On Saturday, May 26, Brigette DePape, the former parliamentary page who disrupted the 2011 Throne Speech, will speak on a panel discussing how we can make her two-word protest a reality. The panel also includes: • Tasha Peters, an Ottawa-based organizer, activist, and member of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition.
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wmtc: canadian council of churches calls on jason kenney to let u.s. war resisters stay in canada
This letter was hand-delivered to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, from the Canadian Council of Churches. The Council is the largest ecumenical body in Canada, representing 23 churches, comprising 85% of the Christians in Canada. 15 May 2012The Honourable Jason Kenney, P.C., M.P.Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and MulticulturalismCitizenship and Immigration CanadaOttawa,
Continue readingwmtc: end of commercial seal hunt is inevitable: tell the senate to make it happen
I didn’t blog about this year’s seal slaughter, although I followed news of it through HSI Canada. It isn’t going well for sealers, as the market for their antiquated product has all but disappeared. Despite millions of dollars in government financing provided to the sealing industry this year, most sealers
Continue readingwmtc: jason kenney kills dream of canadian immigration for 280,000 people
Anyone who follows Canadian immigration had to see this coming, although I admit I didn’t think they’d do it in one fell swoop. Just as they have done with refugee claimants, the Harper GovernmentTM created a backlog of immigration applicants… then they got rid of it. More than 280,000 people
Continue readingwmtc: results of poll on immigration shows conservative anti-immigrant policies are out of step with dominant canadian view
I was pleased to see the results of a recent Environics survey about Canadians’ attitudes towards immigrants and new Canadians. It’s reassuring to know that the attitudes that led to an attack on a Muslim woman in Mississauga and the directive forbidding women to wear veils at a citizenship ceremony
Continue readingwmtc: action alert: don’t privatize canada’s national parks, even a little
I meant to include this in my earlier post with various action alerts. It’s a bit old, but very important. Since this organizing started, Parks Canada has agreed to delay their decision to study it further. We should keep up the pressure so they know what the Canadian people want.
Continue readingwmtc: hedges: what happened to canada? (corporations have no borders)
Chris Hedges: What happened to Canada? It used to be the country we would flee to if life in the United States became unpalatable. No nuclear weapons. No huge military-industrial complex. Universal health care. Funding for the arts. A good record on the environment. But that was the old Canada.
Continue readingwmtc: the canada party: "our oil sands are so dirty, it makes texas look like a greenpeace retreat"
And while I’m at it, I might as well post this. And now back to Quebec.
Continue readingwmtc: memo to jason kenney: that’s not how multiculturalism works
Another take on Jason Kenney’s bigotry, by Andrew Potter of the Ottawa Citizen. It would be a lot easier to debate the tough cases of Canadian multiculturalism if people understood how the system actually works. That includes everyone from taxi drivers and barbers to those who spend their time trolling
Continue readingwmtc: the militarization of canadian life continues: citizenship ceremonies now include soldiers
I mentioned this yesterday in my post about the Canadian Peace Alliance’s Peace & Prosperity not War & Austerity campaign, but it deserves special emphasis. In April 2010, I wrote about the Conservative government’s new citizenship guide. This is a booklet sent to all residents of Canada who have applied
Continue readingwmtc: peace & prosperity, not war & austerity: help the canadian peace alliance fight the harper military agenda
Amid the deluge of fundraising appeals that arrive via email and paper mail this time of year, the letter from the Canadian Peace Alliance stood out for me. Under the “Canada First Defence Strategy,” Harper plans to spend $480 billion on the military, open up eight new Canadian military bases,
Continue readingCo2 Art: Expo No Go: Why Acknowledge a Mumbo Jumbo of Countries Which Don’t Appreciate Our Conservative Values and Tim Horton’s Culture?
Can you spot the trend?
“Canada refuses to back Edmonton’s bid for the 2017 World Exposition”
“Canada pulls out of 2012 World Exposition in Yeosu, Korea”
With the soaring triumph of Expo ’67 in Montreal now a distant memory, and the transformation o…
Continue readingThe Skwib: Ten indisputable facts about Canada (Part Two: Culture)
To commemorate Canada Day, I decided it would be useful to clear up some common myths people have about Canada and its culture. I thought it might be especially helpful here at The Skwib, since many of its readers come from other parts of the world. You may want to read Part One, about Canadian […]
Continue readingwmtc: why brigette depape’s actions were heroic in my eyes
The barrage of criticism being heaped on former Canadian Senate page Brigette DePape’s lone act of civil disobedience comes as no surprise, nor does the vehemence of some of the attacks. Naysayers range from the garden variety “I agree with her stateme…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Should We Keep The Royals?
The Royals are coming to Canada this summer. With the comments from people like Amir Khadir saying that the Royals are Parasite’s. It may bring to Question on the Issue of whether we should stay in the monarch. According to recent polls the idea of …
Continue readingwmtc: michael moore: canadians need to get in touch with their inner hockey stick
Did you hear Michael Moore has offered our hero Brigette DePape a job? I hope she has many such excellent opportunities coming her way. A young woman with that much courage, poise and determination should have a bright future as a rabble rouser.
Michae…