The other day, when I picked up my mail as usual, I found something most unusual. It was a letter from a member of Stephen Harper's cabinet and the conservative Member of Parliament for my riding in Toronto, Joe Oliver. But the page did not contain a single word of Mr. Oliver's on it. Instead, both sides of the single page letter were filled by a reprint of a September 8, 2012 National Post article by former George Bush speech writer David Frum. The article was called 'Good Riddance to Iranian Diplomats,' and was a defence of the Canadian government's recent expulsion of all Iranian diplomats from Ottawa. Frum's defence is, in large part, a superficial restatement of old, disreputable accusations -- listed, but never supported. Mr. Oliver then tags on to the end of the letter the (improperly punctuated) question, "WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK? Do you support closure of diplomatic ties with Iran?" He then gives three options: yes, undecided or no. This last line, a limping attempt to cloak this piece of propaganda in the veils of democracy, was even more scary and maddening than David Frum's article. Well, Mr. Oliver, here's what I think. Though David Frum raises a couple of legitimate complaints about Iranian treatment of some Canadian citizens, most of his charges against Iran are not charges at all, but reverberations of the same questionable and discredited claims that have been amplified over the years by the echo chamber. Frum traces the