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Derek
Lee
Member
of Parliament for
Scarborough - Rouge River
House of Commons
Liberal
Party
SPDL Letter
to MP Derek Lee
11-21-2005
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"Toronto area MP Derek Lee appears
in a recruiting video used by the Church of Scientology
to attract new members in the United States.
[...]
Some critics have denounced Scientology as a brainwashing cult that
harasses its opponents and exploits the vulnerable for financial gain. But
Lee says he supports some of the group's programs and is impressed by its
approach to rehabilitating drug addicts.
[...]
Lee said he first met Scientologists through a coalition of groups lobbying
for more faith-based programming on Canadian television. He occasionally
speaks to Scientology gatherings, including one earlier this year in Toronto,
as part of his advocacy for greater religious
freedom.
[...]
Lee says he hasn't got involved in the Church's attempts to win charitable
status from the Canada Revenue Agency as a religious organization, but he
says he would probably help out if asked."
— Canwest
News Service
10-26-2005
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Government Sites
" Mr. Lee's is one of Parliament’s foremost experts on National
Security and was a member of the House of Commons Justice Committee for
over 12 years. He recently chaired the Interim Committee on National Security,
which developed proposals on the creation of a permanent Parliamentary Intelligence
Committee—an important step forward in the Government's democratic
reform action plan. In the current session, Mr. Lee is Vice-Chair of the
Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, and is
a member of the Standing Joint Committee on the Scrutiny of Regulations,
on which he has served since his first term in office." — www.liberal.ca/bio_e.aspx?&id=35083
Committee Work
- Chair, Interim Committee on National Security
- Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Supreme Court Appointments
- Chair, Standing Committee of Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and
Emergency Preparedness
- Vice-Chair, Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and
Ethics
Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations
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Member MPs
Committee on Access to Information
November 2001
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House of Commons Record
Hansard: Derek Lee on:
contracting out open-source or quasi-open-source intelligence gathering
04-15-1997
Derek Lee introduced
amendment to
Bill C-250 regarding a religious exception to the criminal
code on hate propaganda:
Hansard: Mr. Derek Lee (Scarborough—Rouge River,
Lib.) moved:
That Bill C-250 be amended by adding after line 9 on page 1 the following
new clause:
“2. (1) Paragraph 319(3)(b) of the Act is replaced by the following:
(b) if, in good faith, the person expressed or attempted to establish
by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on
a belief in a religious text;”
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Media
SocietyGuardian.co.UK
Alarm in prisons at Scientology drug cures aimed at inmates
11-15-2005
The
Daily News Nanaimo (No subscription)
MP
stars in video for Scientology
Catholic Toronto Liberal MP lends support to church
He says he was particularly impressed by a pilot project that used Scientology
techniques to help inmates in a Mexican prison overcome drug addictions
and wanted to bring the system
to Canadian prisons.
CanWest News Service
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Ottawa
Citizen (No subscription)
Liberal
MP stars in video promoting Scientology Controversial
religion not a cult, Lee insists
October 26, 2005
Edmonton
Journal: (subscription)
Liberal MP admires aspects of Scientology
OTTAWA - The controversial belief system that counts actors Tom Cruise and
John Travolta as devotees is winning support from a Liberal member of Parliament.
October 26, 2005
National
Post (subscription)
Scientology's approach to drug addiction impresses Liberal MP
The controversial belief system that counts actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta
as devotees is winning support from a Liberal member of Parliament. Toronto-area
MP Derek Lee appears in a recruiting video used by the Church of Scientology
to attract new members in the United States. Some critics have denounced
Scientology as a brainwashing cult that harasses its opponents and exploits
the vulnerable for financial gain. But Mr. Lee says he supports of some
of the group's programs and is particularly impressed by its approach to
rehabilitating
drug addicts. "I'm way past the point of viewing them as just a
cult," said Mr. Lee, who is Roman Catholic and not a member of the
Church of Scientology.
October 26, 2005
The
Windsor Star (subscription)
Grit supports Scientology
OTTAWA - The controversial belief system that counts actors Tom Cruise and
John Travolta as devotees is winning support from a Liberal member of Parliament.
October 26, 2005
NowToronto.com:
(No subscription)
Scientology boosts friends in high places
NowToronto.com
Liberal
Losers
11-02-2000
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Scientology Publications
and Press Releases
Scientology
Recruitment Promotions
Freedom Magazine: Recognizing
Those Who Fight for Human Rights
Human Rights Leadership Awards for 2002-2003
Freedom Magazine: Awarding
Human Rights Advocates
Freedom Magazine: Investigative
Journalism in the Public Interest
Freedom Press Release: Freedom
Honors Gilman
05-17-2002
OSA
Press Release: SCIENTOLOGY
LEADS THE WORLD IN RINGING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
12-30-1999
Scientology site: Narconon Treatment
Program:
Step Four: Life Improvement Courses
A series of Narconon Program life improvement courses are studied to put
the individual back in control of his or her life. [...]
C. The Narconon Program Ups
and Downs in Life Course gives the student
the ability to spot and handle those influences in his environment that
would cause him to lose any gains he has made. [
More...]
He learns the characteristics of the social personality as well as those
of the anti-social
personality so that he can spot the difference and better choose his
friends and associates. Completing this course makes the student less susceptible
to those who would influence him to revert to drugs.
Criminon
Program (US):
How to Deal With
Ups & Downs in Life
How to Handle the Negative Influences in Life
There is some truth in judging someone by the company they keep. It can
easily be seen that those around us do influence our attitudes and behavior,
for better or worse. And it doesn't surprise many to learn that criminals
often consort with criminals and that they promote anti-social activities
and influence others to continue such unethical and illegal conduct.
This section of the Criminon Program deals with establishing the skill
to chart one's own course in life, with honesty and integrity, and to spot
and disassociate from those elements which would tend to lead one astray.
The course teaches the students the characteristics of both anti-social
personalities and social personalities, so that they may recognize both
and know the differences between the two. That way, they can better choose
their friends and associates, and become more aware of their own attitudes
and be made less susceptible to those who would have them revert to crime.
"Not confronting suppression—not handling it—is giving
something of yourself away, like compromising with a thief. Quitting; to
give in to suppression is not being your own person. Knowledge is the most
powerful possession of all and gives anyone the means to deal with and handle
any connection with suppression."
The
Criminon Criminal Reform Programme (UK)
Handling Suppression
The
Programme:
How One Can Handle the Negative Influences in Life
There is some truth in judging someone by the company they keep. It can
easily be seen that those around us do influence our attitudes and behaviour,
for better or worse. And it doesn't surprise many to learn that criminals
often consort with criminals and that they promote anti-social activities
and influence others to continue such unethical and illegal conduct.
This section of the CRIMINON Programme deals with establishing the skill
to chart one's own course in life, with honesty and integrity, and to spot
and disassociate from those elements which would tend to lead one astray.
The course teaches the students the characteristics of both anti-social
personalities and social personalities, so that they may recognise both
and know the differences between the two. That way, they can better choose
their friends and associates, and become more aware of their own attitudes
and be made less susceptible to those who would have them revert to crime.
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"SP" Mask from Scientology
ad
"How To Shatter Suppression"
© 2003 CSI
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"In my opinion the church has one of the most
effective intelligence operations in the U.S., rivaling even that of the
FBI," says Ted Gunderson, a former head of the FBI's Los Angeles
office.
— Time
Magazine May 6, 1991
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The criminal acts of Church of Scientology of Toronto
were insidious attacks on two essential law enforcement agencies in this
province. The integrity and effective functioning of those agencies (the
Ministry of the Attorney General and the Ontario Provincial Police) are
of great importance to good government in this province. The offences threatened
such integrity and effectiveness, and I regard each of them as very serious.
[...]
This conduct represented a deliberate attempt to undermine the effectiveness
of the law enforcement agencies. The acts struck at the integrity of the
public service. This was not simply an intelligence-gathering exercise.
The appellant had planted its agents in these agencies so that they would
be able to anticipate and counter the efforts of these agencies to enforce
the law.
R.
v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, CanLII 1650
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[The Scientology conspirators] challenged and attempted
to undermine the judicial and governmental structure of the United States.
[...] These crimes included: the infiltration and theft of documents from
a number of prominent private, national, and world organizations, law firms,
newspapers, and private citizens; the execution of smear campaigns and baseless
law suits for the sole purpose of destroying private individuals who had
attempted to exercise their First Amendment rights to freedom of expression;
the framing of private citizens who had been critical of Scientology, including
the forging of documents which led to the indictment of at least one innocent
person; and violation of the civil rights of prominent private citizens
and public officials.
— US v. Jane Kember,
et al.
Sentencing
Memorandum [.pdf]
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Under this department comes the corporation's
solicitors, attorneys, chartered accountants and any attorney or accountant
hired directly by the corporation for outside legal or tax or filing purposes.
[...]
All contracts, filings with the government, all tax reports and their preparation,
corporation minutes, annual meetings, legal papers, suits against and by
the corporation, whether HASI Ltd or HCO Ltd, all legal investigatory work
and detectives, all contacts with government agents, bureaus and departments,
all assistance to governments, messages to governments, handling answers
from governments or courts shall be cared for by the Department, whether
to advance or protect Scientology or its corporations by government or legal
channels.
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(3) Make enough threat or clamor to cause the enemy to quail, (4) Don't
try to get any money out of it, (5) Make every attack by us also sell Scientology
and (6) Win. If attacked on some vulnerable point by anyone or anything
or any organization, always find or manufacture enough threat against them
to cause them to sue for peace. Peace is bought with an exchange of advantage,
so make the advantage and then settle. Don't ever defend. Always attack.
Don't ever do nothing. Unexpected attacks in the rear of the enemy's front
ranks work best.
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The goal of the Department is to bring the government and hostile philosophies
or societies into a state of complete compliance with the goals of Scientology.
This is done by high level ability to control and in its absence by low
level ability to overwhelm. Introvert such agencies. Control such agencies.
Scientology is the only game on Earth where everybody wins. There is no
overt in bringing good order.
— L. Ron Hubbard
Dept of Govt Affairs
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Celebrity: How did you get into Scientology?
marisol: I got in through my chiropractor, Dr. Neil
Springer. He was treating me at the time for every illness under the sun.
So then he said "Listen, I want to take you over to this place, and
I'd like you to do a course." [...]
My first course was Overcoming
Ups and Downs in Life. [...]
Celebrity: How did you decide to do the PTS/SP
Course?
marisol: I was told that the Overcoming Ups and Downs
in Life was an introductory course, and there is a lot more to learn on
the subject.
— Celebrity
359 © 2004 CCI
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