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Thobani Speech Prompts Outpouring of Support
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(VANCOUVER) It seems hard to believe that a speech delivered on October 1, 2001 could whip the Canadian media, parliament and the country into such a frenzy. Had Sunera Thobani spoken the words on any day prior to September 11, they would surely have been ignored.
But she didn't and they weren't.
Thobani's comments came three weeks after the attacks on the World Trade Centre and the U.S. Petntagon. The former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women used harsh words to describe American foreign policy, President George W. Bush's immediate attempt to deal with the crisis and Canada's quickness to follow suit. The words that had originally been …
