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MY BULLY, MY FRIEND
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Murder by any other name
GRAHAM HUGHES/THE CANADIAN PRESS Femicide, honour killing or domestic
violence? Canadians struggle to come to
terms with the killing of four women
Three members of an Afghanistan- said, “but for others it will be an
born Montreal family were con- honour killing.
victed Sunday of killing three Many agree with her.
daughters and a co-wife in what the MP Rona Ambrose tweeted,
judge described as “cold-blooded, “Honour motivated violence is NOT
shameful murders” spawned from culture, it is barbaric violence
a “completely twisted concept of against women.”
honour.” Similarly, Laura Babcock, presi-
Mohammad Shafia, 58, his wife dent of Powergroup, a communi-
Tooba Yahya, 42, and their son cations firm, tweeted, “Killing
Hamed, 21, were each found guilty women and girls because they are
of four counts of first-degree mur- female is femicide NOT Honor
der in a case that has captivated Killing.”
Canadians from coast to coast, and Yet others say the Shafia mur-
touched off post-911 criticism of ders are honour killings.
Muslim culture. “This is a real issue,” said Tarek
Canadians are now debating Fatah, founder of the Muslim Cana-
how to describe the murders — is dian Congress, a non-profit advo-
it domestic violence or honour cacy group.
killing? Fatah says his concern is that
The debate represents a funda- Canadian political correctness is
mental divide in the way the Shafia getting in the way of a frank dis-
trial is being interpreted. cussion of the problem: That some
Some, like Saleha Khan, board Muslims consider women the pos-
member of the London-based Mus- session of men.
lim Resource Centre for Social Sup- “If these four women were white
port and Integration, believe that women they would still be alive
domestic violence is the issue. today,” he said. “These girls went
Mohammad Shafia, centre, wife Tooba Yahya, “The essence is that it’s the to the school, the cops, child serv-
and their son Hamed Shafia arrive at the Frontenac man’s sense of control,” said Khan. ices, and everyone wanted to pro-
County courthouse in Kingston on Sunday. “It’s unfortunately something that tect multiculturalism — not the
A jury took 15 hours to find each guilty of four counts could be anywhere,” she said. lives of these young women.”
of first-degree murder in a so-called mass honour killing. “In certain communities it will TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE/
be called crime of passion,” she THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Auto body shop owner to fight on
RICK MADONIK/TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
A convicted auto body brief interview Friday that Dr. Kalimuddin Pirbhai
shop owner, who built he will contest a judgment and his wife have been Gurnek Singh will contest the
“something of an automo- last week that would clear pursuing Singh for dam- $250,000 in damages awarded
tive Frankenstein” for an the way for a St. ages for 12 years over the by a judge last week.
unsuspecting couple, says Catharines couple to col- sale of a rebuilt luxury
he won’t stop fighting lect on damages, interest Lexus wreck that swayed,
court awards of about and legal costs. swerved, wobbled, emitted
$250,000 against him de- “No, no, I won’t pay any- unusual noises and be-
spite another legal setback. thing yet,” Singh said from came a public safety dan-
Gurnek Singh, who still his shop. “I don’t want to. ger, according to court
operates Brampton Auto My lawyer will be taking it testimony.
news
Collision Centre, said in a further.” TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
Real Jerk. Owners
Transit plan jam
Ford foes on attack after legal
report says mayor overstepped
power in declaring Transit City dead
Ford Nation no more. The plan, “A number of council- Researchers fear human
infections linked to raccoon
more appropriate name lors stood up and said you
feces could rise. Scan code for
should be City Council Na- have no authority to kill story.
tion. Transit City, ethically,
That’s the sentiment ex- morally or legally,” said To scan 2D barcodes in
pressed by some Toronto North York Councillor Metro, download the
councillors a day after a re- Maria Augimeri, who is al- free ScanLife app at
spected law firm said May- so a TTC commissioner. 2dscan.com.
or Rob Ford had The legal report says
overstepped his authority that Transit City was ap-
On the web at
when he decreed the Tran- proved by council in 2007
metronews.ca
sit City plan dead in De- as part of the Climate
cember 2010. As mayor, he Change, Clean Air and Sus-
Oakland
is considered simply anoth- tainable Energy Action
er member of council and Plan. officials are
had little authority to make The report, written by
assessing the
decisions on his own, the Freya Kristjanson and
legal report suggests. Amanda Darrach, will be damage after
“It was an assumed pow- released today by Ford crit- the latest
er. It was something the ic Councillor Joe Mihevc. It
Occupy protests
mayor just decided he also claims the mayor went
Ed and Lily Pottinger, owners of the Real Jerk restaurant at Queen Street E. and could do,” said Josh Matlow too far when he signed a over the
Broadview, have hired a lawyer to fight their Jan. 31 eviction date. (Ward 22, St. Paul’s). non-binding memorandum
weekend.
“Nowhere was it written of understanding with the
KEN FAUGHT / TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE that the mayor has authori- province that authorized Watch at
Real Jerk owners fight move order ty to unilaterally create spending money the metronews.ca/
transit policy for the city of province had set aside for
video
Toronto.” Transit City on a new tran-
Since Pottinger received the eviction notice from the owner of the property, he When Ford announced sit plan based on a fully
has orchestrated an aggressive campaign to stay in the location. The Caribbean after taking office that he tunneled Eglinton LRT.
restaurant has been in business since 1984 and at the location for 24 years. was scrapping the transit TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2012
Do kids
Politicians are drafting legislation to combat bullying in schools But if they
really want to tackle the problem, they’ll have to delve deeper than kicking kids out know why
Bullies can be victims too, as Metro Ottawa’s managing editor discovered
they are
My bully,
SEAN MCKIBBON/METRO bullying?
ALY THOMSON
IN HALIFAX
It’s hard to admit that you
are bullying someone.
In fact, most children rec-
my friend ognize their actions, but
do not understand why
they are doing it, said Dr.
John LeBlanc, an associate
professor of pediatrics at
Dalhousie University in
Halifax.
He said there are three
components of bullying:
An intent to harm, a pow-
er imbalance and repeti-
tion. So the person who is
bullying is well aware of
their actions, said
LeBlanc.
“But they just don’t
know why.”
He said it’s hard “for
someone who is bullying,
for them to have the
insight to say, ‘Oh, I’m
bullying. I better stop.’”
“Usually they are bully-
ing because they want to
bully. Children who bully
do it for a reason. They’re
usually troubled children
themselves,” he said.
Consequently, it’s rare
for a child to stop the
Sean McKibbon and Matthew Gabriel stand out front of what used to be North Edwardsburgh Public School, behaviour without some
where they attended elementary school. The building is now a retirement residence. sort of intervention, he
said.
“You can’t expect the
“It never felt good. kinder to each other than bully to stop it on their
SEAN It didn’t feel right Matt and his cronies. Only Tuesday in Metro: More on bullying own, nor the victim. The
MCKIBBON
@METRONEWS.CA and it’s not who thing was, Matt was man victim is already in a weak-
METRO CANADA IN OTTAWA enough to reach out to peo- In the second instalment of our three-part series: ened position,” he said.
I was inside.”
ple (not just me) to make
The day my child- MATT GABRIEL amends. We investigate the differences between boys and girls
hood bully re-en- requests. Each time I reject- Turns out the older kids when it comes to bullying tactics. Expert advice
tered my life I felt all ed him with a click and felt that picked on us were And we take a look at what we can learn from
the old emotions: a nasty glee exacting a getting beat up by even those TV bullies we love to loathe. Dr. LeBlanc’s strategies to
Fear, embarrassment, but righteous revenge. older kids. prevent or stop bullying:
mostly indignation. Finally he wrote: “Dear “We were scared, but
All while looking at a Sean: I keep asking for your then we would go into a union shop steward, he There were mixed mes- Bullying amongst children
computer. friendship on Facebook school and do the same says, because he wanted to sages: corporal punish- should be dealt with in
I was catching up with and keeping getting denied thing,” he recalls. help and he found he was ment, religion, movies — groups: Ask each child
old friends on Facebook — which is understand- Matt was physically big- good at it. all had a good guy fighting how they would feel if
when I got the friend re- able. I am not looking for ger and began studying Did he know as a kid he and punishing a bad guy. they were being bullied.
quest. you to be able to forgive me martial arts. Rather than be was doing something Matt says he struggled In the “no blame ap -
Are you kidding me? I for picking on you in pub- a victim he tried to wrong? with his mother’s illness proach,” the adult asks the
thought. lic school a lot — but intimidate others before “I don’t know that you from kindergarten until victim if the incident can
I was a kid again, my ears maybe just to give you they could go after him. have that well-developed a Grade 8 when she died. He be brought to a group that
burning, my shoulders some perspective. My He realized in his 20s, sense of right and wrong didn’t get counselling and includes the child who is
tense. mother was dying a terrible while working as a bounc- when you’re young,” he his father was often away bullying. The group is then
Matt Gabriel was not my and painful death from er, he didn’t like where says. working, trying to make asked how they can help
worst tormentor. We were cancer and I acted out quite things were going. He’d It sounds like a cop out, ends meet. the child and some times,
once even pals. Then he a bit.” just become a father and he but I know Matt is right. It “It’s not an excuse, but it the child who is bullying
started hanging around And then he apologized. didn’t want to hurt people. was easy for me to see helps explain things,” Matt will actually offer to help.
with older kids who bullied I wrote back. I apolo- “I guess it was a process when I was being wronged, says.
me as a group. gized too. I thought I’d of maturing,” he said. but when I got into fights I Matt and I continue to
Tripping, pushing, moved on, but I’d been car- “Hurting people is wrong. always felt I was right. be friends on Facebook. Should reformed
names, fights, alienation. I rying around resentment. I And helping people is so “There were mixed mes- And we may all get togeth- bul lies reach out
felt then like I was walking looked at my own behav- easy. There’s no negative sages coming at us, even er (him and his brothers) to their victims
around with a label on my iour back then. Most of us emotions afterward.” from our teachers and for a beer now that my ears or leave the past
forehead. kids at the bottom of the He works in telecommu- parents,” Matt says. don’t burn every time I behind? Tweet us
He kept sending friend social order weren’t any nications now. He became I have to agree again. think of him. @metrotoronto.
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Syrian troops storm
Wedding. Whopper
Damascus suburbs
Dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles lead charge
At least 62 people killed nationwide, activists say
Syrian troops stormed re- army dissidents have be-
Numbers vary bellious areas near the come more visible, seiz-
capital Sunday, shelling ing several suburbs on the
The Syrian Observatory for neighbourhoods that have eastern edge of Damascus
Human Rights said at least fallen under the control and setting up check-
27 civilians were killed Sun- of army dissidents and points where masked
day in Syria. Twenty-six sol- clashing with fighters. men wearing military at-
diers and nine defectors The offensive near the tire and wielding assault Indian couples sit together during a
were also killed, it said. capital suggested the rifles stop motorists and mass wedding ceremony in Virar, near
The Local Coordination Com- regime is worried that protect anti-regime Mumbai, India, Sunday. More than 1,000
mittees’ activist network military defectors could protests. couples were married during the event
said 50 people were killed close in on Damascus, Their presence so close that was organized by a local politician.
Sunday, including 13 who which has remained rela- to the capital is astonish-
were killed in the suburbs of tively quiet while most ing in tightly-controlled RAJANISH KAKADE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
the capital and two other Syrian cities de- Syria and suggests the As- The big fat Indian wedding
defectors. That count exclud- scended into chaos after sad regime may either be
ed soldiers killed Sunday. the uprising began last losing control or setting
The differing counts could March. up a trap for the fighters
not be reconciled, and the The rising bloodshed before going on the offen- Conditions blamed for deadly crash
reports could not be added urgency to Arab sive.
independently confirmed. and Western diplomatic Residents of Damascus
Syrian authorities keep tight efforts to end the 10- reported hearing clashes Authorities say at least ten in north Florida. on both sides of I-75 south
control on the media and month conflict. in the nearby suburbs, people died in a series of Florida Highway Patrol of Gainesville. All lanes of
have banned many foreign The violence has gradu- particularly at night, shat- crashes apparently caused Lt. Patrick Riordan says the interstate are still
journalists from entering the ally approached the capi- tering the city’s calm. by heavy smoke and fog the pileups happened closed.
country. tal. In the past two weeks, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS overnight on Interstate 75 around 3:45 a.m. Sunday THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
UN nuclear team arrives in Iran seeking answers
VAHID SALEMI/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran’s foreign minister ex- its nuclear program, and be given.” an underground enrich-
pressed optimism Sunday Iran is threatening to close The findings from the ment site near the holy city
that a visit by UN inspectors the Strait of Hormuz, a vital visit could greatly influence of Qom, 130 kilometres
to Iran’s nuclear facilities oil passage, in retaliation. the direction and urgency south of Tehran, which is
would produce an under- Visiting Ethiopia, Iranian of U.S.-led efforts to rein in carved into a mountain as
standing, despite world Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Iran’s ability to enrich ura- protection from possible
concerns that Iran is trying Salehi appeared to be trying nium, which Washington airstrikes.
to build nuclear weapons. to defuse the crisis. and allies fear could pro- Earlier this month, Iran
The three-day inspection “We’ve always tried to duce weapons-grade materi- said it had begun enrich-
tour by the International put transparency as a prin- al. Iran has declined to ment work at the site,
An Iranian demonstrator Atomic Energy Agency ciple in our co-operation abandon its enrichment which is far smaller than
holds a poster to support (IAEA) comes during spik- with IAEA,” Salehi said. labs, but claims it seeks to the country’s main urani-
Iran’s nuclear activities ing tension. The West is im- “During this visit, the dele- fuel reactors only for ener- um labs but is reported to
in Tehran on Sunday. posing new sanctions to try gation has questions and gy and medical research. have more advanced equip-
to force Iran to slow or halt the necessary answers will The team is likely to visit ment.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Hundreds arrested in Oakland
After weeks of quiet, occupiers vowed to shut down port for a third time
Dozens of Occupy Oakland city was the climax of a Media Committee criti- since Oakland police
protesters broke into city day of clashes with police cized police conduct, say- forcefully dismantled an
hall on Saturday, smash- that saw nearly 400 people ing most of the arrests Occupy encampment in
ing display cases, spray- arrested on charges rang- were made illegally be- November.
painting graffiti, and ing from failure to dis- cause police failed to allow Mayor Jean Quan faced
Occupy Oakland protesters knock down fences
burning a U.S. flag. perse to vandalism. protesters to disperse. heavy criticism for the po-
to escape from police after they were surrounded
The demonstration in In a news release Sun- Saturday’s protests lice action.
in a vacant lot on Saturday.
California’s eighth-largest day, the Occupy Oakland were the most turbulent THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Attawapiskat to fight
third-party mediation
SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN PRESS
A lawyer for the tiny First
Nations community of At-
tawapiskat is going to
court in Toronto on Tues-
day, seeking to overturn a
government decision to
have a third party deal
with its housing crisis.
“We are afraid of what
Canada and its agent ... will
Chief Theresa Spence
do if authority and control
over the First Nations oper-
ation and administration is government is expected to
assumed by them,” Chief file a response in court this
Theresa Spence wrote in week.
her affidavit, filed by Families in the commu-
Toronto lawyer Katherine nity of 2,000 are living in
Hensel. “Based on my own makeshift tents and sheds
community’s experience, with no running water,
such unrestrained authori- electricity or heat, but
ty over us has not been ex- Spence said it’s not fair to
ercised responsibly or blame the band’s leader-
wisely.” ship for the conditions.
The community is seek- She said responsibility
ing a judicial review of Ot- lies with government hous-
tawa’s decision to impose ing and construction poli-
third-party control and in- cies for aboriginals for the
terim relief to address a past four decades.
housing crisis. The federal TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE
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latest attempts to stem the on promoting agriculture “What I have seen, and
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