After 85 days on a hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new “Safe Streets and Communities Act” (crime Bill C10), it’s with great pleasure, gratitude and emotion that I announce the end of the protest. I’ll end the protest at 11.59pm today. I made the decision to end the
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Dear Canada: Get over the “benefits” natives have
Dear Canadian People, Well rather those Canadians who are still apprehensive toward the native people of this land. You know how you kids bitch that they just need to get over things and stop getting hand outs by the government. Well, in my opinion, I think you guys need to
Continue readingLeft Over: Ugh, Wisconsin…any Lessons Learned Here at Home?
I just read that 35% of Wisconsin union members voted for Walker; anyone who thinks that union members here in Canada wouldn’t do the same sot of thing (if they bothered to vote at all, another discussion, I know) doesn’t know union members very well…as a retired union activist who
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Chocolate Almonds Gone Bad
The context of the “joke” might change my opinion slightly. It’s sort of sad that some kids are so isolated as to not recognize scat, and its inedible quality. Were it not for the melodramatic handling of the parents, they might come to laugh about it some day. Should the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: Spending Money and Time
On the one hand I sympathize with the speed of the investigation into the illegal robocalls (and live calls). Elections Canada are the pros, and will have to testify in court, etc., and want it to all be done correctly. On the other, bigger hand, it’s bloody insane that the
Continue readingDented Blue Mercedes: C-279: When a victory for one can be a victory for… one.
The second hour of Second Reading debate for Bill C-279: An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression) occurred on Friday June 1st, and the Second Reading vote is to take place on Wednesday June 6th. I missed any indication that the
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Majority Rule by the Few
The wasteful, unelected monarchy is bad and democracy is good. Since most Canadians don’t require a more indepth argument than that, let’s use the democratic system to finally severe Canada’s ties with the monarchy. Let’s get a majority of us together, in our democracy that will require about 38% of
Continue readingTerahertz: Ontario passes Anti-Homophobia Law, BC next?
Today’s good news is that the Ontario Liberals and NDP cooperated long enough to pass anti-bullying legislation which specifically supports gay rights. Furthermore, the bill forces Ontario’s publicly funded Catholic schools to permit students to form Gay Straight Alliances. While those Catholic schools will continue to receive public money, some
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Transit of Venus – Worth Watching, but do it safely.
It is one of those lifetime events, as Venus rarely crosses the plane of our orbit while in front of the sun. “Our nearest planetary neighbour will be passing between the Earth and the sun starting at 6:04 p.m. ET on June 5 and will be aligned in such
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Symbolizing The Maple Leaf
Canada is the maple leaf, the United States of America is the stars, one is modest and pragmatic, the other is idealized and constant. National symbols are chosen to represent countries, but somehow countries cannot help but represent their national symbols. For the religious and industrious United States of America
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: ConCalls: American Robocall $1Million Fine
WTF Elections Canada? U.S. Fed Judge ruled VOTER SUPPRESSION WITH ROBOCALLS "consultant" must pay 1 million. baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/… #CDNPOLI— Sharpay Point (@truththrust) June 05, 2012 Let’s take a peek south of the border, and see how a judge there treated a voter suppression robocall. (Conbots will gleefully note that the lack
Continue readingThings Are Good: Canadians Black Out and Speak Out to Defend Democracy
BlackOutSpeakOut is an online protest running in Canada today about the omnibus budget bill that the anti-democratic Conservative government is trying to force through parliament without debate. This is bad and you should care. Find out why Canadians are concerned here. Sign an online petition:
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Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Black Out Speak Out
I’m speaking out in defence of nature and democracy #BLACKOUTSPEAKOUT Bill C-38 is not democratic; it’s an attempt to hide legislation changes that most Canadians would not agree with. Write your MP, even if they are Conservative and are not allowed to listen to you, and let them know you’re
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Quebec Protesters – Doing Canada Proud
Democracy in Action – Look and Learn my sleeping obedient country. The protests in Quebec are an example to the rest of Canada to what an active citizenry is like and how people can affect change in the political spectrum. At the time of this writing, 39 days of protest
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Tar-sands
There are people who insist on calling the monstrous mega-project in northern Alberta the “oilsands”. I insist on the historically used “tarsands” since I try to reject all rebranding efforts (especially for projects that are so detrimental to life). Yes, it’s technically, chemically incorrect to call it tar sands. Even
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Jean Charest fails to silence the Quebec student movement,
As the talks to end the Quebec student strike broke down Thursday (thanks in large part to the Jean Charest Liberal government’s inability to think in a non-partisan manner, thus ending further bargaining for the time being), I am nonetheless encouraged by the increasingly epic support that the student movement here
Continue readingFrom Orangutan: Jean Charest fails to silence the Quebec student movement,
As the talks to end the Quebec student strike broke down Thursday (thanks in large part to the Jean Charest Liberal government’s inability to think in a non-partisan manner, thus ending further bargaining for the time being), I am nonetheless enco…
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