians who, whether you like him or not, at least puts an effort into keeping the people he represents informed about what he and and his party is doing as well as has an interest in what his constituents think.
	www.urbanvancouver.com /node/view/30 (660 words)

	This Is a Svend We Never Knew
		Svend's lived so much of his life in the spotlight that it makes sense that if he was going to suffer a personal meltdown, he'd do it the public eye.
		Svend is a criminal, and if the press is correct in reporting that he was shopping around for a ring, then he needs maximum jail time to show the people on the outside of public life that there is some obscure bit of justice in our legal system.
		Svend went to work and within a month I received a letter from his office that the person was back in Montreal with his family.I also read in the papers that the person had been freed and that the usa fbi had made a mistake.
	thetyee.ca /Views/2004/04/13/This_Is_a_Svend_We_Never_Knew (8312 words)

	News - Svend Robinson charged with theft. - National Post
		Svend Robinson, NDP MP for Burnaby-Douglas, wept as he admitted to taking a piece of jewellery during a news conference in April.
		Robinson, long-time representative for Burnaby-Douglas, was laid yesterday by Leonard Doust, a special prosecutor appointed by the province's Attorney-General.
		Robinson said at the time he had sought professional medical help and is in therapy to deal with the issues.
	www.citizenscentre.com /news04-06-21-np.html (716 words)

	Svend Robinson - News Room
		Svend was endorsed by the Editor of the lesbian and gay community newspaper Xtra West.
		Svend Robinson will be a panelist at a conference to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
		Svend will be one of the panelists to discuss "The Making of s.15: Collaboration by Government, Community Activists and Legal Experts" on Friday, October 28th at The University of Toronto, Faculty of Law.
	www.svendrobinson.com /3.html (612 words)

	Below is some history regarding militant homosexual Canadian MP Svend Robinson's agenda for Canada
		Robinson's politics is clearly defined by a hell-bent "hedonism-at-all-costs" mentality whose only purpose is to push the envelope in regard to his "freedom as license" agenda as opposed to an authentic freedom in doing what you ought instead of what you want.
		Svend Robinson and his counterparts at the Human Rights Campaign in America need to be summarily told that society is not obliged to confirm them in their vices by legitimizing the aforementioned lie.
		Robinson and his office staff, but not his colleagues and their office staff seems to me to be discriminatory.
	www.personal.psu.edu /faculty/g/l/glm7/m152.htm (5463 words)

	Forget Magazine - Remember, Remember, Remember (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Robinson, a life-long activist, has been involved in various acts of peaceful civil disobedience: including the APEC rallies in Vancouver and the Clayoquat Sound logging protests-for which he was briefly imprisoned.
		Robinson said that attending the protest in solidarity will be good for his party, which is said to be suffering an identity crisis in recent times.
		Robinson is humble about his support and connection with people, though he agrees that his consistently strong progressive voice and unwillingness to compromise is the reason he is consistently re-elected.
	www.aioku.com /forget/030601.htm (1334 words)

	The disgrace of Svend Robinson - National Post, October 6, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Robinson, 9/11 might instead be named "Chile Day" -- a sneering reference to the fact that Chilean president Salvador Allende died on the same day in a 1973 U.S.-backed military coup that resulted in shameful bloodshed.
		Robinson was an apologist for Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq for many years, and even claimed the country was a veritable Eden with "an extensive health care system, clean and abundant drinking water, sewage-treatment plants...
		Robinson attempted to tear down placards displayed on Parliament Hill by a priest who believes homosexuality is "deviant" behaviour.
	www.alchemists.com /visual_alchemy/writings/Svend_Robinson.html (562 words)

	Perceptions: ROBINSON SVEND
		Svend Robinson at the U of S [report of talk by MP Svend Robinson on sexual orientation and human rights, given at University of Saskatchewan, March 9].
		Svend [Robinson] wins another one [in obtaining "the same airline travel rights for same-sex spouses as is allowed for the partners of heterosexual MPs"; account of Robinson's vacation accident on Galiano Island; etc.].
		Robinson challenges Day [newsnote that Svend Robinson, Member of Parliament, introduced private member's bill on October 7, 2000 that would, if passed, allow same-sex couples to marry; Stockwell Day is leader of Canadian Alliance political party].
	library.usask.ca /spcoll/srsd/journals/perceptions/2027.html (777 words)

	Gay News From 365Gay.com
		Robinson (pictured), a former high-profile NDP Member of Parliament, resigned his Vancouver seat after admitting to stealing a ring in 2004 and is now attempting a political comeback.
		Robinson was first elected as a New Democrat in 1979 and went on to serve as member of Parliament for 25 years.
		Robinson was the first openly gay man elected to Canada's Parlaiment and the Vancouver Center riding is home to B.C.'s largest gay population.
	www.365gay.com /Newscon05/12/120405robinson.htm (638 words)

	Svend in the Clowns - Interim, Jan 2006
		Over the years, Svend Robinson’s flagrant contempt for the law, disregard for parliamentary decorum, and general antipathy towards the time honored traditions of Canada and her people, have made him a symbol of everything unserious in our political process.
		And yet, by allowing Svend Robinson to represent their platform and their party, the NDP betrays a double standard.
		The editors of Macleans remind us that ‘Svend Robinson’s lawyerexplained that his client’s theft of a $21,500 ring was, in essence, a ‘cry for help.’” It is clear that, running for elected office is another cry for help.
	www.theinterim.com /2006/jan/02svend.html (257 words)

	Kosova / Kosovo : Friends Respond (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Robinson, a Member of Parliament for the NDP since 1979, spoke about his trip to the Balkan States to 400 people in Ottawa on May 26.
		Robinson, who is the foreign affairs and international human rights critic for the NDP and who is a member of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, met with Yugoslav Foreign Minister Jovanovic and with the chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Yugoslav Parliament.
		Robinson's most difficult moment of the evening came when he was asked why he and his party originally supported the NATO bombing when it began on March 24, before changing its mind in April.
	www.web.net /~peaceweb/kovott6.html (1182 words)

	Svend Robinson to speak at UNB Saint John -- September 19, 2003 - News@UNB (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Svend Robinson, federal MP for Burnaby-Douglas in British Columbia, will visit the University of New Brunswick Saint John next week to speak on "Pride and Passion in New Brunswick." Slated for Thursday, Sept. 25 at 4:30 pm in the University's Ganong Hall Lecture Theatre, Mr.
		Svend Robinson was the first student elected to the UBC Board of Governors and was the recipient of UBC's highest academic honour, the Sherwood Lett Memorial Scholarship.
		Svend Robinson was the first openly gay MP in Canada, having come out publicly in the spring of 1988.
	www.unb.ca /news/view.cgi?id=341&print=1 (450 words)

	LifeSite Special Report - Two-Teared Justice - Robinson's Ring Caper Another Dubious Mark
		Instead, Robinson held a national news conference, the upshot of which led every newscast that evening and plastered his weeping face on every front page the next day, allowing all Canadians to wince along with the member of Parliament for Burnaby, B.C. and feel his pain.
		Robinson certainly interpreted it that way and announced he would be heeding that cry forthwith by taking an immediate medical leave of undetermined duration from his parliamentary duties.
		Robinson's teary, public confession was starting to look more like a preemptive bid to come clean before the cops could grab him.
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2004/may/040510a.html (716 words)

	Svend Robinson - Confundo
		Robinson would later reveal that he was suffering from a mental-health disorder at the time, a claim his detractors scoffed at.
		Robinson said it was a statistical tie, once the margin of error was factored in.
		Svend is the man, and he did handle the whole ordeal pretty well (I can't remember, didn't he come out and admit to the crime willing, and wasn't caught at all?).
	www.secondpagemedia.com /confundo?showtopic=5166 (1485 words)

	PlanetOut News: CAN MP Svend Robinson Demoted
		Robinson stood up in the Commons on June 8 and read the petition aloud, when his party would have much preferred he quietly file it with the clerk of the House.
		Robinson is a very experienced politician, he knows that one can table a petition without drawing a lot of attention to it.
		Robinson knew that this is a very sensitive issue and there would be consequences," and went on to add, "The caucus had to take a public stand to clarify where we stand as a party." Nystrom's provincial NDP, as well as those of Manitoba and Nova Scotia, are facing elections.
	www.planetout.com /news/article-print.html?1999/06/10/3 (615 words)

	The Svend and Hedy Show :: thetyee.ca
		Svend's premeditated theft of a fifty thousand dollar ring and his pathetic reasoning for his criminal activity and behaviour make him a less than stellar candidate,not to mention his fearless leader Jack Layton, the champion of health care has used a private for profit facility in Canada for medical treatment...hmmm...who do you vote for...
		Svend did have a good rep with his constituents, puzzling they didn’t leave him in his old riding, or perhaps they felt their new candidate would do better there and Svend to play the gay card here.
		As to Svend, well he has served his time in office and truly he should consider that now might be a good time in his life to offer other services to the public perhaps working with an NGO or one of the many, many lobby groups that are about to spring up.
	thetyee.ca /News/2006/01/13/SvendandHedyShow (11262 words)

	Svend Robinson : IMC Maritimes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Svend Robinson is the kind of politician that Canada desperately needs, one that will take a stand on an issue.
		Svend fought for gay rights in the 80s and was critized but now obviously was ahead of his time.
		Robinson tried to do something by telling the truth and our government did the typical Canadian thing by silencing him to avoid 'upsetting' anyone.
	maritimes.indymedia.org /print.php?id=1338 (358 words)

	Is this the end of Svend? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At his news conference, Robinson admitted that the venue where the auction was held had surveillance cameras everywhere and many, if not most, people in attendance knew who he was.
		Robinson is aggressive but when his aggression is repelled, he whines and cries.
		The public contrasted Robinson’s admission of his actions with Paul Martin who as the Finance Minister for nine years, saw nothing, heard nothing and knew nothing about what was going on around him.
	www.canadafreepress.com /2004/weinreb042604.htm (767 words)

	'Something just snapped,' Svend Robinson says - Rapture Ready Message Board (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Robinson said he didn't know why he took the ring, but was in agony over the incident.
		Robinson was vague about what the source of his stress, but he did mention a near fatal hiking accident that happened in December, 1997.
		Robinson first tabled in the House in 1990, must be passed by the Senate before it becomes law.
	www.rr-bb.com /showthread.php?p=1664733 (1800 words)

	Hour.ca - News - Svend Robinson
		Trew's media survey of Svend Robinson's coverage couldn't be further from the truth of the shameful side of Canada.
		Svend, Svend, Svend.....who cares....he made a mistake, he's gay, his actions, thoughts and morals are his very own.
		Any emphasis on Robinson's sexual habits is because Robinson has always put his homosexuality front and center; it's a little too late for him to jump back in the closet when he's caught breaking the law.
	www.hour.ca /news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=2945 (1814 words)

	Steve Janke: Angry in the Great White North
		Svend Robinson lifts a $50,000 antique ring for his boyfriend, realizes he was caught on tape, hires an expensive lawyer, cries on camera, and gets off without even a slap on the wrist.
		Svend Robinson blamed several months of "severe stress and emotional pain" in his private life for committing what he emotionally called a "totally inexplicable and unthinkable" act -- including, supposedly, the lingering trauma of a near-fatal hiking accident seven years ago.
		Svend Robinson is identified by the video-surveillance tapes which were trained on the public auction of high-end jewelry being held in the boardroom of the Vancouver International Airport by the Brampton-based Federal Auction Service.
	angrygwn.mu.nu /archives/141528.php (2573 words)

	Gupshup - Pro-Palestinian Canadian Member of Parliament, Svend Robinson to speak in Toronto (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Svend is now a target of the Israeli lobby in Canada.
		Svend was demoted from his role as the holder of the NDP Middle East folder for his opinions on Palestine/Israel.
		She reitterated her support for a UN team of observors to be stationed in the region and for a team to investigate the abuses of Jenin.
	www.paklinks.com /gs/showthread.php?t=6344 (1361 words)

	Interview with Svend Robinson
		Svend Robinson was a longtime NDP member of the Canadian parliament, representing the city of Burnaby from 1979 to 2004.
		Robinson, on behalf of the students of Douglas College I'd like to thank you for once again agreeing to an interview with the Other Press.
		SVEND: It would be totally inappropriate for me to try and second-guess what Jack has done, or what the caucus has done.
	www.filibustercartoons.com /svend2.htm (2569 words)

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