Problem with using components when Importing a Controller

I have a controller EmailNotifications which I am accessing using App::Import('Controller', 'EmailNotifications');

The EmailNotifications controller uses the Email component
  var $components = array('Email', 'RequestHandler');

When I import the controller I use the following code:
            // Load the Email Notification controller
            App::Import('Controller', 'EmailNotifications');
            $EmailNotification = new EmailNotificationsController();
            $EmailNotification->constructClasses();

Inside of the notify method of the EmailNotificationsController I use the Email component
      $this->Email->reset();
      $this->Email->to = $Notify['EmailNotification']['email_address'];
      $this->Email->subject = ucwords("$Subject ($Activity)");
      $this->Email->replyTo = $Notify['EmailNotification']['email_address'];
      $this->Email->from = $Notify['EmailNotification']['email_address'];
      $this->Email->template = $Template;
      $this->Email->sendAs = 'text';
      // Since this is being used via App::Import the Controller is not properly set
      // so we set it here
      $this->Email->Controller = $this;
      $Ret = $this->Email->send();

If I do not manually set $this->Email->Controller = $this before calling send the variables I have set earlier in the code are not exported to the email view.

From reading the manual I understood that calling constructClasses would initialize any models and components used by the controller.  However, the components do not seem to be initialized correctly.

Is there something else I am supposed to do in order for this to work correctly?  Is this a bug?  I am using CakePHP 1.3.10

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