Jul 072008
 

CONTENTS (1)  GLOBE & MAIL, JULY 5, TWO FACE JAIL TIME IN CENSUS PROTEST (2)  LETTER TO THE GLOBE & MAIL, “I AM NOT BREAKING THE LAW” (3)  IMPRESSIVE LIST OF RECENT MEDIA COVERAGE, FROM CHELSEA For those new to our network, Todd Stelmach from Kingston ON is one of the two who “face jail […]

Jun 262008
 

CONTENTS (1)  LETTER TO SENATE COMMITTEE (2)  NATIONAL FARMERS UNION INFORMATION ON BILL C-33 (3)  COUNCIL OF CANADIANS INFORMATION ON BILL C-33 ================= (1)  LETTER TO SENATE COMMITTEE I wish I didn’t feel a need to support the people, in this case the Council of Canadians and the National Farmers Union, who initiate action around […]

Jun 252008
 

 Kingston Whig Standard  (the webpage no longer exists) A matter of conscience Wed June 25   Our national census -taking operation, Statistics Canada, is a valuable federal institution. Using feedback directly provided by citizens, it shoots out reports that enable us to track important social trends and attitudes.  But Statistics Canada is no benign, merely informative, […]

Jun 222008
 

There needs to be an explicit statement in the “Natural Health Products” Act:  genetically engineered plants do not qualify for inclusion.  They are not “natural”;  they are a separate category that requires label standards.  My letter to the Government is appended with email addresses in case you are equally dismayed and wish to write the […]

Jun 212008
 

The following is in response to CBC interview of a fellow who will market placebo pills.  Parents can use them to make a complaining child “better”. (One of us should market slices of a tasty red apple in competition!)  These two emails challenge the stranglehold of the pharmaceutical companies on the medicare system and the […]

Jun 192008
 

” . . .   the opportunities for Canadian businesses to make money from our military strategy is prominent in the document;  there is no discussion of peace-keeping.”   ( “A Military in Partnership with Canadian Industry“)  ”  …   The Canadian military strategy document  (Canada and the U.S.)  “.. the two nations’  armed forces will pursue their effective […]

Jun 182008
 

(Please go to 2008-06-19 for a more rigorous analysis of the “Canada First Defence Strategy“.  This posting is really follow-up to that.) In June 2008 the information about the new “Canada First Defence Strategy” was posted to a Canadian Forces website: (Link no longer valid:  http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/focus/first-premier/index-eng.asp).    (“modified dates” 2009-04-03 and 2010-03-12.) If it was reported at the time, it […]

May 302008
 

Continuation … POLICE TACTICS IN MONTEBELLO VIDEO-TAPE, INPUT AND RESPONSE  Dialogue in response to  2007-08  WATCH: Montebello, Police provoke Violence at SPP protest Through Gloria’s questions about the need to support the RCMP I am able to further develop my thoughts.  Thank-you Gloria. ==================== I (Sandra) have been following the SPP developments for a couple […]

May 302008
 

Forget about making this part of the “Connection between state of police and America wants our water”.  It’s a report back on an earlier email about Bill C-51.  To the extent that we become “ungovernable” we create the conditions for calling in the police and the troops.  We protest when we see that the public […]

May 302008
 

Continuation … From  CONTENTS: 6.  PROTEST.  LOCKHEED MARTIN CONTRIBUTION TO DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY. THROUGH THE TERMS OF a CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, LOCKHEED MARTIN IS REQUIRED TO INVEST IN CANADA.  The American military-industrial complex seeps across Canada.  We soon have an economy that is dependent upon going to war, as is the American economy.  […]