This is going to be very long. All of this information is extremely important. Sorry about that.
The Truckers and Canadians, do not want this coming to Canada. Some of it is already in the country. Covid camps anyone. They are prisons. Surveillance, is already in Canada. They have been using it for a long time. Longer then many realize. Canadian dictators, Canada has a lot of those.
PFIZER CRIMES IN NIGERIA, OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA AND INDIA – COMPILATION
“Show Us The Virus” Case Before South Africa’s Constitutional Court
CDC Withdraws Use of PCR Test for COVID, Finally Admits It Can’t Differentiate Between Flu and Covid
Autopsies performed on vaccine takers December 28th, 2021.
On COVID vaccines: why they cannot work, and irrefutable evidence of their causative role in deaths after vaccination
Sayragul Sauytbay shares the horrors and atrocities of communist Chinaâs Uyghur genocide on âOne Nation.â
Chinese concentration camp survivor speaks out.
China is one of those countries, that hold power in the UN. One of the five.
China uses these people as slaves. China has made billions on the fake pandemic.
Corporations need to pull their businesses, out of China. Thanks to Free Trade Agreements, China was one of the countries of choice to set up shop. Why? Cheap labour. Outsourcing. We all remember Outsourcing right. How many people, have lost job to Outsourcing in your country?
China Concentration Camps How Forced Labor Creates Large Profits for the CCP
Who Made Your Mask? We Traced PPE to Uighur Workers in China-s Harsh Labor Program Coronavirus News
Gravitas: Did China harvest organs of its own citizens? Yes they did.
I have more information on that subject. I am just not sure where it is right now. There was a long investigation carried out, to find the truth. China made a fortune, on organ transplants. They do anything for money. Want a fresh organ, go to China. People were told the organs came from those on death row. That was a lied of course.
For 21 years, Falun Gong practitioners have been victims of State-sponsored persecution. In 1999, China declared millions of them illegal & drove them into exhile. There have also been accusations that China robbed these practitioners of their organs
Did I mention that China is one of the countries with the most power in the UN. Did you know Tedros in the WHO, loves China and communism? China is involved with the WHO, like the filthy, greedy, regime it is. Did I mention China made a fortune on the fake pandemic? A few leaders in China need to be arrested and jailed for crimes against humanity. China is a surveillance state.
Quebec Emergency Ending, But New Laws Will Make Measures Permanent. Do not let this happen.
The passport is just, what China does to every citizen, in their country.
SPECIAL REPORT: Inside China’s surveillance state
The Chinese Communist Party is crafting a nightmare surveillance state â flooding the country with an ocean of surveillance cameras, which now invade the homes of minorities.
They want to do this to everyone in the World. Like you for instance. It has already started. Download an apps latterly. Cell phones are a problem. They can be used to track you everywhere you go. Apparently in Wuhan they had 5G up and running when the so called pandemic started there. The PCR testing, was used to collect your DNA.
Justin loves China. Just an observation.
This surveillance started, when you purchased your cell phone.
STANDING FOR FREEDOMSen. Ted Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday lauded the Canadian âFreedom Convoyâ protesting vaccine mandates and reiterated his call for an investigation into crowdfunding platform GoFundMe for canceling fundraising efforts to support the truckers.
âIt is powerful to watch,â said Mr. Cruz, Texas Republican. âI think the Canadian truckers are standing up not just for the freedom of Canadians, but for the freedom of Americans.â
I heard Fords company made a whole lot of money on the fake pandemic. Does he own share in any plexie galss companies. Who else owns shaes in those companies?
CHIEF POLICE OF OTTAWA ‘ TOLD TO HIT THE ROAD
OTTOWA Policeman tells Chief of Police of Ottawa to “hit the road!”
FOLLOW THE MONEY AND YOU WILL FIND OUT WHY THE OTTAWA POLICE CHIEF HATES THE TRUCKERS
This is interesting.
CANADIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN PROTEST MASK MANDATES AND WALKOUTS February 12th, 2022.
THE PRESIDENT’S SCIENCE ADVISOR OWNED $1 MILLION IN BIONTECH STOCK
FREEDOM CONVOY USA: THE ‘GREATEST SPEECH’ I HAVE EVER HEARD, THEY ARE TURNING US INTO SLAVES
2022 FEB 12 HISTORIC CANBERRA MILLIONS PROTEST LT COL RET RICCARDO BOSI ITS TIME DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT
2022 FEB 13 AUSSIE COSSACK POLICE PARLIAMENT HOUSE DEPLOY SONIC WEAPONS AGAINST WOMEN & CHILDREN
Scott Morrison continues to commit crimes against the Australian people deploying Sonic low frequency weapons against peaceful protesters! Shame on you SCOMO
Yesterday is turn off the cell towers disrupt all life feeds for the protests
Sunday its:
Militarized Forces
Tactical Forces
Australian Police Force
Australian Police Dogs and Handlers
Sonic Weapons
All to try to drive them out of the campground and the police revoke permit of Farmer this morning who was going to allow the people from that camp to relocate to his property. Scott Morrison is crapping himself!
Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are Behaving Like a Dictator in A Middle of an Uprising to Unseat His Power
Did anyone ever see the Movie Short Circuit. Well I am starting to feel, like that little robot. Need more input. Keep the comments coming. Thank You. You make life so much easier.
TRUCKERS MAKE HISTORY IN CANADA Just a short video.
Israeli Convoy Prepping — Join us
Imagine that. They are following Canadians for a change. February 9th, 2022. If the citizens of Isreal ever find out the truth, the whole truth about what their government has been doing to them for years, ever since they day they were born. Their would be a revolution in Israel like their government has never seen. They even experimented on children. Jewish children. They radiated them as a science experiment. The Israeli government did everything imaginable, to have the story wiped out. As a matter of fact they Israeli government has tried to wipe out all history that would wake them up to reality. Their government did sell them all out to Pfizer now didnât they? Their own government, turned the entire country in a massive lab and guess, who all the guinea pigs are? Every citizen of Israel. And they trust their government. WHY? Israeliâs have been indoctrinated and lied to for years. They have been isolated from the truth. Any truth that might be out there has been wiped out. The government make bloody sure of that. They even managed to get the people of Israel to help them do it. Oh yes I know what they have done and how they do it. Long, Long story on that one. It has only been happening, for what, 70 years. Maybe even longer. Yes now that I think about it, longer much longer. They have been taught to hate with a passion. The government has done that to them all. It starts from the day they are born. Maybe finding out their own government is trying to kill off as many as they can, might wake them up. I will not hold my breath on that one.
A few things about, what I said above. Took me a bit to find that in the archives. I thought it might be important. History always is.
Zionists Poisoned/Radiated 100,000 Sefardi Jewish Children
Way, way, down at the bottom you will find that story. Of course you have to climb down the bean stalk, to find the truth. So how many are brave enough to climb down that bean stalk? History is something that should never be hidden for people. Over 8 years ago this came out. It was kept hidden for a very long time. How many people actually know is a mystery. A study from the early 1950s found X-ray treatment effective in almost all cases of ringworm.
The documented dosages given to the Israeli children were similar to (if not less than) that administered to children treated for ringworm at New York University Hospital between 1940 and 1959.Oh Ya, the US did it too. The US paid Israel to experiment on Jewish children. In fact, the treatment in Israel was the same that was used elsewhere in the world. Oh my. How many know that? Oh well better late then never. It reminds me of all the MK Ultra experiments. They were not isolated to the US either.
That of course was a lie they were told. That is not how you treat ringworm. Any farmer with a single brain cell could tell you that. I advise keeping a copy of everything on that page in a file somewhere. I do. You should too. All this history just might vanish. It is like the Never Ending Story when the Nothingness takes over. It is just like that. It has been that way for a very long time. Things just vanish. Censorship is not a new thing. It has been going on for as far back as I can remember. It existed during the world wars. So my parents and grandparents told me. They were alive and well during those times. They wanted me to know the truth, not the lies the main stream media, told them, others and you. Imagine that, nothing has changed in all those years. They have always used the press, to lie for them. How shocking. Anyone ever notice the similarity between what happened to the Aboriginals getting small pox and Jewish people getting typhus. Bedbugs and lice. Do you know WHY? Germ warfare, is pretty old you know. Long story there too. Just scratching my head????? You will too.
Convoy to DC – Live With Grassroots Organizers February 3rd, 2022.
The facebook one will be taken down. they are making things vanish. Not new of course. youtubeis also starting to censor. Never keep all your eggs in one basket. To everyone one out there rescue the videos before they vanish. The Nothingness is about to take over again. They did that with Anti War stuff too. Very old this vanishing act of theirs is. Very Old indeed.
Check out the comment section. There is a lot of information there. Like the Alaskan convoy for example. It also has links to all the other posts on the convoys.
They went after a very old man as well. That link is in the comments, in the above link. Look for OTTAWA POLICE â BULLY TACTICS â CRIMINAL SENIOR ABUSE
Freedom Convoy Preemptive SOS Press Conference Feb7 2022
CALGARY POLICE OFFICER STANDS UP
CALLS OUT TRUDEAU
A major Thank You to all the people, who left comments. Keep them coming. You find things, I don’t. If we work together we might get it all.
There was more then one of these in that convoy. If I see any military being used to harm any civilian of their own country they can be charged with Treason. Remember that. Now if I saw this with Freedom flags and or F*Trudeau flags on them, then and then only will I know, you are doing the job, you were sworn to do. Remember your oath boys and girls. Tax payers pay your wages. You work for the civilians not the tyranical governments. You serve the people of your country. It is your duty above all duties to protect the citizens of your country. To other wise is to become a criminal, a traitor and in some cases, could make you a murderer. So lets not go there. Protect the people, not the government, who has been using you a cannon fodder for years on end. Used to steal oil and resources from other countries, is all you have done. They used you all. They create poverty on purpose so poor people join the military. If you die they do not care. They never have. History tells us that. They are the many of the same people behind the fake pandemic.
Yes poverty is created on purpose, by governments. Look at how many have become homeless due to this fake pandemic. Just another way to recruit cannon fodder for their new up coming wars. Oh yes they want more wars. All based on lies of course. Nothing new there. I see it coming. So as they say dress for succes not mass murder. One would think, after all these years everyone o the planet would have figured that out.
The UN loves wars. WHO loves fake pandemics. Get with the program people. The UN wants to become the world government. They already have a good head start. I have been watching it all unfold for years. Long Long story. Don’t have time to go into that one. Why do you think some countries are kept in poverty. So they can steal their resources. Oh and imagine the Military world wide, have helped do just that. Then there are the paid Rebels, paid for, with drug money, no less, that pretend to liberate their country. OH the opium, is really good for that one. They were not even from those countries, they were imported from other countries. History is a wonderful thing. They have pulled that stunt so many time over the years I can even remember, how many times anymore. Then of course, they get the press to lie for them. How funny it was one day, when I found a truck, in Syria with California license plates on it. On a main stream media news story. Gee how did that get there I wonder. Oh fake news. I am guessing, the entire thing was cooked up in California by someone. Oops, forgot to take off the plate boys and girls. Just little things, some of us notice.
This was also left in the comment section and it is a fabulous Idea.
Text, e-mail phone a friend, share one way or the other.
Got this idea from another youtuber A wonderful idea.
Can you imagine if everyone sent Trudeau a letter in support of the convoy? As the convoy sits outside Parliament, our letters can arrive inside Parliament.
Those who have cell phones could text this out and it would spread like wildfire. Even kids and teenagers could do this.
Give them all paper, pen and an envelope. Doing this would empower children. It would also make them know their voice is important too. They have been abused for 2 years. Let them tell their stories.
Dear Mr Trudeau I hate masks for example and why they hate them. Help the kids voice their opinions. Share this idea. I am loving it. How many texters do we have out there.
Let the kids help too. Every child forced to wear a mask etc has a right to have their voices heard too. All other supporters can do this too. That way all the voices make it to Ottawa even if they canât be there.
Mail may be sent postage-free within Canada to any Member of Parliament at the following address:
The reason we need to end these mandates are in the links below. Add to that the masking is just a form of torture. Like the vaxes they prevent nothing and do more harm then good. The testing is bogus. Everything about this pandemic is fake.
Three pages of testimonials and stories from those who were injured or lost family members to the vaxes. If you have not listened to any of their testimonies now is the time. These are just a few. There are millions of people like this out there now.
In the annals of human history a time comes but rarely, when a nation awakes to freedom, to liberty, to truth and to a new beginning.
This is such a time.
You, the Truckers of Canada have brought hope back to a nation languishing in the long night of tyranny and oppression.
You have made our grandmothers and our children smile and dance again.
You, the Truckers of Canada have made the songs of freedom soar and sound anew – from mountain top to shining sea.
From PEI to BC and from our great white North to our teeming border South, your roar of freedom has reverberated across our towns and our cities and has been heard around the world.
Canada is cheering you on.
Our American brothers and sisters are cheering you on.
And we know that from every continent, from every global outpost of tyranny a shout of acclamation and a hand of solidarity is being raised for you and for us in Canada, for all of humanity.
You the Truckers of Canada have said to our rulers – âenoughâ – and we have raised the glass with you and our trembling lips also cry with you, âenough.â
You have said âenoughâ – we will not have vaccine mandates for Truckers, for our airplanes, for our trains, for our right to be strong and free Canadians in this strong and free and beautiful land …
And we cry with you, âenough!â
You, our Canadian Truckers for Freedom have said, âenoughâ – we will not have inhuman and illegal vaccine mandates in our hospitals, in our schools, in our hockey rinks, in the places we eat , in the places we gather with friends and lovers and families …
And we say with you, âenough!â
You, our heroes, Canadian Truckers for Freedom have said, âenoughâ – we will never allow you to lock us down again. Never. We are free.
And we say with you, âenough!â
You, our Canadian Truckers for Freedom say to our tyrannical rulers, âenoughâ – stop dividing us now! Stop making the vaccinated and unvaccinated âusâ vs âthemâ
We are one people and we will be one nation, one family, one Canada.
And we say with you, âenough!â
You, our warriors for freedom say, âenoughâ – stop using our tax-payerâs money to muzzle doctors and censor the news. Stop!
And we say with you, âStop!â
Canada honours you. Canada salutes you.
We have your back.
Canada has your back as you roll across this great nation!
The roar you hear is from the sleeping lion called Canada that is now awake!
And every roar of your trailer and truck will be met by the collective roar of Canada!
I find it appalling that those who presented all the information on the dangers of Vaccines were only given 5 minutes. To explain the dangers takes a lot longer then that. They do the same thing to those who want to present facts on the dangers of vaccines, in the US as well. There is a mountain of information that vacines are dangerous. 5 minutes is certainly not enough time, to go through all of the dangers.
WHO is nothing more then a vaccine pusher. They are not to be trusted on any level, when it comes to the safety of vaccines. Their agenda has harmed more children then one can even comprehend. They do everything imaginable to censor those, who say anything against vaccines. The WHO should not be advising anyone on Vaccines. One of the problems was with the Bill Gates Polio Vaccines It crippled almost 500,000 children in India. Who in their right mind would trust them for any advise or recommendations? I will add a link to that story below.
I became extremely concerned when I found out, the US gives the Hep B vaccine, to new born babies. New born babies, will not go out having sexual relations or do IV drugs.. Anyone who gives that vaccine to a new born, should be jailed as far as I am concerned.
That is insanity. Hep B vaccines, have also killed new born babies.
There is more on this at the link below That is where the video below comes from. If the video vanishes from youtube the transcripts of their presentations, are at the link below as well. These days a massive amount of videos have been taken down by youtube. The Censorship of the truth is become all to obvious. I advise downloading the video and uploading it at other sites, that do not Censor the truth.
The Board of Health: 1. Requested Health Canada to explore avenues to reduce the spread and dissemination of misinformation and false claims about vaccines. 2. Requested the World Health Organization to consider global recommendations, similar to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, regulating direct and indirect advertising, promotion, and sponsorship by anti-vaccine groups and anti-vaccine messages in print, audio, video, and online advertisements. 3. Requested the following health professional organizations to educate their members on how to address vaccine hesitancy in their practices and promote vaccines: the Ontario Medical Association, the Canadian Medical Association, the Ontario Nurses’ Association, the Registered Nursesâ Association of Ontario, the Canadian Nurses Association, the Ontario Pharmacists Association, the Association of Ontario Midwives, the Ontario Chiropractic Association, and the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors. 4. Directed that the report (March 28, 2019) from the Medical Officer of Health be forwarded to Health Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Public Health Ontario, Ad Standards, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, the Canadian Marketing Association, the Association of Canadian Advertisers, the Ontario Public Health Association, the Association of Local Public Health Agencies, the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health, the Ontario Medical Association, the Canadian Medical Association, the Ontario Nurses’ Association, the Registered Nursesâ Association of Ontario, the Canadian Nurses Association, the Ontario Pharmacists Association, the Association of Ontario Midwives, the Ontario Chiropractic Association, and the Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors. 5. Requested the Medical Officer of Health to report to the Board of Health at its meeting on September 23, 2019 with Toronto Public Health’s strategy to address vaccine hesitancy which should include the following: a. Investigating the potential to restrict misleading advertising regarding vaccinations on City-owned land and infrastructure; b. Consulting with Health Canada regarding their ability to use additional regulations under their legislative authority to restrict misleading advertising regarding vaccinations; c. Additional actions to ensure that the public has the necessary information to make informed decisions about the importance of vaccinations for the health of all members of our community, including consideration of a public education campaign; and d. Assistance the Medical Officer of Health can provide to health care providers to ensure that they can support families in making informed vaccination decisions.
Decision Advice and Other Information
Dr. Vinita Dubey, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Toronto Public Health, gave a presentation on Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy.
Origin
(March 28, 2019) Report from the Medical Officer of Health
Summary
Vaccine hesitancy is the reluctance or refusal to vaccinate despite the availability of vaccines. It is a growing concern internationally and has been identified as a top ten threat to global health by the World Health Organization. In Canada, an estimated 20 percent of parents are vaccine hesitant and are unsure about the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. Social media and the internet play a significant role in spreading misinformation about vaccines and have contributed greatly to vaccine hesitancy. Technology companies such as Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram, and Google have acknowledged the detrimental role that these platforms have played in spreading misinformation about vaccines, and have taken some action to address this issue. Clear and truthful messages supporting vaccines and the importance of immunization in protecting health are critical to combatting vaccine hesitancy. This report provides a number of recommended actions to help address this growing concern and the role the federal government, as well as international, national, and provincial organizations can play to support these efforts.
(April 5, 2019) Submission from Cindy Campbell (HL.New.HL4.03.01) (April 7, 2019) E-mail from Charlene Blake (HL.New.HL4.03.02) (April 8, 2019) E-mail from Nicole Corrado (HL.New.HL4.03.03) (April 8, 2019) Submission from Janet McNeill (HL.New.HL4.03.04)
Speakers
Rosemary Frei Safia Ibrahim Janet McNeill Skylar Hill-Jackson Joel Sussmann
Motions
1 – Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Joe Cressy (Carried) That the Board of Health: 1. Request the Medical Officer of Health to report to the Board of Health at its meeting on September 23, 2019 with Toronto Public Health’s strategy to address vaccine hesitancy which should include the following: a. Investigating the potential to restrict misleading advertising regarding vaccinations on City-owned land and infrastructure; b. Consulting with Health Canada regarding their ability to use additional regulations under their legislative authority to restrict misleading advertising regarding vaccinations; c. Additional actions to ensure that the public has the necessary information to make informed decisions about the importance of vaccinations for the health of all members of our community, including consideration of a public education campaign; and d. Assistance the Medical Officer of Health can provide to health care providers to ensure that they can support families in making informed vaccination decisions. Vote (Amend Item) Apr-08-2019 Result: Carried Majority Required Yes: 10 Joe Cressy (Chair), Stephanie Donaldson, Cynthia Lai, Ida Li Preti, Jennifer McKelvie, Kate Mulligan, Gord Perks, Peter Wong, Soo Wong, Kristyn Wong-Tam No: 0 Absent: 3 Ashna Bowry, Angela Jonsson, Mike Layton 2 – Motion to Adopt Item as Amended moved by Councillor Joe Cressy (Carried)
Vote (Adopt Item as Amended) Apr-08-2019 Result: Carried Majority Required Yes: 10 Joe Cressy (Chair), Stephanie Donaldson, Cynthia Lai, Ida Li Preti, Jennifer McKelvie, Kate Mulligan, Gord Perks, Peter Wong, Soo Wong, Kristyn Wong-Tam No: 0 Absent: 3 Ashna Bowry, Angela Jonsson, Mike Layton
This is just one of the side effects. You really need to look at all the others. You will need to look up many in a dictionary to find out what many of them mean. I went through all the side effects. That took a very long time. There are 400 after all. What you don’t know can kill your or your child or make them extremely ill. That takes a lot longer then 5 minutes that takes hours. Even Doctors do not read the inserts. Ask them if they have. Make them show you the inserts before vaccination, of you or your child. Call it a massive survey. They don’t know. You need to know. Always ask about the side effects of any drug they prescribe to you. Most do not know, all the side effects of them either. They just believe everything the drug companies, tell them about them. Drug companies lie of course.
Vasculitis is caused by a few vaccines. (The flu ones being some of them. These ones can cause blood clotsâ Afluria, Engerix-B, Fluarix, Fluzone, Havrix, MMR-II, Recombivax, Twinrix)
Vasculitis Also known as: angiitis, arteritis â˘
OVERVIEW ⢠SYMPTOMS ⢠DIAGNOSIS ⢠TREATMENT Symptoms The signs and symptoms of vasculitis vary greatly based on the type of condition and they often result from reduced blood flow Some of the generally noted symptoms include:
⢠Fever
⢠Headache
⢠Fatigue
⢠Weight loss
⢠Aches and pains in the body
⢠Night sweating
⢠Rashes in the affected part
⢠Problems related to nerves such as numbness in the affected part Causes The exact cause for vasculitis is not known but the following factors are said to influence the onset of the condition:
⢠Genetic makeup of the patient ⢠Immune system disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus
⢠Certain infections, for example, hepatitis B and C
⢠Cancers of the blood
⢠Reactions to certain drugs
⢠Smoking Prevention
⢠Not all types of vasculitis can be prevented, for example, vasculitis resulting from autoimmune diseases.
⢠Vasculitis resulting from infections or allergies can be prevented by avoiding the contact with allergen. Complications
⢠****Formation of blood clots which affects blood flow*******
⢠Aneurysm or weakening and bulging of the blood vessels
⢠Organ and tissue damage from reduced or restricted blood flow
⢠Loss of vision or blindness
⢠Increased risk of infections such as pneumonia
Well if you made it through all of the 400 side effects, you now know that vaccines have a lot of things wrong with them.
This how the WHO works. They have done the fake pandemic before. The vaccines for that one caused many to be left damaged permanently as well. Again, why would anyone in their right mind trust them? Bill Gates and drug companies fund them. No conflict of interest there is there. This too take a few hours to get through. That 5 minute thing is a absolute irresponsible. All they get to present is a extremely tiny amount, of information that needs to be presented.
Gardasil has harmed many children. Some have died as well.
This to takes a few hours to get through. Gardasil even causes Cancer among those, who survived the vaccination in the first place. If it doesn’t kill or damage the kids, they get Cancer latter on in life. That is a long term side effects the drug companies failed to tell people. Also the lack of long term studies contributed to that. They just keep rushing vaccines through. All for profits of course. Those who are damaged by vaccines also give drug companies more profits as those who are damaged will need more drugs to help the one their vaccines damage. A win win for drug companies. Oh the money they make.
The Experimental Vaccines for Covid will alter your DNA among other things. They are rushing them through, at the risk to everyone’s health. They have not even Isolated the so called virus. So they cannot say they are even vaccinating against Covid. I will add links to all of that below as well.
Here you find links to the fact the virus has not been Isolated.
A number of Government have no information all they have proof of the Corna virus Isolation. A few people used Freedom of Information. Governments have no proof. Seems this is another fake pandemic to make some very rich. There is enough evidence they have lied to the world.
The PCR tests were not now or ever meant to test for a Virus. There is some important information that goes back to the 1980’s when it was used to diagnose HIV. Those who tested positive were given AZT a chemo drug. That is what killed them not AID’S, but is looked like they died from AIDS. There were about 70 reason a person could test positive. Be sure to check out Alive and Well site. Check the testing. Then they came up with new tests which were just as pathetic, as the PCR tests. They are now doing the same thing with Covid. You cannot test for something that has not been Isolated.
Now if that all takes you 5 minutes to get through that would be just amazing.
What you don’t know can kill you or harm you permanently. That by the way is just the tip of the iceberg. If you don’t take the time to read it all personal problem. If you wish to take the new vaccines be my guest. They are not testing them properly and never have tested any vaccine properly.
Add to all of that Glyphoste has been found in a number of vaccines. That is from Roundup, GMO fed animals. They use live tissue from those animals or birds to make vaccines. If that is in them then what else is in them? Viruses form from said animals perhaps. Antibiotic resistant bacteria maybe.
No one in Health Canada or any other Government tests for such things.
Maybe many of the so called viruses they talk about come form the vaccines them selves, like the Polio now does. Bird Flu and swine flu come to mind.
Think about it for a while. Drug companies do anything for profits. Making people sick would be one of them. More profits for them. Vaccines are just another drug. They are not special. They like many drugs cause harm.
You juege for your self and stop listening to the main stream media. They have been telling you lies about vaccines for years. In the US drug companies pull advertising dollars and that can be millions of dollars if they say anything against drugs or vaccines. Governments around the world can be bribed or just daft enough to follow the US drug cartel agenda. They are all given false information about vaccines and many drugs. A drug is a drug and a vaccine is a drug.
This is very informative, although the lady, who is talking about Communism, is not the entire target we have to watch out for. Most of this has the Drug companies, WHO, Bill Gates and friends, who are behind it. Did China help yes. There is a really big puzzle here.
The profiteers are behind it. Check all the links under Recent Posts, for all of the information. The PCR tests are just a tool, they use to con people. It is not meant to test for viruses. The tests are useless and has been proven, before this so called Covid came along.
Do take a listen, it is worth taking the time to watch.
I have been sent a massive amount of information on 5G and Wireless, and how it has and will damage peoples health. So that will be up after, I sort through it all. There sure it a lot of it.
The science is out there that Wireless causes many health problems. If anyone has any studies on things like that, add the links in the comments.
If you links to other recent protests, again add the links to the comments.
Now for Laws.
Just because any government, makes a law, does not mean it is a good law? It does not mean it is true justice. When they give themselves, dictator powers, that is a sign of a problem. Those Laws are not to protect you, they are to control you. Those laws are a violation, of your human rights.
If it takes away your rights, it is a bad law.
If you are forced, to put something into your body, you do not want , it is a violation of your health freedom.
If you are forced, to put any radioactive materials, into your body, would that be a violation of your rights?
If you are force, to inject toxic materials into your body, is that a violation of your rights? Absolutely.
It is wrong on every level. Remember those, who make the laws work for you.
Many hold shares, in drug companies?
Many get money at election time, from drug companies, tech companies and many others that make money on this so called virus.. I call that bribery.
Have any of them, been offered a million dollar or more a year job, after they leave Government? Â That to, is bribery you know. Give us what we want and you get that job.
That one is all to common. They donât have to hide their money off shore or in a Swiss bank account, the money is in, the job they will get. That happens all to often.
They make money, by forcing bad/unjust, laws on you and get that dream job that pays millions a year.
What would happen, if everyone deleted all the tracking apps? Would they notice? For sure they would notice. Is there a way to remove GPS off your phone?
How much is it costing you to be tracked, everywhere you go?
You are the one paying, so they can track you.
You are also helping to make tech companies make a fortune.
You help them get richer. Over the years you have been lulled into this.
Or should I say conned.
If you donât have your Cell Phone with you, they canât track, everywhere you go. I donât know, maybe turn it off and leave it a drawer somewhere. Leave it in your garbage bin maybe. Without those Cell Phones, they cannot track you. Cell Phones are one of their main tools, they use against people.
You are also paying for the vaccines, they want to force on you, Via your tax dollars.
You are paying to get arrested or fined, if you donât comply Via your tax dollars.
You are paying for the idiots/fanatics, making all the new Laws, Via you tax dollars.
You pay for Everything, they do to you, Via your tax dollars.
They are using your money, to torture you.
Yes what they are doing to everyone world wide is torture. It is Brain Washing. It is killing people. People are not dieing, form the so called virus, but from all the side effects of what they are doing.
They use to say tech, would make our lives easier.
Is tech making your life easier or is it helping to remove your rights and freedoms?
5G will give them even, more power over you.
Tech, as we know it today is killing people and making many very sick.
Yes it sure is making things easier.
By the way in case anyone missed it, your Cell Phone can kill you.
It emits radiation. You know what Radiation is Right?
Everything that is wireless, emits Radiation.
Just a reminder
From the The University of Melbourne
“The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation: what we know, what we need to find out, and what you can do now” Presented by Dr Devra Davis,
Check your phone to see how much Radiation it emits.
Thanks to William. He left two other videos in the comments as well.
Please share all of this with your friends, families or anyone for that matter.
I do this with the sole purpose, of sharing the truth they want to hide.
The censorship, is outrageous.
For all I know when you click on a link it may have been removed. That has happened many many times I have noticed.
They are stealing our freedom of speech too.
Social media, is playing a large roll in that.
People, Doctors included have been silenced.
They have even been demonized or lost their jobs.
That is Standard Operating Procedure.
That has been done, many times over the years, on many fronts.
So if they are portrayed in that light, they were probably telling the truth. That is a very old technique.
The other technique is FEAR. The have used that one a point of ridiculousness. Instill mass fear and add a lot of lies. Brainwash the masses into submission.
The main stream media, helps with all of that on a massive scale. They actually had people, afraid of flushing, their bloody toilets. People were taking their pets to the vet, to have them, put down out of fear the animals might spread the so called virus and the list goes on and on. All propaganda to promote their agenda. All FEAR mongering and all lies.
Hundreds of dead fish have washed up on the shores of the Ottawa River, sparking an investigation by the province and warnings from area health officials. Go Here For Entire Story
Could some of the radioactive toxins gotten into the river, due to the flooding? They have had a couple of bad accidents. Then again it could have may other toxic things that went into the river during the flooding.
Schacherl: Canada has a dirty, big nuclear secret at Chalk River April 23, 2018
The highly radioactive debris from that 1952 accident was hastily buried onsite in sandy trenches. A second reactor accident took place in 1958, when an irradiated fuel rod caught fire, releasing 10,000 curies of radioactivity.â
Those wastes are still at Chalk River. Radioactive particles have half-lives of up to millions of years: in human terms, forever. Go Here For Entire Story
Chalk River dump removes âmost-toxicâ wastes in bid for public approval 11/08/2017
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) announced October 26 that it will withdraw the category of âintermediate-levelâ radioactive waste from its proposed above-ground Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF), one kilometre from the Ottawa River at Chalk River. Go Here For Entire Story
If you were not flooded, be sure to contact the Quebec Government and let them know. They have created quite a mess.
This should not have been implemented until there was a Public Inquiry. Some homes may have been flooded, due to Dam Mismanagement.
In Quebec and Ontario Thousands of people are calling for a Public Inquiry. Municipalities included.
Bureaucrats booed during flood-map consultation
July 8, 2019
Mistakes were made is an understatement
People were anxious about the potential fallout from the map the Quebec government released last month delineating a zone dâintervention spĂŠciale (ZIS) which, as determined by aerial photography and satellite images, had experienced flooding in 2017 and 2019. But the results did not reflect the reality, resulting in hundreds of West Island homes which had never experienced flooding being included in the ZIS. For the rest of the story Go Here
West Island residents, mayors furious over Quebecâs updated flood maps
July 4, 2019
Itâs very arbitrary,â said David Mapp, a Dorval resident.
âIt feels like they didnât respect the contour lines. Our shoreline is definitely a lot further from our house and it doesnât make any sense, really.â
Quebecâs new flood maps identify large areas of residential property as being at potential risk, creating huge ramifications for property values, insurance and rebuilding plans in those zones.
Beaconsfield asks Quebec to take them off new flood zone map
July 6, 2019
Beaconsfield mayor George Bourelle asked the province to amend the draft order to excludes his City from the ZIS, âsince no building in Beaconsfield was flooded in 2017 and 2019.â For the rest of the Story Go Here
There is more about this from the Last Post Check the comments there as well. There is also a link to the Map.
If you have any Pictures, Video or News Reports leave them in the Comment section of that Post. A Number of people have and they provided some very good information. Thank You, to all of you. Every piece of information helps.
Here are some of the News articles about the Ottawa River Flooding.
May 24, 2019
The City of Ottawa has been in a state of emergency since April 25.
City of Ottawa officials on Friday pushed for an independent investigation of the Ottawa River floods during a closed meeting of a provincial task force collecting intelligence on the bloated waterway
The reasoning behind the dry river bed. defies logic. It was not always handled that way. History from people that live there, tells a whole other story.
April 24, 2019
Is $200,000 a fair buyout price for a house in a Quebec flood zone?
âResponsibility is shared between a large number of actors,â says one flood-management expert, âbut the responsibilities are ambiguous enough that itâs very difficult to hold any one party accountable.â Go here for the rest of the Report
I was asked by someone if I could do a page just for Photos and Stories about the damages to lake Ontario, due to the flooding.
In the comments you cannot upload pictures but if you use the address from the address bar you can.
Faceblook for example if you click on the picture in a comment and new window will come up for the picture. Just copy and paste the http link, from the address bar, into the comment section below and the pictures will come up.
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Tell a bit about them.
The date the photo was taken
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If you have News stories, Videos add them as well. There are many out there. To many for the Admins to look for. All help is appreciated.
On News reports it was said because of so much snow, there was a flood. Then they add rain. Well when one lie is told ,another lie just might follow.
What is needed is a complete and honest statistics, all the way down the line. Weather wise for at least 25 years, like the statistics above. Not averages, real numbers. Averages mean nothing. Averages are just a way to manipulate the numbers. 100 people make $100 a week, averages out to the average person make $100 a week. Change that to 98 people make $100 a week and two make $10,000 a week. Boy does that change the average pay for a week. So averages mean nothing. Real numbers do.
Add to that, guess what, the snow melts every winter, It comes it goes. It snows a bit more and some melts. Every winter it does that. That is not a new thing.
When you have a full bath tub and keep adding more water it will flow over if you don’t pull the plug. They keep Lake Ontario levels to high. They don’t pull the plug in time to stop the over flow, under Plan 2014. Had they lowered the levels in the Lake maybe all the flooding along the Ottawa River might not have happened. I guess they could not pull the plug Due to Plan 2014. Can’t let go both at the same time. Those along the Ottawa River want a Public Inquiry. They want answers. There is a connection between Lake Ontario and the Ottawa River. The only change over the years is Plan 2014.
Add to that a lot of Dams are operated by a computer from Head Quarters in the Toronto area. So people in the Toronto area, run the dams ,from hundreds of miles away. This came to light in 2002 after two people were killed. Nothing like that ever happened,,when the locals ran the dam.
How many dams are run using a computer from hundreds of miles away?
A few Videos of the Ottawa River Flooding
May 2019 Westmeath
April 2019 Ottawa
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April 2019 Constance Bay
Mean while Up stream From all of that. There is about 80Km of extremely low water levels. About 6 feet low. The picture below was taken in May 2019. It had been low for some time.
There is a dam below the low level and one above.
Above that low water is a small Place called Mattawa
Everything there was fine until the dam operators decided to dump two feet of water from behind the dam a bit up river from them. They were not given much notice. So due to that they flooded. Considering down river was low the water could have been let out slower.
This is all Climate Change you understand. This is what some news agencies kept saying.
There is a video in the link below, It also talks about the 2 feet of water dumped on them.
This is about the (IJC) International Joint Commission and Plan 2014
I will attempt to provide the information necessary,, so everyone can understand, how all of this works. I will also provide News stories and Youtube videos documenting some of the flooding that has occurred.
A Picture is worth a thousand words. Their story needs to be told. Seems the International media is not reporting this.
Many smaller local medias are. To date they have been doing a great job.
There is a lot of destruction to the Eco-systems. Wild life Habitat is being destroyed. There were Environmentalist that wanted this plan. They wanted 64,000 acres of more wetland.
Bitumen spill effects unknown: draft federal government report
Bob Weber, The Canadian Press
February 2, 2015
The federal government has been trying to hide legitimate concerns about the consequences of oilsands pipelines by keeping under wraps a report on the possible environmental threats such projects pose, critics say.
“We are being sold a bill of goods by this government,” said New Democrat environment critic Megan Leslie.
“If this report has been around since 2013 and not been released, then it makes me think they must be trying to hide something.”
The unpublished report on environmental threats from oil and bitumen pipelines says little is known about the potential toxic effects of oilsands products in oceans, lakes or rivers.
“In particular, research on the toxicology of bitumen is lacking,” says the draft report, commissioned in response to concerns raised at the Northern Gateway pipeline hearings.
The document comes as Canada debates pipeline proposals for moving large amounts of diluted bitumen from Alberta’s oilsands to refineries and ports on both coasts and into the United States. It was obtained by Greenpeace under freedom-of-information legislation.
A spokesman for the department of Fisheries and Oceans said a more complete, peer-reviewed version of the report will be published in the coming months.
But Canadians need that information now, said Keith Stewart of Greenpeace. He said the fact the Harper Tories approved Northern Gateway in spite of important knowledge gaps shows a dangerous lack of caution.
“The fact they’re saying full speed ahead even though they know it’s a lot more dangerous than they’ve been letting on publicly should be a cause for concern,” he said. “It throws into question the regulatory approvals process, when they withhold this kind of information.”
An early draft of the report lays out 10 specific “knowledge gaps” about bitumen and the various substances used to dilute it when it’s pumped through pipelines.
“Very little information is available on the physical and chemical characteristics of oilsands-related products following a spill into water,” it says. “Research on the biological effects of oilsands-related products on aquatic organisms is lacking.”
“A better understanding of the fate and behaviour of these products is critical for assessing the potential risk to aquatic organisms.”
More research is needed on what happens to heavy metals in bitumen in a spill. There is a “lack of information” on how condensate — a lighter hydrocarbon used to dilute bitumen — behaves in water.
The understanding of how chemicals in bitumen would interact with fish should be improved, the report says. Specific research in different water bodies is needed.
The impact of sunlight, which can make some chemicals in bitumen vastly more harmful, is also unknown. The combined effect of bitumen and dispersants — chemical agents used to break up oil spilled in water — hasn’t been studied.
The draft finds that Orimulsion, a Venezuelan product about two-thirds bitumen and one-third water, is “highly toxic to fish” — 300 times more toxic to embryos than heavy fuel oil.
The 61-page draft includes 14 pages of references to peer-reviewed academic studies as well as government and industry publications. They date from 1976 to 2013 and include articles from a wide variety of scientific journals.
The government spokesman said funding has already been provided for five research projects on possible bitumen effects on fish and shellfish.
One new federal report, released Jan. 14, echoes many of the concerns from the unreleased review. It concluded little can be said about how bitumen changes as it weathers, how it interacts with sediments or whether it would float or sink.
“Research regarding how bitumen products will further biodegrade in the environment is insufficient,” it concludes. Source
July 25, 2010 The pipeline carries diluted bitumen (dilbit), a heavy crude oil from Canada’s Athabasca oil sands to the United States. They estimated the spill to be in excess of 1 million US gallons. For more details go to the Source
A new report by Canada’s veterans watchdog says nearly half of the country’s most severely disabled ex-soldiers are not receiving a government allowance intended to compensate them for their physical and mental wounds.
Veterans ombudsman Guy Parent also concluded that those who are receiving the permanent impairment allowance, along with a recently introduced supplement, are only awarded the lowest grade of the benefit.
The criteria used by federal bureaucrats to evaluate disability do not match the intent of the allowance, and the guidelines are too restrictive, the report said.
It doesn’t make sense to set aside cash to deal with a problem and then not spend it, Parent said. “You can flood programs with money, but of you don’t broaden the access, then you haven’t accomplished anything.”
It’s a pattern with the current government, he said, noting how the Conservatives poured funding into the burial program for impoverished ex-soldiers in 2013, but took a year to ease the eligibility criteria so people could actually qualify.
“The evidence presented in the report clearly demonstrates that many severely impaired veterans are either not receiving these benefits or may be receiving them at a grade level that is too low,” the ombudsman said.
“This is unfair and needs to be corrected.”
Investigators could find no evidence that Veterans Affairs adjudicators consider the effect of an enduring injury on an individual’s long-term employment and career prospects, he added.
Findings under review
In a statement, Veteran Affairs Minister Julian Fantino said the findings of the ombudsman’s latest report will be considered as the government prepares its response to a Commons committee review, which has recommended a series of improvements to the legislation governing veterans benefits.
“I have asked officials at Veterans Affairs to ensure that they consider the recommendations found in the veterans ombudsman’s PIA report as well as consult his office in the development of solutions to improve the New Veterans Charter,” Fantino said.
In defending itself against criticism that veterans are being short-changed, the Harper government has been quick to point to the allowance and the supplement as a sign of its generosity.
Fantino told a House of Commons committee last spring that some permanently disabled soldiers receive more than $10,000 per month, but figures from his own department show that only four individuals in the entire country receive that much.
The department went a step further and released a chart at the end of July that shows the maximum benefits soldiers of different ranks could qualify for under existing legislation â a “misleading” display that could raise “false expectations” among veterans, Parent said.
The latest report also noted that when a veteran dies, the spouse automatically loses the allowance, creating financial hardship for the family. Under the old Pension Act system, the widow or widower continued to receive support.
The permanent impairment allowance is a taxable benefit awarded to disabled soldiers in three grade levels as compensation for lost future earnings. The Harper government introduced a supplement to the allowance in 2011.
In some respects, that supplement contributed to a dramatic increase in the number of applications.
According to figures released by Veterans Affairs in June, some 521 ex-soldiers are deemed to be the most critically injured, but the vast majority of them â 92 per cent â receive the lowest grade of allowance support.
The ombudsman’s report estimates Canada has a total of 1,911 severely wounded soldiers, 924 of whom receive no allowance at all.
Ron Cundell, of the web site VeteranVoice.info, said the latest review doesn’t tell ex-soldiers anything they don’t know already.
“It’s a shame,” Cundell said. “The (office of the veterans ombudsman) reports are proving what the veteran community has known for a long time. Veterans Affairs is not treating veterans fairly.”
One of the best comments.
This also applies to most countries not just Canada.
Strange world this western world, give a man a helmet and a rifle, send him to a strange country, feed him some army rations, pay him as little as possible, send him home and try to forget about him, healthy or wounded.
Give a man a helmet and a football, fly him all over your own country, put him up in luxury hotels, feed him steaks and champagne, pay him more then his agent asks for, put his name and picture on the front pages of everything from magazines to breakfast cereal box, if he gets hurt provide him with his own private doctor and full staff, retire him in a mansion with full compensation and staff and talk about him for years at every sports program.
Seems Harper has followed what the US does to it’s Veterans. As little as possible or nothing.
More times then not these young men and women are sent to wars that are fabricated so weapons manufactures, banks, oil companies etc make profit.
ISIS in Syria are freedom fighters, but in Iraq they are the bad guys.
John McCain happens to be friends of those ISIS terrorists.
Easter Ukrainians also held a Referendum, as they also did not want to part of the so called new US/EU controlled Ukraine and now they are being slaughtered. NATO countries are supporting this slaughter. This is beyond imagination, but true.
Two missing Amish sisters turned up safe Thursday evening, about 24 hours after they were apparently abducted from their family’s roadside farm stand in northern New York, authorities said.
St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain said the girls turned up cold and wet but unharmed at a home in Richville, about 20 kilometres from where they disappeared in the rural town of Oswegatchie.
The girls were dropped off and knocked on the door, asking for help getting home. A neighbour who visited the Miller family after hearing word of the girls’ return said she spoke with one of their brothers, who said they were well and being checked out.
There were no details immediately available on what happened to the girls or if there are suspects in their disappearance.
Police say girls disappeared from roadside stand in Oswegatchie, NY., 190 km south of Ottawa
Aug 14, 2014
Searchers scoured a patch of far northern New York on Thursday for two Amish girls who were apparently abducted from their family’s roadside farm stand, a hunt hampered by the lack of photos of the girls for authorities to circulate among a frightened community.
The sisters, 7-year-old Delila Miller and 12-year-old Fannie Miller, vanished around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after a white car pulled up to the farm stand near Oswegatchie, a community of about 4,000 people that’s 190 kilometres south of Ottawa and 240 kilometres northwest of the capital, Albany.
Both were wearing dark blue dresses with blue aprons and black bonnets.
The poster for the missing girls indicates Fannie Miller is cross-eyed, while Delila Miller has a round scar on her forehead and she is missing her front teeth. Both girls have brown hair and brown eyes.
Because the Amish tend to shun modern technology, police have no photographs of the girls.
He also noted that English isn’t the girls’ first language and that anyone who talks with them may notice a Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.
The vehicle has been described as a small, white, four-door sedan.
Girls could be in Canada
Divers plumbed the nearby St. Lawrence River to rule out the possibility the girls were in the water, Wells said at an afternoon news briefing.
Helicopters and search teams on foot tried to make sure they weren’t near the family home, and investigators were talking with nearby registered sex offenders.
“We will aggressively pursue this case as a worst-case scenario,” Wells said. Authorities are pursuing “numerous leads,” he said.
Ottawa police and Ontario Provincial Police said they have received the Amber Alert. An OPP spokesman said the girls could have been kidnapped and taken into Canada.
The girls are among the youngest of Mose and Barb Miller’s 13 children, who range in age from one to 21 years, neighbour Dot Simmons said.
The girls routinely took on the chore of selling the fruits, vegetables, jams and other products of the farm, Simmons said. On Wednesday, the entire family had gone to the barn as usual for evening milking.
But, Simmons said, “The girls were always on watch if someone stopped to buy vegetables.”
When the family noticed the girls hadn’t returned, they quickly checked the cornfield, she said, knowing it was unlikely they would have wandered off. That’s when police were notified, and an Amber Alert was sent out.
This is not a photo of either Fannie Miller or Delila Miller, but rather what they were wearing when the sisters disappeared on Aug. 13, 2014. (Photo courtesy of National Center for Missing & Exploited Children)
There is also a map of where the girls were from.
We must recognize the atrocities being committed in Gaza as Genocide. Â Article 2 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide is clear:
âIn the present Convention, genocide means any [emphasis added]of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part [emphasis added], a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.â
There is little argument and ample evidence that Israelâs actions against the people of Gaza in particular, and Palestine as whole, constitute the term genocide. Israelâs onslaught on Gaza over the years and the indiscriminate killings (Article 2a) and the terrorization of children, the young and the old (mental harm) with the constant bombardment, bulldozers, and drones (Article 2b), the media has been apt at hiding the horrific effects of the blockade â the deliberate infliction of condition of life calculated to bring about physical destruction in whole or in part (Article 2c).
According to Article 3 of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, persons committing genocide or complicity in genocide shall be punished âwhether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.â
Sir, at every turn, genocide has been ignored only to be acknowledged after the fact.  As Secretary General of the United Nations, you are obliged to put a stop to the ongoing genocide and punish the perpetrators. If the call to duty, the voice of conscience, and the voices of the signatories to this petition is not heeded, then it is incumbent upon you to resign from your post.
“When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.”
Go HEREto sign the Petition to Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Then we also have this one directed at the US
With the toll in Gaza surpassing 1,500 deaths, 8,200 wounded, and 180,300 civilians displaced, we are devastated– but more determined than ever to keep pressure on the US to end its unconditional support for Israel.Â
How can the US purport to be a fair mediator when we are sending billions of dollars worth of weapons to one side of the conflict? A report by Amnesty International shows that just between January and May of this year, the US has sent $62 million worth of munitions to Israel, including nearly $27 million for ârocket launchersâ, $9.3 million in âparts of guided missilesâ and nearly $762,000 for âbombs, grenades and munitions of warâ.Â
This is atrocious. We should be using that money for diplomacy and rebuilding the lives of Palestinians that have been shattered from decades of violence. The people of Gaza are in desperate need of clean water, healthcare, food, building materials for their homes, and other basic necessities. But unless the blockade of Gaza is lifted, access to these crucial items will continue to be restricted by Israel. Â You can help bymaking a direct donation to Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) today.
âThere isnât a single family in Gaza which hasnât been touched by direct loss,â said Pernille Ironside, the head of the Unicef office in Gaza. âThe impact that has on the ability of children to cope cannot be overstated.â
Anyone who supports Genocide/War Crimes should never be a leader or any part of any government of any country. They are criminals. The worse kind. Mass Murder is a crime.
Let’s do a thought experiment and imagine that the Arabs had gotten the better of the Israelis in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and after years of conflict, all that was left of Israel was the Gaza strip. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39348.htm
Unity between Fatah and Hamas is currently stronger than it has been for many years. As Elders, we believe this is one of the most encouraging developments in recent years and welcome it warmly. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39352.htm
Israel Flagged as Top Spy Threat to U.S. – Snowden/NSA Document
Lest we all forget this was done to an innocent child.
So as a reminder of just how low anyone can go this is the lowest.
Not one main stream media would touch this story.
Hundreds of us asked. Why was it, they would not respond to a unscrupulous thing like this?
So in the end we bloggers got the word out.
So in your wanderings if you see another child being used for this purpose take screen shots share with like minded people so you have loads of witnesses and after a week or two be sure to get the word out one way or the other.
Man from Newfoundland wants Prime Minister Charged for Advocating Genocide against The Palestinians! Makes one proud to be a Canadian!! âLose our reputationâ City man wants prime minister charged with advocating for genocide Andrew Abbass didnât quite know what to expect when he walked in the Royal Newfoundland Constabularyâs Corner Brook headquarters on Monday morning. Abbass was there to file a complaint. Nothing unusual there for the police force, but the focus of his complaint was a little out of the ordinary. Abbass is seeking to have Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird charged with advocating for genocide. âThey accepted it and filed the case,â he said shortly after leaving the RNC. His complaint, which also alleges creation and dissemination of propaganda, breach of public trust and uttering threats, stem from comments Harper and Baird have made about the ongoing Israeli conflict. âIn painting Hamas and the people of Gaza as a terrorist organization theyâre basically sanctioning the killing of civilians,â said Abbass. Heâs put together a document that outlines the reasons for the requested charges that can be found via a link in an online petition athttp://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/rcmp-arrestharperandbaird4hatespeech-under-criminalcodesections318and319? – See more at: http://www.thetorontopost.net/2014/07/man-from-newfoundland-wants-prime.html#sthash.DxPMyc5I.dpuf
Newfoundland Man Wants Prime Minister Charged For Advocating Genocide Against Palestinians! Makes One Proud To Be A Canadian!
Yes, the cruel and inhuman attacks by the psychotic Israelis continues against the innocent people of Gaza. As of this point, the reported number of innocent people that have been murdered by these monsters now exceeds the number that were killed in Operation Cast Lead some 4 years ago. Now with the psychotic and insane Israeli leadership saying they will “escalate” the brutal assault on Gaza, the number of dead will increase significantly…. We are indeed watching the possible extermination of some 1.8 million people in what is properly called the largest open air concentration camp that has ever existed!What has truly disgusted me over the last few weeks has been how the insane Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, and his equally psychotic Foreign Minister, John Baird, were some of the first suck ups around the world to show their allegiance to the criminal state of Israel by supporting this onslaught against Gaza right from its launch….It has been shocking to watch as these two criminals and in fact the entire Federal Government here in Canada has given its undying support for genocide against a very innocent people… It has made me disgusted to call myself a Canadian…
But luckily there are other Canadians out there that are not blinded by the lies of our government or our own Jew spew media…. For according to this article, from the Toronto Post online news service, at http://www.torontopost.net, it appears that a brave and honest man from Newfoundland has launched a petition, and filed charges against the criminal Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, for his advocating genocide against the Palestinian people.   I want to present the link to that article and the online petition that EVERYONE can sign, especially those living here in Canada, right here, and I do have my usual thoughts and comments to follow:
NTS Notes:Â This act of courage by Andrew Abbass does truly warm my own heart and shows that not all Canadians are fooled by the lies that we are indeed subjected to about the Gaza Strip.
It is so shocking that these two criminals, Baird and Harper, continue to parrot their full support for Israel, considering that the lame excuse for Israel’s slaughter of innocent people, namely the “3 Israeli youths” that the Israelis have falsely claimed to have been murdered by Hamas has fallen apart. All the evidence now shows that Hamas had NOTHING to do with these deaths, and I am again smelling a rat and again am stating that these “murders” were conducted by the Israeli Mossad itself to anger the Israelis to the point that they would support their government’s genocidal attack on innocent people. I know for a fact that Harper and his homosexual Foreign Minister, Baird, are well aware of the new evidence, and yet these two monsters are still supporting cold blooded murder?
I do want everyone from around the world, and especially ALL Canadians that see this article to sign this important petition.. I again will present the link to that petition rightHERE  The peoples’ voices must be heard and the people of Gaza do indeed need our support…
People residing in the besieged Gaza Strip are facing a crippling humanitarian crisis due to Israelâs merciless strikes on the blockaded enclave, Press TV reports.
According to the report, the blockaded area is now facing a life-threatening situation due to lack of crucial supplies including food, fuel, medicine and medical equipment.
âWe are standing here for hours now for bread. We lost our homes and are staying with our relatives. This queue is endless,â a Gazan woman told Press TV.
Life is getting harder for Palestinians not only because of the recent offensive but also due to the ongoing crippling siege there.
âWe have been here for more than six hours now just searching for food. It’s just not available. Neither is fuel, electricity or water,â a Gazan man said.
Despite having a fertile soil, Gazan farmers cannot access their farms, resulting in the shortage of fruits and vegetables. Moreover, there are concerns over the availability of other goods like flour due to the Israeli siege.
âThere is no availability of goods in the market. Farmers can’t go to their farms and harvest fruits and vegetables because they fear they may get attacked,â another Gazan man said.
Israeli warplanes have been pounding numerous sites in the Gaza Strip since July 8, demolishing houses and burying families under the rubble. Israeli forces also began a ground offensive against the impoverished Palestinian land on July 17.
So far, more than 1,364 people have been killed and thousands others injured by the Israeli regimeâs offensive against the coastal sliver despite pressure from the international community.
Gaza has been blockaded by the Israeli regime since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standards of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.8 million people in Gaza their basic rights. Source
Inuit go hungry more than any other indigenous group: report
A Nunavut family’s annual groceries cost $19,760, but half of Inuit adults earn less than $20,000
March 27, 2014
A new study released Thursday says people in Nunavut have the highest food insecurity rate for any indigenous population in a developed country at 68 per cent.
A new study released Thursday highlights the fact that people in Nunavut have the highest food insecurity rate for any indigenous population in a developed country at 68 per cent.
The report by the Council of Canadian Academies says 35 per cent of Inuit households in Nunavut do not have enough to eat. It also says 76 per cent of Inuit preschoolers skip meals, while 60 per cent have gone a day without eating.
The report does not present any new data or make any recommendations. Its authors say they hope their document will help develop priorities for the North and âdirect northern food security research to priority areas.â
None of this comes as a surprise to Northerners. The alarming data on Inuit child hunger in Nunavut was first published in 2010 following the 2007-2008 Inuit Child Health Survey.
‘Folks in the South, I hope they’re shocked and I hope they’re embarrassed.’- David Natcher.
“That’s the same as it’s always been here,” said Rus Blanchet, who works at the Iqaluit soup kitchen. “Food is more expensive here. There’s nothing anyone can do about that. They have to ship it in by plane and boat.”
The report says the average cost of groceries for a family of four in Nunavut is $19,760 per year while almost half of Inuit adults earn less than $20,000 annually.
David Natcher, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan, contributed to the report.
“For the folks up north, I think they’re going to say ‘Yeah, I’m glad you recognize this,'” he said. “For the folks in the South, I hope they’re shocked and I hope they’re embarrassed.”
Natcher says Canada has the resources and capacity to improve food security in the North.
“The conditions in Nunavut in particular are in many ways dire. We have the resources. We have the capacity to address these issues and we can resolve food insecurity for Northern and Inuit communities.”
The World Health Organization defines food security as existing “when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.â
The Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey, 2007-2009, found that 70 per cent of Inuit preschoolers don’t know when they’ll get their next meal. (Aboriginal Food Security in Northern Canada: An Assessment of the State of Knowledge) For more information go to the source. Source
Angela Mulholland, CTVNews.ca Staff
December 19, 2013
The death of New Brunswick teen Ashley Smith at a federal prison in Kitchener, Ont., has been ruled a homicide by the jury at a coroner’s inquest.
The verdict came down Thursday after jury members at the inquest listened to nearly 11 months of testimony from prison guards, psychiatrists and Smith’s own family about the teenâs final year of life in prison before her death in October 2007.
Though homicide verdicts at coroner’s inquests are neutral findings not determining liability, it is an indication that Smith’s death was neither a simple suicide nor an accidental death, but rather other persons contributed to her death.
Surveillance videos show Ashley Smith repeatedly tranquilized against her will, and at one point being threatened with having her face duct-taped.
Along with their ruling of homicide, the five-member jury released several recommendations for preventing future similar incidents, including that Smith’s story be used a case study for front-line workers of the Correctional Service of Canada.
They also recommended that all female inmates be accessed by a psychologist within 72 hours of admission to any penitentiary or treatment facility, to assess any mental health issues
Smith, 19, choked herself to death in her cell at the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, Ont., six years ago using a cloth strip. Guards who videotaped her death testified that they did not intervene in time to save Smith’s life because they were under strict orders from prison management not to enter her cell.
For almost a full year, the jury listened to thousands of hours of testimony and reviewed hundreds of exhibits as they heard about the teen’s treatment while in federal custody.
They watched several shocking videos, including images of a hooded Smith being duct-taped to her airplane seat, guards in riot gear restraining and pepper-spraying her and injecting her with sedatives against her will, and finally, the video of Smith turning blue and dying on the concrete floor of her segregation cell after strangling herself.
The videos also helped reveal how ill-equipped prison staff were in coping with Smith, who had a long history or self-harm and appeared to suffer from severe borderline personality disorder
The videos became key to the inquest, although it took several years of in-fighting to get them released.
The Correctional Service of Canada, along with the Grand Valley Institution, fought for years to keep the videos out of public view, while the Smith family insisted the images were crucial to the inquiry.
Presiding coroner Dr. John Carlisle eventually ordered the videos be screened.
Smith was first incarcerated at age 15 after she was given a 90-day sentence for throwing crab apples at a postal carrier, but a number of escalating in-custody incidents kept her behind bars until her death. In the 11 months leading up to her death, Smith was transferred 17 times between nine different federal institutions.
The inquest heard several bits of stunning evidence, including that the Grand Valley warden and deputy demanded that reports into incidents involving Smith be falsified, in order to play down the amount of force that was used against her. Source
Teen choked to death in prison cell at Grand Valley Institution in 2007
CBC News Posted: Dec 19, 2013
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) failed her.
Within 72 hours of admission to a federal institution, all female inmates be assessed by a psychologist to determine whether self-injurious behaviour exists.
Female inmates receive support from female psychologists and support workers.
The CSCÂ ensure nursing services are available on site for inmates at all times.
There be adequate staffing of qualified mental health staff at every women’s institution.
The CSC expand the scope and terms of psychiatrists’ contracts to enable them to perform duties in a meaningful way.
A federally operated treatment facility for high-needs, high-risk women be created.
An Ontario coroner’s jury in Toronto has ruled the self-inflicted choking death of Ashley Smith in her segregated prison cell was a homicide.
âSmith, 19, originally from Moncton, N.B., was imprisoned at the Grand Valley Institution in Kitchener, Ont., when she died in 2007.
She had tied a piece of cloth around her neck while guards stood outside her cell door and watched. They had been ordered by senior staff not to enter her cell as long as she was breathing.
Presiding coroner Dr. John Carlisle read the jury’s findings Thursday afternoon, concluding, “May she rest in peace, and may God bless her memory.”
The five-woman jury made dozens of recommendations after hearing evidence from more than 80 witnesses in almost 11 months of testimony.
Among the recommendations was that there be no requirement for staff to seek authorization prior to intervening in crisis situations.â
The recommendations include:
Smith’s death be used as a case study to demonstrate how health care and the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) failed her.
Within 72 hours of admission to a federal institution, all female inmates be assessed by a psychologist to determine whether self-injurious behaviour exists.
Female inmates receive support from female psychologists and support workers.
The CSCÂ ensure nursing services are available on site for inmates at all times.
There be adequate staffing of qualified mental health staff at every women’s institution.
The CSC expand the scope and terms of psychiatrists’ contracts to enable them to perform duties in a meaningful way.
A federally operated treatment facility for high-needs, high-risk women be created.
Decisions about clinical management of inmates be made by doctors, not CSC staff.
Inmates must have access to an independent patient advocate system
Indefinite solitary confinement for prisoners be abolished.
Until indefinite solitary confinement is abolished with CSC, its use must be restricted to no more than 360 hours.
Meetings between prisoners and support staff should not happen through food slots (something that happened frequently with Smith.)
Prison staff be allowed to refuse orders without fear of reprisal.
Prison staff at all levels be personally responsible for everyone’s right to life.
Female inmates be accommodated in regions closest to family and supports.
Hoped for homicide verdict
Smith’s mother, Cora-Lee Smith, was not in Toronto for the reading of the verdict.
However, Julian Falconer, lawyer for the Smith family, said the verdict was “a clear statement that those in charge caused Ashley’s death.”
Falconer said they will call on authorities to reopen the criminal investigation into who issued the order not to go into Smith’s cell.
“They are a law unto themselves. The leadership is terribly tainted. You have to lop the head off correctional service and start over. And the auditor general has a job to do. We expect him to do it,” he said.
Kim Pate, executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies â a group that works with female inmates â had hoped the jury would return a verdict of homicide.
“Many staff members have reported that she did advise them that she knew what she was doing was dangerous, but she also knew it was their job to save her,â said Pate.
âSo it is very clear that a combination of the order not to intervene that was sanctioned, seemingly right up to national headquarters of Correctional Services Canada, combined with the impact that had on staff, is really a major contributor to her death.”
Homicide is defined as the killing of a human being due to the act or omission of another.
Pate said a homicide verdict would not mean any criminal or civil responsibility, but would only categorize Smith’s death.
Meanwhile, Steven Blaney, federal minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, said in a statement, “My thoughts and prayers go out to Ms. Smith’s family. Iâve asked my officials to review carefully the juryâs recommendations.”
In the last year of Smith’s life, the mentally troubled teenager was shuffled 17 times between nine institutions in five provinces. Source
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RCMP are warning the public about an internet scam that has resurfaced in the Lake Louise area.
The “scareware” scam involves a virus that is picked up while victims are surfing the internet. The victim’s computer is then locked onto a screen telling the user that Canadian law has been violated.
Victims are told to pay a fine of $150 using an electronic payment system to unlock their computers.
Sgt. Jeff Campbell said a local resident came to the Lake Louise detachment early Saturday morning to report the problem. The victim had been downloading music when the malware locked the computer screen.
Campbell says file sharing web sites are often sources of malware.
The scammers use sophisticated graphics, including the RCMP logo, to make the site look official.
Police say if you have been locked out of your computer, it’s an indicator that your system may be infected with malware and you will need to take steps to address the problem. Sgt. Campbell says it may be possible to make the computer temporarily functional by restoring system settings.
Tips from the RCMP to protect yourself
Never click on a pop-up that claims your computer has a virus
Update your anti-virus software often and scan your computer for viruses regularly
Don’t click on links or attachments in e-mails sent to you by someone you don’t know or that seem suspicious
Turn on your browser’s pop-up blocking feature
Never download anti-virus software from a pop-up or link sent in an e-mail
If you have received a scareware message, please contact your local police office online and the Canadian Anti Fraud Centre (1-888-495-8501) to report it. Source Â
This type of thing could be implemented world wide. Be sure to share with your friends so they do not get scammed.
The link below is part 1 It cover much of what happened from the beginning of this disaster. I thought it best to start a new post as the other was so long.
There is a total of 47 missing. They are still looking for the remains of 5 who died.
Lawsuit filed in U.S. court over Quebec rail disaster first of many, says lawyer
By Andy Blatchford, The Canadian Press July 23, 2013Â
MONTREAL — Victims of the Quebec railway disaster have launched further legal action against companies linked to the derailment that obliterated their town — and one lawyer insists the multimillion-dollar cascade has only begun.
The family of a Lac-Megantic man killed in the fiery crash filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Monday in a U.S. court against rail and petroleum firms connected to the oil-filled tankers that slammed into the town.
Their lawyer, Peter Flowers, told The Canadian Press he expects to present many additional, individual lawsuits like this one before the end of the week.
“We expect 15 to 20 at least over the next couple of days,” Flowers, of Chicago-based Meyers & Flowers, said in a phone interview Tuesday.
“We’ll be asking for millions of dollars for every one of these folks.”
Word of the looming lawsuits surfaced as Lac-Megantic’s mayor announced Tuesday that her municipality has threatened to sue the railway operator at the centre of the derailment — Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Inc. — for $4 million.
Colette Roy-Laroche alleges that MMA has failed to cover the costs of the post-disaster cleanup, forcing the town to write the cheques itself.
Companies connected to the derailment may also face another hurdle in the future: a motion presented last week in a Quebec court seeking permission to file a class-action lawsuit over the crash.
The derailment in the town of 6,000 set off several massive blasts, wiped out part of the downtown core and is presumed to have killed 47 people.
On Wednesday alone, Flowers expects to set in motion as many as five additional wrongful-death lawsuits at the Cook County courthouse in Illinois.
His first suit, launched Monday, was initiated by the family of Jean-Guy Veilleux, who was killed in the runaway-train disaster. The Quebec coroner’s office publicly identified Veilleux, 32, on Tuesday as one of the victims.
Plaintiff Annick Roy is seeking damages from 10 defendants, including MMA, its major stockholder Rail World Inc., top rail executive Edward Burkhardt and several American petroleum companies. Roy is identified as the administrator of Veilleux’s estate as well as the guardian of the estate belonging to their daughter, who is a minor.
“On July 6, 2013, plaintiff’s decedent Jean-Guy Veilleux was present in downtown Lac-Megantic near the site of the derailment and was consumed by the fire and explosion,” reads the court document, filed in the Cook County courthouse.
The suit pegs the overall damages sought at more than $200,000, but Flowers maintains this is just a base amount and insists the eventual target sum will be far higher.
“All I can say is it will be millions of dollars,” he said. “This is a horrible tragedy.”
Calls placed Tuesday to most of the defendants listed in the lawsuit were not immediately returned.
The suit, which calls for a trial by jury, alleges that the railway and petroleum companies named had a duty to operate their businesses in a “safe manner and to take reasonable measures to avoid exposing the public to the dangers associated with the transport of crude oil to refineries.”
Roy also alleges in the suit that the defendants were negligent for transporting crude oil in the flawed DOT-111 tanker cars, which have been known to rupture during derailments. The document highlights how there has been a considerable increase in oil-by-rail transport in recent years.
Flaws in the DOT-111 tanker have been noted as far back as a 1991 safety study.
“There’s been problems with these tankers and how they protect what’s inside of them — for years,” Flowers said.
“There’s been demands made for years that these companies redesign these tankers to make them safe and they haven’t done that and, as a result of that, I think they are absolutely involved in the responsibility for what happened here.”
Other defendants named in the lawsuit include firms in the U.S. petroleum industry: World Fuel Services Corp., Western Petroleum Company, Petroleum Transport Solutions, Dakota Plains Transloading, Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, Dakota Plains Marketing and DPSTS.
Burkhardt, president of Illinois-based Rail World and chairman of MMA, was the only individual listed in the suit.
The document notes Burkhardt’s work as president, CEO and chairman of Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation. It alleges that the company reduced crew sizes under his leadership as a means to cut costs — a measure that also allegedly increased the accident rate.
The lawsuit mentions how Wisconsin Central was involved in a 1996 fuel-filled tanker derailment in Weyauwega, Wis., while Burkhardt was at the head of the company. The subsequent explosions from the crash forced more than 1,700 people from their homes.
The document also cites a 2009 derailment of tankers filled with highly flammable ethanol in Cherry Valley, Ill., a crash that involved a different company.
In 2011, the family affected by the Cherry Valley derailment received a $36.2-million settlement from Canadian National Railway. One member of the family was killed, another lost her baby and two others suffered burns in the incident.
Flowers said the Cherry Valley agreement, part of which was reached before trial, is “representative of what is considered fair and reasonable in the United States for things like this that happen.”
Back in Lac-Megantic, the mayor said MMA has not yet paid any of the workers it hired to clean up the crude oil that leaked from the dozens of tanker cars.
Roy-Laroche said the town has had to pay MMA’s suppliers $4 million after some workers threatened to walk off the job.
She urged the company to start assuming its responsibilities.
‘It strikes me it’s not asking a lot, given the circumstances,” she said.
“We’re asking MMA to behave like a proper corporate citizen.”
Paul McCartney paid tribute to victims of the Lac-Megantic tragedy Tuesday night, offering free concert tickets and dedicating a song to survivors at a concert.
Luci Tremblay said 1,000 tickets had been set aside for Lac-Megantic residents, with about 900 taking up the offer. About 10 buses were also donated in the Lac-Megantic area to bring them to the show.
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The promoter also collected $65,000 in donations at a Bruno Mars concert on July 8, and set that to the town to help out. For the rest of the story go HERE
The Canadian Transportation Agency announced late Friday that it would extend MM&Aâs certificate of operation until Oct. 1. A decision earlier in the week to suspend its right to operate was reversed because the federal regulator determined that the railway had sufficient liability insurance to operate in the short-term. For the entire story go HERE
Hungry Canadian aboriginal children were used in government experiments during 1940s, researcher says
New historical research says hungry aboriginal children and adults were once used as unwitting subjects in nutritional experiments by the Canadian government.
By: Andrew Livingstone News reporter, Bob Weber The Canadian Press,
July 16 2013
Aboriginal children were deliberately starved in the 1940s and â50s by government researchers in the name of science.
Milk rations were halved for years at residential schools across the country.
Essential vitamins were kept from people who needed them.
Dental services were withheld because gum health was a measuring tool for scientists and dental care would distort research.
For over a decade, aboriginal children and adults were unknowingly subjected to nutritional experiments by Canadian government bureaucrats.
This disturbing look into government policy toward aboriginals after World War II comes to light in recently published historical research.
When Canadian researchers went to a number of northern Manitoba reserves in 1942 they found rampant malnourishment. But instead of recommending increased federal support to improve the health of hundreds of aboriginals suffering from a collapsing fur trade and already limited government aid, they decided against it. Nutritionally deprived aboriginals would be the perfect test subjects, researchers thought.
The details come from Ian Mosby, a post-doctorate at the University of Guelph, whose research focused on one of the most horrific aspects of government policy toward aboriginals during a time when rules for research on humans were just being adopted by the scientific community.
Researching the development of health policy for a different research project, Mosby uncovered âvague references to studies conducted on âIndiansâ â and began to investigate.
Government documents eventually revealed a long-standing, government-run experiment that came to span the entire country and involved at least 1,300 aboriginals, most of them children.
These experiments arenât surprising to Justice Murray Sinclair, chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The commission became aware of the experiments during their collection of documents relating to the treatment and abuse of native children at residential schools across Canada from the 1870s to the 1990s.
Itâs a disturbing piece of research, he said, and the experiments are entrenched with the racism of the time.
âThis discovery, itâs indicative of the attitude toward aboriginals,â Sinclair said. âThey thought aboriginals shouldnât be consulted and their consent shouldnât be asked for. They looked at it as a right to do what they wanted then.â
In the research paper, published in May, Mosby wrote, âthe experiment seems to have been driven, at least in part, by the nutrition expertsâ desire to test their theories on a ready-made âlaboratoryâ populated with already malnourished human experimental subjects.â
Researchers visited The Pas and Norway House in northern Manitoba in 1942 and found a demoralized population marked by, in their words, âshiftlessness, indolence, improvidence and inertia.â
They decided that isolated, dependent, hungry people would be ideal subjects for tests on the effects of different diets.
âIn the 1940s, there were a lot of questions about what are human requirements for vitamins,â Mosby said. âMalnourished aboriginal people became viewed as possible means of testing these theories.â
These experiments are âabhorrent and completely unacceptable,â said Andrea Richer, spokesperson for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt.
The first experiment began in 1942 on 300 Norway House Cree. Of that group, 125 were selected to receive vitamin supplements, which were withheld from the rest.
At the time, researchers calculated the local people were living on less than 1,500 calories a day. Normal, healthy adults generally require at least 2,000.
In 1947, plans were developed for research on about 1,000 hungry aboriginal children in six residential schools in Port Alberni, B.C., Kenora, Ont., Schubenacadie, N.S., and Lethbridge, Alta.
One school for two years deliberately held milk rations to less than half the recommended amount to get a âbaselineâ reading for when the allowance was increased. At another school, children were divided into one group that received vitamin, iron and iodine supplements and one that didnât.
One school depressed levels of vitamin B1 to create another baseline before levels were boosted.
And, so that all the results could be properly measured, one school was allowed none of those supplements.
The experiments, repugnant today, would probably have been considered ethically dubious even at the time, said Mosby.
âI think they really did think they were helping people. Whether they thought they were helping the people that were actually involved in the studies â thatâs a different question. Source
Aboriginal Canadians were not only subjected to nutritional experiments by the federal government in the 1940s and 1950s but were also used as medical test subjects, says the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
In an interview with CBC Radio’s All Points West on Tuesday, Justice Murray Sinclair told host Jo-Ann Roberts that commission staff has “seen the documents that relate to the experiments that were conducted in residential schools.”
Other documents related to experimentation in aboriginal communities outside of residential schools have not yet been obtained, Sinclair said.
“We do know that there were research initiatives that were conducted with regard to medicines that were used ultimately to treat the Canadian population. Some of those medicines were tested in aboriginal communities and residential schools before they were utilized publicly.”
Sinclair said some of those medicines developed were then withheld from the same aboriginal children they were originally tested on.
“Some of those medicines which we know were able to work in the general population, we also have discovered were withheld from children in residential schools, and we’re trying to find the documents which explain that too,” Sinclair said.
CBC News has not seen the documents in the possession of the commission.
Recent revelations that the Canadian government used at least 1,300 aboriginal children attending residential schools in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia as test subjects have prompted further calls from aboriginal groups to pressure the federal government to turn over all archival documents related to residential schools.
“Our government recognizes that the relationship between Canada and First Nations has helped shape the country we know today,” Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt’s director of communications Jason MacDonald said Wednesday in a statement.
“While we cannot undo the past, we can learn from it and ensure that those dark chapters are not repeated.”
MacDonald said that is why the Conservative government apologized for the residential school policy and “that is why we continue to focus on the work of reconciliation, on improving living conditions for First Nations, and on creating economic opportunities for First Nation communities.”
The commission, according to Sinclair, is in possession of the documents used by historian Ian Mosby to show that the Canadian government conducted nutritional experiments on malnourished aboriginal children and adults attending residential schools during and after the Second World War.
However, the commission has not been able to obtain documents “related to experimentation that went on in aboriginal communities outside of the residential school setting.”
“We haven’t seen those documents,” the chair of the commission told CBC News.
Valcourt’s office has said they have turned over 900 documents related to this to the work by the commission.
Ottawa ordered to provide all documents
In January,an Ontario Court ordered the Canadian government to turn over all residential school archival documents to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and while the federal government has expressed a willingness to comply, Sinclair said “we haven’t seen the documents start to flow yet.”
The worry now, said Sinclair, is that even with the best of intentions Ottawa may not have the resources to provide all these archival documents in a timely manner.
“It’s a question of capacity and whether they have sufficient resources and time to be able to get them to us before our mandate as a commission expires on July 1, 2014.”
Sinclair said that if the federal government is unable to turn over all of the documents from Library and Archives Canada before the commission’s mandate expires next summer, the commission may have to turn to the courts once more.
Many of the documents are said to reside with departments outside of Aboriginal Affairs, such as the Health Department.
But a final report without all the documents would not be a “truthful” report, according to Sinclair.
“The report itself, in our view, only complies with the mandate if we are able to write a full and complete history of residential schools and in order to do that, we need those documents,” the chair of the commission told CBC News.
The residential schools system, which ran from the 1870s until the 1990s, removed about 150,000 aboriginal children from their families and sent them to church-run schools under a deliberate policy of “civilizing” First Nations.
Many students were physically, mentally and sexually abused. Some committed suicide. Mortality rates reached 50 per cent at some schools.
In the 1990s, thousands of victims sued the churches that ran the schools and the Canadian government.
The $1.9-billion settlement of that suit in 2007 prompted an apology from Prime Minister Stephen Harper followed by the creation of the commission in 2008. Source
August 19 2013 Update
80 per cent of Kenora residential school students had TB
Newly released archival documents show alarming rate of deadly disease
They still have to be very careful. Oil has spilled into the sewer systems etc. and could be ignited if they are not cautious. Recovery of some will take some time due to this problem. They also think that maybe some of the victims may never be found, as their bodies may been vaporized by the extreme fire that engulfed the area.
These reports are not in order of dates.
They are in order of what happened, sort of, time line wise.
So if things seem a bit mixed up do not be surprised.
There is a lot of information on this, so for many of the reports I will just give Quotes of what seems, to be most important parts.
Links to all the reports are provided so you can read more, if you wish and also check out all the other reports at the sites as well. There are many. Each site has numerous reports.
The Engineer/Conductor parked the train in Nantes and went to a hotel for the night.
It all began with the train engine catching fire in Nantes late Friday night, July 5 2013. At about 11:30 p.m. the fire department was called. Some one passing by, saw the fire and called it in.
Fire chief angrily denies suggestion his crew played role in deadly Lac-MÊgantic train disaster
July 8 2013
NANTES, Que. â The fire chief of this town just outside Lac-MĂŠgantic has angrily denied the suggestion from the owners of the freight train that exploded Saturday that his firefighters played a part in the disaster.
In an interview Monday, Patrick Lambert told the National Post that his men extinguished an engine fire aboard the oil-laden train late Friday night and left the train in the care of two representatives of the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway.
The train, hauling 72 tanker cars filled with crude oil, was parked on the tracks just outside Nantes awaiting a crew change when a passerby reported a fire at about 11:30 p.m. Friday.
Mr. Lambert said he had two fire engines and 12 firefighters at the scene within 17 minutes. They shut down the lead engine to battle the fire, as dictated by the fire departmentâs and the railwayâs protocols, he said.
âThatâs the only way we could put the fire out,â he said.
The department had advised MMAâs supervisor in Farnham, Que., of the fire, and two employees who had been in Lac-MĂŠgantic arrived as the blaze was being battled.
Mr. Lambert said it was the fourth such fire on an MMA locomotive in the past eight years. In this case the cause was âa mechanical rupture, either a fuel line or an oil line ruptured,â he said.
It did not take long to extinguish the fire, and at 12:15 a.m. Saturday, the firefighters left.
The MMA employees âinspected the train with us,â he said. âMMA told the leading fire officer that everything was okay, the fire was out, everything was secure, you guys can leave.â
The locomotiveâs power remained shut off, and the fire officer advised the railway employees that it could not be moved until the ruptured line was repaired.
âWhen we left, there was a police officer and two employees of MMA [at the scene],â he said.
Sometime within the next hour, the unmanned train started rolling down the tracks toward Lac-MĂŠgantic, about 12 kilometres away. It is downhill all the way, with an average grade of 6% between Nantes and Lac-MĂŠgantic.
Preliminary data recovered from the locomotiveâs data recorder indicate the train was travelling at 101 kilometres per hour when it derailed in the heart of downtown at about 1:15 a.m., Transportation Safety Board investigator in charge, Donald Ross, said in an interview Monday.
Normally the speed limit for a train passing through the town is 16 kilometres-an-hour.
The train jumped the tracks at a curve, and the resulting explosions and inferno destroyed half the downtown. Five bodies have been recovered so far, and police say 40 people are missing.
On Sunday, MMA issued a statement saying the shutdown of the locomotive while it was parked in Nantes âmay have resulted in the release of air brakes on the locomotive that was holding the train in place.â
Mr. Lambert said that makes no sense.
âTheyâre pointing a finger. Theyâre saying the train left because we shut the engine down, which released the brakes,â he said. âI donât see how. Thereâs a train parked there right now and the engine is stopped. So do I have to go down to MĂŠgantic and evacuate the whole city because that train is going to leave?â
He said he is familiar with trains from the factory where he works, and shutting down the locomotive should leave the air brakes engaged as a default.
âI donât understand how they can say, âYou guys shut the engine off. Thatâs what released the brakes.â It doesnât work that way. It should be the opposite. MMA did not reinvent the brake system.â
MMA officials were not immediately available for comment.
The trainâs three locomotives and 72 cars would have also been equipped with hand brakes, which are engaged manually with a wheel on each car. Mr. Ross told reporters Sunday that investigators will focus on the trainâs brakes to learn how the train broke free.
âCertainly the manner in which the train was secured, both air brakes and hand brakes, weâll be looking very strongly at that,â he said.
Mr. Lambert said he thinks it is unlikely someone would have sabotaged the train between the time his men left and when it began rolling toward Lac-MĂŠgantic.
âI canât see anyone doing that,â he said, saying that the remote location is hardly on terroristsâ radar.
âWhen people ask where I come from, I say, âDo you know where the pavement stops? OK, well you keep going for another hour.ââ
A more likely explanation is some sort of mechanical failure. Source
Also in this report”
Lambert also said his department has put out four locomotive fires, for the company, over the past nine years. For entire story go HERE
This was not the first time an engine caught fire.
When the fire department left there were Two MMA employee’s and a Police officer still at the site of the train. Firefighters from Nantes put out the flames and left the train in the care of the MMA crew at 12:15 a.m.
Nantes is uphill and West of Lac-MÊgantic. Approximately 7 k to 13 k between the two. All the news reports vary on this fact.
Preliminary data recovered from the locomotiveâs data recorder indicate the train was travelling at 101 kilometres per hour when it derailed in the heart of downtown at about 1:15 a.m., Transportation Safety Board investigator in charge, Donald Ross, said in an interview Monday.
Normally the speed limit for a train passing through the town is 16 kilometres-an-hour.
The downtown core lays in ruins as fire fighters continue to water smoldering rubble Sunday, July 7, 2013 in Lac-MĂŠgantic,, Quebec after a train derailed ignited tanker cars carrying crude oil.
There are two ways to shut down a train engine: Thereâs an emergency lever on the outside of the locomotive that anyone wandering by could access. Or, there are a number of levers and buttons inside the unlocked cabin. For entire story go HERE
Anyone walking about could turn off the engine or even worse steal the train to go for a joy ride. Now if you left your car outside a store, in downtown Toronto, with your doors unlocked, the engine running and it was stolen, what would the insurance company say I wonder?Â
Normally, the train would be secured by hand and air brakes.
Joe McGonigle, Montreal, Maine & Atlanticâs vice-president of marketing, confirmed the fire department showed up after the first engineer tied up and went to a local hotel. Someone later reported a fire.
âWe know that one of our employees from our engineering department showed up at the same time, to assist the fire department. Exactly what they did is being investigated, so the engineer wasnât the last man to touch that train, we know that, but weâre not sure what happened,â McGonigle said. For the entire story go HERE
One has to ask was the train ever left alone, unsupervised?
There were apparently 5 engines and 72 tanker cars. All toll.
Some of the tanker cars also came uncoupled and were latter retrieved.
The train cars carrying crude oil that remained attached to the train engine sit in the train tracks about 10 kilometres north-west of Lac-MĂŠgantic, which is 100 kilometres east of Sherbrooke on Sunday, July 7, 2013. A train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in the heart of the small town on Saturday. Photograph by: Dario Ayala , The Gazette
MONTREAL â At a time when train shipments of crude oil are expected to skyrocket in Canada, the federal government is cutting funding for Transport Canada, the countryâs transportation regulator, by almost 30 per cent, down to $1.5 billion, according to government spending estimates for 2012-13 and 2013-14.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Montreal, Maine & Atlantic, the company whose 72-car train derailed and exploded in Lac-MĂŠgantic, has spilled hazardous materials seven times since 2000. For entire story go HERE
The train involved in the Lac-MĂŠgantic accident was carrying 72 tankers filled with thousands of litres of fuel each.
Approximately 230,000 barrels of oil are transported by rail in North America every day, according to the Railway Association of Canada.
The RAC estimates that 99.99 per cent all âdangerous goodsâ rail shipments reach their destination without any spills caused by accidents or derailments.
There were 588 train derailments in Canada in 2011 alone, according to the Canada Safety Council. For entire story go HERE
Where the Oil came from
Some of the oil shipped by rail in Canada is not coming from the oil sands, but from the Bakken shale gas formation, a currently booming 520,000-square-kilometre oil and natural gas deposit in North Dakota and Montana, which produces more than 700,000 barrels of oil daily.
The light crude oil on board the Maine, Montreal and Atlantic Railway train that exploded in Lac-MĂŠgantic was en-route from the Bakken reserves to an Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., the company said on Sunday. July 7 2013 For entire story go HERE
A derailed train carrying a shipment of crude oil that exploded in Lac-MĂŠgantic, Que. killing at least five people was destined for a Saint John, N.B. refinery.
Irving Oil, the company that owns the Saint John refinery, issued a statement after confirming the shipment was bound for its facility.
In recent years, much of the oil that comes from the western provinces and is processed at the Saint John refinery is delivered by train. For entire story goHERE
Someone should ask the owners, what type of security, if any, is at the rail yard, where the train was parked. To date it seems there have been no reports on if anyone was there to watch over a train engine that was left running with 72 tanks of oil behind it.
A passer by saw the fire and reported it to the fire department, not some one at the rail yard working there. Could it be no one, was there at all, when the fire in the engine started?
Edward A. Burkhardt is President of Rail World, Inc., of Chicago, Illinois, a railroad management and consulting company he formed in 1999. He also serves as President of Rail World Holdings LLC, which holds railway investments worldwide.
As early as 1994, regulators at the Transportation Safety Board wrote that this type of tanker car had a flawed design and that they have a “high incidence of tank integrity failure” during accidents.
The Canada Safety Council is calling Canada’s rail system a disaster waiting to happen, and it blames deregulation for the mess.
The council’s Emile Therien told CTV News that one possible result could be the “major evacuation of a major urban area … and all the attendant cost that goes along with that.”
To ward that off, “CSC strongly urges the government to reinstitute the authority of Transport Canada,” said the council’s report, obtained Monday by CTV News.
The CSC said the move to deregulation “allows rail companies to regulate themselves, removing the federal government’s ability to protect Canadians and their environment, and allowing the industry to hide critical safety information from the public.”
B.C. New Democrat MP Peter Julian added his voice to the criticism.
“Since self-managed safety was put into place, it has been a disaster for Canadians. Lives have been lost; we’ve seen environmental devastation,” he said.
Safety Management Systems (SMS) came into force in 1999 after the Liberal government of the day amended the Railway Safety Act.
The policy change ended the oversight role of Transport Canada.
“CSC believes that SMS allows rail companies to regulate themselves, removing the federal government’s ability to protect Canadians and their environment, and allowing the industry to hide critical safety information from the public,” the report said.
CTV’s W-FIVE has reported on serious problems within Canada’s rail system, including a large jump in derailments in 2005.
The CSC report noted W-FIVE’s finding that in 2005, there were 103 main-track derailments for one “major rail company” in 2005 — an average of one every 3.5 days. The report termed that “a truly dismal safety record.” W-FIVE named CN Rail as the company in its report.
One such incident was the derailment near Lake Wabamun, Alta., which led to the spill of oil and wood preservatives into the popular recreational lake.
Two days later, another CN train derailed over the Cheakamus River just outside Squamish, B.C., dumping more than 40,000 litres of caustic soda.
And in 2006, a derailment in B.C. left two train crew members dead.
Industry reaction
However, the industry argues that one year doesn’t tell the story.
Cliff MacKay of the Railway Association of Canada agrees there was a spate of incidents in 2005, but argue many were linked to extraordinary factors like weather events and labour disruptions.
“But if you look at the numbers overall, the numbers have been progressively improving,” he said.
CN Rail, which has seen some of the worst incidents, rejected the CSC report outright.
“They didn’t do their homework,” said spokesperson Mark Hallman, adding it was based on a “faulty, biased” report by W-FIVE.
The CSC report is one of many that will end up on the desk of Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon.
“If there was not a problem … we would not have the panel struck by the minister to really look into safety in the railroad industry,” Therien said on CTV’s Canada AM.
The government isn’t planning to look at any changes to rail safety until the end of 2008. The safety council said the problem is urgent and action is needed now.
Therien is calling on Transport Canada to get involved again as the railway regulator.
“They’ve got to become effective to get back into that particular game,” he said Tuesday.
“The railroads cannot be allowed to review or vet the safety standards, which are really established by Transport Canada,” he said.
The owner is attempting to blame the fire department for the disaster as they shut down the engine to put out the fire in Nantes. He said this during the video interview with CBC.
MMA, which is headquartered in Chicago, has a long history of accidents in Canada, according to Transportation Safety Board data, which shows 129 accidents, including 77 derailments â some of them minor â since 2003. For entire story and video of interview go HERE
To Edward A. Burkhardt I am sorry to say, but your people were left at the scene of the fire, to take care of things, after the fire department left. It was the companies responsibility to make sure the train was secure. It is the companies job to make sure all their trains are safe and secure at all times.
A new questions. What other cargo, was on the train other then oil?
How much diesel was present? I am thinking the train was being hauled by diesel engines. Diesel is more volatile then crude oil. Five engines would need a great deal to operate. Could be that is what sparked the explosions? What caused the fire in the lead engine?
Engines can have a fuel capacity of 2,900 gallons as noted HERE
Or in this type of engine fuel capacity 1,800 gallons noted HERE
Rail World Inc, ownes MMA. Odds are they supply the engines for MMA.
Multiply either or by 5 and you have a whole lot of flammable fuel.
Add to that if the engines that went off the track hit a car, truck or whatever, it would make it even more problematic.
July 10 2013 Report
Burkhardt said Tuesday he hadn’t gone to the stricken community before because company representatives, including president Robert Grindrod, were already there.
Grindrod acknowledged the company likely shares some of the blame for the catastrophe.
“But we can’t say how much blame. Typically major events like this are a combination of factors and we don’t know what all the factors are yet.”
He said there was nothing unusual about having a train sitting unattended as it was when a small fire broke out requiring the intervention of the Nantes fire department. The derailment in Lac-Megantic happened shortly afterward. For entire story go HERE
By Les WhittingtonOttawa Bureau reporter,Liam CaseyGTA,Jessica McDiarmidNews reporter,Bruce Campion-SmithParliament Hill,
OTTAWAâThe rail company whose 73-car train devastated a Quebec town when it derailed convinced the federal government last year that it could safely operate trains with only one engineer on board, officials disclosed Tuesday.
Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) got the green light from Transport Canada for the reduced staffing in 2012.
âThey had to meet with Transport Canada and demonstrate to us that they could do it safely,â said Luc Bourdon, director general of rail safety in Transport Canada. For entire story go HERE
What happens if the engineer gets sick, hurt, dies or passes out for some reason? In those events, who drives the train? No one.
The more I find the less impressed I am.
There seems to be a lot of pencil pushers, making stupid decisions.
In the name of profit no less.
A select few in the US who care. I am actually shocked the press even covered this.
Here is a video taken less, then two days after the tragedy.
Apparently this train was parked up on a hill just above Lac-MĂŠgantic, It sat there for a couple of days, running, doors unlocked, unattended. Someone was angry it was left there like the one that that destroyed the town and caused the deaths of so many.
I do believe they complained to the authorities and had the train moved. The train left late on the July 8th.
They were not sure where it went. The video was posted July 7.
I took two captures that show the MMA on the side of the green lead engine and the brick red car just behind it.
Lead Engine
Brick Red Car behind Lead Engine
The first Video also shows Lac-MÊgantic, to the left of the tracks.
Lac-MĂŠgantic at a distance, from the tracks, where train is parked
The Video will have all of the above photos in it.
The Transportation Safety Board authorities examine the locomotive from which the derailed tanker cars detached. Source
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers guard the main locomotive involved in a July 6 fatal train derailment and explosion in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Tuesday, July 9, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jacques Boissinot) Source
I have not been able to find anything else out, about the 5 Engines.
Former MMA employee quit company over safety concerns
A former Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Rail employee quit the company in 2007. He says he warned to company and American politicians that a disaster like the Lac Megantic accident would happen if they switched to one-man only operations. To listen to the interview go HERE
The company cleaning the oil out of the Chaudière River in Lac-MÊgantic will not say how much they have removed, citing a confidentiality agreement with the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway
MMA train in minor derailment in Quebec Montreal, Maine & Atlantic, the company involved in the Lac-MĂŠgantic disaster, experienced a minor derailment Thursday in Farnham, Que.
Father Dan Miller has pleaded guilty to five counts of indecent assault in Pembroke Court this week. He was originally charged with 12 counts involving young boys while he was a priest at several locations in the Ottawa Valley. A pre-sentence report has been ordered and the sentencing phase is set to begin September 17th. Miller remains out of custody pending the sentencing hearings. Source
For more complete information on Father Dan Miller Go to the link HERE
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Another offender recently convicted.
Paul Laframboise given 18 more months
Jun 6, 2013 By Patricia Leboeuf
EMC news -After getting an additional 18 months for molesting four teenage girls, Paul Laframboise started shaking, wringing his hands and muttered “I’m going to die.”
The 74-year-old Fitzroy Harbour man had previously pleaded guilty to several charges including sexual assault, sexual exploitation and sexual interference as well as careless storage of guns.
He has been in jail since October and has served 225 days behind bars.
Laframboise remained stone-faced as Judge Heather Perkins-McVey read impact statements the girls provided, highlighting how profoundly affected they all were by his actions.
Two of the girls wrote about their attempted suicide while another described how she would wake up in tears, terrified that he would find her and hurt her.
She no longer trusts people, particularly older men.
She now lives in constant fear that she will be harmed for stepping forward.
Another blamed herself and fears she is seen differently be her peers. Her self esteem and self worth have been deeply affected. All four bare deep emotional pain from his actions, according to the judge. They also wrote that the media had also caused further harm by publishing lurid and identifying details.
Laframboise previously spoke of his deep remorse, but Perkins-McVey did not feel he truly comprehended the deep turmoil he inflicted on the girls.
“You speak about your life and health,” she said. “You show little realization on how it affects your victims.”
Laframboise’s lawyer Joseph Addelman argued for a more lenient sentence consisting of an additional 34 days, citing that his client was old, sick and this was his first offense. He had also pleaded guilty, allowing his victims to avoid having to testify in court. And he brought forth his own difficult upbringing, his aboriginal status and the unwavering support of his wife of 52 years.
JUDGE SENDS MESSAGE
Perkins-McVey took these aspects into consideration, but ultimately decided she needed to send a message that children are to be cherished and protected.
Laframboise had been an upstanding member of the Fitzroy Harbour community for several years, working as a Sunday school teacher and a school custodian, she said.
After being asked to step down from his church role for unknown reasons, he spiraled downwards, drinking heavily and allegedly occurring $200,000 in gambling debts.
Perkins-McVey said that despite his remorse, he consistently portrayed himself as a victim of the justice system.
Previously in court, he told the judge to “do to me what you politically must” as he no longer trusted Man, was used to being treated like garbage and life was knocking him down.
Once released, he will receive three years of probation and his DNA will be put on record.
As the judge discussed what to do with his weapons, some of which are heirlooms, Laframboise rose to his feet, leaning up against the glass partition of the prisoner’s box. He called over his lawyer, muttering that the judge couldn’t take much more from him.
He was given the option between incarceration in Toronto with treatment on location or staying in Ottawa and receiving treatment afterwards. He chose to remain close to home.
He was given an evaluation by a psychiatrist who access that he was at a low risk to reoffend despite being aroused by adolescents. Source
Man, 74, gets 18 months added on for molesting teens
Saturday, June 1, 2013
By ChloĂŠ Fedio, Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA â A 74-year-old former Sunday school teacher wrung his hands and muttered, âIâm going to die,â after he was sentenced to an additional 18 months in jail for molesting four teenage girls.
Paul Laframboise offered the girls money, cigarettes and booze to keep them muted â and told one he would kill himself if she told anyone what he had done.
âHe told her where he would put his suicide note,â Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said during her decision.
But the girls did come forward to report what the Fitzroy Harbour man had done between May 2010 and October 2012, and their victim impact statements revealed how âprofoundly affectedâ they were by his actions, Perkins-McVey said.
Two girls described their suicide attempts.
One girl wrote that even though he is locked up, she still lives in fear of him and continues to suffer sleepless nights.
âHe will find me and hurt me because I told someone,â she wrote. âI canât trust people anymore.â
Another girl described how she feels âgross, disgusting and dirtyâ when she has flashbacks of being molested.
âThe effects have been devastating,â Perkins-McVey told Laframboise. âItâs very sad that those young girls feel responsible.â
Laframboise has been in jail since his arrest in October 2012 â and served 225 days in custody before his sentencing. He did not seek bail and pleaded guilty to half a dozen charges, including sexual assault, sexual exploitation and sexual interference.
Laframboise also pleaded guilty to the careless storage of three rifles and a Luger-style handgun.
Despite an expression of remorse and pleas of guilty, which spared the girls from having to testify, Perkins-McVey said Laframboise had âlittle insightâ into the devastating effect of his actions.
âIf you truly appreciated that, you wouldnât see yourself as a victim,â she told him.
Laframboise previously told the court, âDo to me what you politically must.â
He also said, âI have grown quite used to being treated like garbage.â
Perkins-McVey rejected the suggestion that he was âa victim of the justice system.â
Perkins-McVey did consider his aboriginal status, advanced age, health problems and the fact that this is his first conviction. She also considered that he was a positive member of his community for many years, working as a Sunday school teacher, volunteer firefighter and school custodian.
But Perkins-McVey said she needed to send a message that âchildren are to be cherished and respected.â Source
Recognizing the signs
Following a sexual assault, victims have a wide range of reactions, which are influenced by many factors: their age, personality, the form of sexual assault committed against them, their relationship with their assailant, the degree of violence they experienced and the frequency of the assaults.
However, in the days immediately following an assault, here are some of the common reactions of an adult or underage victim in a state of shock:
Acting angry and/or aggressive with people around them
Intense fear
Feelings of sadness and depression
Frequent mood swings
Problems sleeping
Problems eating
Less tolerance for situations that are perceived as a threat to oneâs safety
Sexual assault is a personal and destructive crime. Its effects on you and your loved ones can be psychological, emotional, and/or physical. They can be brief in duration or last a very long time. It is important to remember that there is not one “normal” reaction to sexual assault. Therefore your individual response will be different depending on your personal circumstances. In this section, we explain some of the more common effects that sexual assault victims may experience.
Depression: There are many emotional and psychological reactions that victims of rape and sexual assault can experience. One of the most common of these is depression. The term “depression” can be confusing since many of the symptoms are experienced by people as normal reactions to events. At some point or another, everyone feels sad or “blue.” This also means that recognizing depression can be difficult since the symptoms can easily be attributed to other causes. These feelings are perfectly normal, especially during difficult times.
Depression becomes something more than just normal feelings of sadness when the symptoms last for more than two weeks. Therefore, if you experience five or more of the symptoms of depression over the course of two weeks you should consider talking to your doctor about what you are experiencing. The symptoms of depression may include:
Prolonged sadness or unexplained crying spells
Significant change in weight or appetite
Loss of energy or persistent fatigue
Significant change in sleep patterns (insomnia, sleeping too much, fitful sleep, etc.)
Loss of interest and pleasure in activities previously enjoyed; social withdrawal
Feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness or guilt
Pessimism or indifference
Unexplained aches and pains (headaches, stomachaches)
Inability to concentrate, indecisiveness
Irritability, worry, anger, agitation, or anxiety
Thoughts of death or suicide
If you are having suicidal thoughts, don’t wait to get help. Call us or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) at any time.
Depression can affect people of any age, gender, race, ethnicity, or religion. Depression is not a sign of weakness, and it is not something that someone can make him/herself “snap out of.”
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Flashbacks: when memories of past traumas feel as if they are taking place in the current moment. These memories can take many forms: dreams, sounds, smells, images, body sensations, or overwhelming emotions. This re-experience of the trauma often seems to come from nowhere, and therefore blurs the lines between past and present, leaving the individual feeling anxious, scared, and/or powerless. It can also trigger any other emotions that were felt at the time of the trauma.
Some flashbacks are mild and brief, a passing moment, while others may be powerful and last a long time. Many times you may not even realize that you are having a flashback and may feel faint and/or dissociate (a mental process in which your thoughts and feelings may be separated from your immediate reality). If you realize you are in the middle of a flashback:
First, Get Grounded: The first thing to do is sit up straight and put both feet on the floor. This will help you to feel grounded.
Be In the Present: It can be helpful to remind yourself that the event you are reliving happened in the past and you are now in the present. The actual event is over, and you survived.
Breathing: Try focusing on your breathing. One way to do that is to count to four as you breathe in. Count to four as you hold that breath and then count to four as you exhale. If you do this and keep repeating it, you may find that you can become calmer and can be in the present.
Pay Attention to Surroundings: Another way to help yourself feel like you are in the present is to pay attention to your surroundings. What is the light in the room like right now? Touch something around you that is grounded like a table or a chair. What does it feel like? Can you smell anything? Do you hear any sounds?
Self-Soothing: Are there things that normally make you feel safe and secure like wrapping a blanket around yourself or making some tea?
Normal: Also, remember that it can take time to recover. You are not crazy. This is a normal reaction.
Take care of yourself: Give yourself time to recover after a flashback. Reach out to loved ones or counselors who will be supportive.
Rape Trauma: a common reaction to rape or sexual assault. It is a normal human reaction to an unnatural or extreme event. There are three phases to rape trauma:
Acute Phase: occurs immediately after the assault and usually lasts a few days to several weeks. In this phase, you can have many reactions but they typically fall into three different categories:
Expressed: when you are openly emotional
Controlled: when you appear to be without emotion, and act as if “nothing happened” and “everything is fine”
Shocked disbelief: when you react with a strong sense of disorientation
Outward Adjustment Phase: resume what appears to be your “normal” life, but inside you are still suffering from considerable turmoil. This phase has five primary coping techniques:
Minimization: pretending that everything is fine or convincing yourself that “it could have been worse”
Dramatization: you cannot stop talking about the assault and it dominates your life and identity
Suppression: you refuse to discuss the event and act as if it did not happen
Explanation: you analyze what happened, what you did and what the rapist was thinking/feeling
Flight: you try to escape the pain (moving, changing jobs, changing appearance, changing relationships, etc.)
Resolution Phase: the assault is no longer the central focus of your life. While you may recognize that you will never forget the assault, the pain and negative outcomes lessen over time. Often you will begin to accept the rape as part of your life and choose to move on.
NOTE: This model assumes that you will take steps forward and backwards in your healing process and that while there are phases it is not a linear progression and will be different for every person.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: a normal human reaction to an extreme or abnormal situation. Each person has a different threshold for what is perceived as a traumatic event. PTSD is not a rare or unusual occurrence, in fact, many people experience PTSD as a result of a traumatic experience such as rape or sexual assault. You may be experiencing PTSD if you have experienced the following symptoms for at least a month:
Shown symptoms of intense horror, helplessness, or fear
Experienced distressing memories of the event
Regularly avoided things or triggers that remind you of the event
Shown significant impairment or distress due to the event
Shown at least two symptoms of increased arousal (sleep difficulties, difficulty concentrating, hyper vigilance, an exaggerated startle response, or irritability or outbursts of anger/rage)
Pregnancy: Because rape, just like consensual sex, can lead to pregnancy, it is important for female victims to be tested after an assault. If you need additional information visit Medline Plus
Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs):
Victims of sexual violence are at risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections.
If you went to the emergency room for a rape exam, you should have been offered preventive treatment (antibiotics) for sexually transmitted infections and given information about where to go for follow-up testing.
If you need more information about this, or did not receive preventive care, call us and we can help you figure out what resources are available.
If you did not get medical care after your attack, it’s still important to get tested for sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
The Centers for Disease Control recommend follow-up testing two weeks after a sexual assault and blood tests to rule out HIV infection 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months after an assault.
If left untreated, STIs and HIV can cause major medical problems, so it’s very important to get tested (and treated, if necessary) as soon as possible.
Suicide
Some survivors of sexual assault may get so depressed that they think about ending their own life. Suicidal thoughts should be taken very seriously.
If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please get help immediately.
If you have already taken steps, or feel that you can’t avoid harming yourself, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
You can also call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for help 24 hours a day at 800-273-TALK (8255). If you are having suicidal thoughts or you know someone who is, they can listen and help.
If you are worried that a loved one is contemplating suicide, it’s okay to ask them about it directly. Suicide experts say that asking someone about suicidal thoughts will not lead them to consider suicide if they’re not already contemplating it.
Effects for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assault:
There are many reactions that survivors of rape and sexual assault can have. But for adult survivors of childhood sexual assault there are reactions that may either be different or stronger than for other survivors. These include:
Setting limits/boundaries: because your personal boundaries were invaded at a young age by someone that was trusted and depended on, you may have trouble understanding that you have the right to control what happens to you.
Memories/flashbacks.
Anger: as a child, your anger was powerless and had little to no effect on the actions of your abuser. For this reason, you may not feel confident that your anger will be useful or helpful.
Grieving/mourning: being abused as a child means the loss of many things: childhood experiences, trust, perceived innocence, and a normal relationship with family members (especially if the abuser was a family member). You must be allowed to name those losses, grieve them, and then move forward.
Guilt/shame/blame: you may carry a lot of guilt because you may have experienced pleasure or because you did not try to stop the abuse. There may have been silence surrounding the abuse that led to feelings of shame. It is important to understand that it was the adult who abused his/her position of authority and should be held accountable, not you
Trust: learning to trust again may be very difficult for you.
Coping skills: as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, you may have developed skills in order to cope with the trauma. Some of these are healthy (possibly separating yourself from certain family members, seeking out counseling, etc.); some are not (drinking or drug abuse, promiscuous sexual activity, etc.).
Self-esteem/isolation: low self-esteem is a result of all the negative messages you received and internalized from your abusers. And because entering into an intimate relationship involves trust, respect, love, and the ability to share, you may flee from intimacy or hold on too tightly for fear of losing the relationship.
Sexuality: many survivors have to deal with the fact that their first sexual experience came as a result of sexual abuse. You may experience the return of body memories while engaging in a sexual activity with another person.
Body Memories: when the memories of the abuse you experienced take the form of physical problems that cannot be explained by the usual means (medical examinations, etc.). These maladies are often called “psychosomatic symptoms” which does not, as many people think, mean that it is “in your head.” Rather, it means that the symptoms are due to the connection between the mind and the body. Physical problems that can come of these somatic memories include:
Police in Renfrew are now saying that a reported attempted abduction Monday (May 13) did not happen. They are not saying who made up the story but a full investigation of the reported attempt to grab a 10 year old girl has led them to determine the incident never happened. Police thank members of the public for their assistance and they are continuing to deal with the situation. Making a false police report can lead to serious criminal charges.
Thank you to all who passed on the story. Everyone should be relieved it was bogus. At any rate Always keep a watchful eye on children as it could happen, fortunately this time it was a false alarm. Next time it may not be. Again thank you to all who forwarded the story and please forward this one to everyone you may have sent the previous one to as well, so everyone will know the truth.
Sent out the story to everyone the other day. It has since been found that the report was false. So if you come here to view the story it has been deleted.
ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION IN RENFREW BOGUS
May 15 2013
Police in Renfrew are now saying that a reported attempted abduction Monday (May 13) did not happen. They are not saying who made up the story but a full investigation of the reported attempt to grab a 10 year old girl has led them to determine the incident never happened. Police thank members of the public for their assistance and they are continuing to deal with the situation. Making a false police report can lead to serious criminal charges.
Thank you to all who passed on the story. Everyone should be relieved it was bogus. At any rate Always keep a watchful eye on children as it could happen, fortunately this time it was a false alarm. Next time it may not be. Again thank you to all who forwarded the story and please forward this one to everyone you may have sent the previous one to as well, so everyone will know the truth.
Canada warns Palestinians against taking Israel to ICC
Canadaâs Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird
 Mar 6, 2013
Canadaâs Foreign Affairs Minister has announced at pro-Israel lobbyâs policy conference that Palestinians would face âconsequencesâ from Ottawa if they use the new UN status to sue Israel at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
John Baird made the remarks in a speech to thousands of lobbyists from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and members of the US government last Sunday.
“We were very clear from the outset that further actions, like we’ve seen at the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), like we’ve seen at the United Nations, particularly at the ICC will be ones which will not go unnoticed and will have certainly consequences in the conduct of our relations with the Palestinian Authority,” Baird said.
Bairdâs remarks received a boisterous welcome from the audience, revealing the satisfaction with the Prime Minister Stephen Harperâs government support of Israel.
Ottawa opposed the Palestinian bid last November to upgrade status at the UN from ânon-member observer entityâ to ânon-member observer stateâ and has warned the Palestinian Authority against taking legal action against the Tel Aviv regime at the ICC.
In October 2011, Canada also opposed the Palestinian effort to win membership within the UNESCO.
Palestinian officials said they would take legal actions against the Tel Aviv regime at the ICC in order to stop illegal construction of settler units on the occupied Palestinian land.
Baird also criticized the speech made by acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas at the UN General Assembly in November, saying it âconcerned many of us.â
“He could have extended an arm, a hand to Israel. He could have extended an olive branch. He could have been generous, and we didn’t see any generosity in his remarks,â Baird said.
Canada, the United States, Israel and six other countries voted against the Palestinian bid, while 138 other assembly members voted in favor of the resolution, approving the upgrade. Source
John Baird’s presence at AIPAC confirms Harper government’s uncritical support of Israel
By John Soos
March 3, 2013
John Baird, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs is confirmed to deliver a keynote address at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy meeting taking place March 3 â 5, 2013 in Washington, D.C.
His presence there further cements the Harper government’s uncritical support of Israel in face of its deteriorating record of massive human rights violations in Occupied Palestine. “Canada stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel,” said Mr. Baird in November 2012. His invitation to address AIPAC reflects that this government’s position has not altered in face of Israel’s widening breaches of international and humanitarian law against the people and land of Palestine.
AIPAC, according to its own literature, is America’s leading pro-Israel lobby working to enact public policy that enhances the U.S.-Israel relationship. In fact, AIPAC wields powerful influence over the U.S. political system to ensure that Israel’s illegal, violent and racist human rights violations in Palestine can continue unchecked.
In contravention of international law, segregated, Jewish-only settlements continue to proliferate on stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The Indigenous Palestinians are being forcibly displaced while their homes, olive groves and access to water are severely restricted. Over 600,000 colonial settlers, under watch of heavily armed Israeli occupation forces, ensure that a policy of illegal land theft and population transfer continues unabated.
Four million Palestinians are now living under an illegal, military occupation. Reported incidents of settler violence against Palestinians are increasing alarmingly — up 149 per cent between 2009 and 2011. Just last month, on February 23, at least 25 Israeli settlers, some armed with machine guns and escorted by Israeli forces, attacked and injured eight Palestinians including three children in Qasra village, south east of Nablus.
The illegal separation wall continues to divide Palestinian communities, cuts Palestinians off from their agrarian land and, by snaking ever deeper into occupied Palestinian territory, annexes additional Palestinian land and grafts it onto a continually expanding Israel.
Peacefully demonstrating against these internationally condemned assaults on human rights and dignity are routinely responded to with tear gas, live fire and incarceration. Samer Issawi is refusing food and dying in an Israeli prison as he protests his illegal incarceration — held without charges and without a trial under so-called “administrative detention.” On February 24, news surfaced that 30 year-old Arafat Jaradat died while under Israeli interrogation. Preliminary reports describe shocking signs of beatings on his chest and shoulders, lacerations on the back, broken ribs and a fractured skull.
Palestinians living in Gaza continue to be traumatized by a punishing land and sea blockade imposed by Israel and as a result of regular violent military incursions involving the air force, navy and ground troops. Since the November 2012 ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli forces have injured 74 Palestinians and killed four Palestinians. There have been no Palestinian violations of the ceasefire.
These colonial atrocities continue in large measure because AIPAC helps ensure that the world community remains impotent whenever it wishes to censure Israel and hold it accountable to its international obligations. The U.S. reflexively vetoes UN Resolutions critical of fundamental Israeli human rights violations in Palestine. Canada is significantly complicit on account of its uncritical support of these policies, which further emboldens Israel’s illegal and aggressive behaviours.
John Baird’s presence at the upcoming AIPAC conference is disturbing in light of comments he recently made about Canada-Israel relations. “Simply put, Israel is worthy of our support because it is a society that shares so many values with Canada — freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.” While these values may be enjoyed by a segment of Israeli society, they are definitely not extended to Palestinians residing in Israel, East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza.
For many Canadians, the Harper government’s unconditional acceptance and encouragement of Israel’s deepening apartheid practices against the people and land of Palestine is morally and legally contemptible.
It is time for Canada to end our shameful complicity in the dispossession, oppression and occupation of the Palestinian people. “Israel has no greater friend in the world than Canada,” says John Baird. In that case it is this government’s duty to join the United Nations, the International Criminal Court and the international community in condemning Israel for repeated and flagrant violations of international law. Source
All Canadians should know this too.
The Leader in Israel is really a smuggler of Nuclear parts and a few other assorted things. Do take the time to check out the link below you will be a better person for it.
Ex-Harper aide Bruce Carson charged with influence
A former senior adviser to Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been charged with one count of influence peddling following an investigation by the RCMP.
Bruce Carson, 66, has a history of fraud convictions and had been facing accusations of influence peddling and illegal lobbying after it was alleged that he told Ottawa-based water purification company H20 Pros that he could use his connections to arrange deals with First Nations communities. Source
RCMP, border agents can use torture-tainted information
The Conservative government has quietly given Canada’s national police force and the federal border agency the authority to use and share information that was likely extracted through torture.
Newly disclosed records show Public Safety Minister Vic Toews issued the directives to the RCMP and the Canada Border Services Agency shortly after giving similar orders to Canada’s spy service.
Security company formerly known as Blackwater fined $7.5M
The international security contractor formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a $7.5 million US fine to settle federal criminal charges related to arms smuggling and other crimes.
Documents unsealed Tuesday in a U.S. District Court in North Carolina said the company, now called Academi LLC, agreed to pay the fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement to settle 17 violations.
The list of violations includes possessing automatic weapons in the United States without registration, lying to federal firearms regulators about weapons provided to the king of Jordan, passing secret plans for armoured personnel carriers to Sweden and Denmark without U.S. government approval and illegally shipping body armour overseas. Source
Wealthy hiding $21 trillion in tax havens, report says
The report says:
UBS, Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs are the three private banks handling the most assets offshore
92,000 people, or 0.001 per cent of the worldâs population, hold $21 trillion in hidden assets Source
Canada-EU drug patent demand in trade talks costs almost $2B
Confidential federal research on free-trade talks with Europe shows that giving the European Union just one part of what it wants on drug patents would cost Canadians up to $2 billion a year.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade has always insisted it’s a “myth” that the Canada-EU free trade deal would increase health costs.
Feds reject reforms on parliamentary spending oversight
The Harper government has rejected key reforms demanded by a House of Commons committee to eliminate the arcane rules that prevent MPs from properly scrutinizing billions of dollars in spending each year.
In a June report, the all-party committee complained that outdated rules of Parliament are keeping them in the dark about expenditures â obstructing MPs from fulfilling one of their most basic responsibilities.
Among other recommendations, the non-partisan report called on government to issue the federal budget no later than Feb. 1 each year so that other official spending documents that follow can reflect budget decisions.
Currently, detailed expenditure plans placed before parliamentary committees each spring reflect the previous year’s budget, not the current one, hobbling the ability of MPs to properly assess them.
But Tony Clement, the Treasury Board president, has rejected that recommendation. Source
Fugitive businessman with Tory ties arrested in Toronto
Fugitive Nathan Jacobson, whose ties to the federal Conservatives made him the subject of recent question period queries from opposition benches, was arrested at his home in Toronto Thursday afternoon.
The Winnipeg-born businessman had his bail denied in Toronto court Friday and remains in the Toronto West Detention Centre awaiting another appearance Oct. 31.
U.S. Justice authorities in San Diego had told CBC they were upset that no Canadian law enforcement agencies had responded to their July 30 warrant for his arrest when Jacobson failed to attend court after pleading guilty to money laundering.
With others, Jacobson had set up an online pharmacy known as Affpower, based in Costa Rica, that sold drugs to Americans without prescriptions from 2004 to 2006. The 57-year-old was originally charged with several counts of fraud, money laundering and the distribution and dispensing of controlled substances, but he co-operated with authorities and pleaded guilty in 2008 to laundering $46 million in drug payments
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Besides donating more than $10,000 to the Conservative Party in recent years, Jacobson was prominent in his philanthropy within the Jewish community. Source
Baird going to UN to oppose Palestinian statehood bid
Nov 28, 2012
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he’ll travel to New York Thursday and will oppose any “unilateral” move by the Palestinian Authority for statehood at the United Nations.
The UN General Assembly is set to consider the matter Thursday, a year after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally asked the UN to consider his application for full membership in the UN. Source
UN Expert Calls for Boycott of International Businesses Profiting from Israeli
A United Nations expert today called for boycotting businesses that were profiting from Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian lands until they brought their operations in line with international human rights and humanitarian law, as he presented his annual report to the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural).
Richard Falk, the Human Rights Councilâs Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, also encouraged civil society to bolster efforts to hold those businesses accountable through legal and political initiatives at the national and international levels.
Senator Patrick Brazeau to be forced on leave after charges
Harper appointed him to the Senate
Patrick Brazeau is to be put on a leave of absence from the Senate until the assault and sexual assault charges against him have been resolved.
Brazeau was charged Friday morning following his arrest the previous morning in Gatineau, Que., across the river from Ottawa.
He was kicked out of the Conservative caucus shortly after the arrest. He will now sit as an Independent. Source
Canadian federal research deal ‘potentially muzzles’ U.S. scientists
Arctic research agreement contains ‘excessively restrictive’ language
Muenchow posted excerpts from the agreement that stated: “Any technology, data, or other information of any kind related to or arising from the project (collectively âinformationâ) shall be deemed confidential and neither party may release any such Information to others in any way whatsoever without the prior written authorization of the other party.”
He pointed out that it was substantially different from a 2003 Canadian government agreement that said, “Subject to the ‘Access to Information and Privacy Acts’, project data and any other project-related information shall be freely available to all parties to this agreement and may be used, disseminated or published, by any party, and any time.”
“The new draft language is excessively restrictive and potentially projects Canadian government control onto me and those I work for and with,” Muenchow wrote. Source
Ex head of McGill superhospital ‘angered’ by corruption allegations
Suspects and charges they face:
YanaĂŻ Elbaz: Fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, fraud towards the government, breach of trust, participating in secret commissions, laundering proceeds of crime.
Jeremy Morris: Fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, fraud towards the government, laundering proceeds of crime.
Arthur Porter: Fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, fraud towards the government, breach of trust, participating in secret commissions, laundering proceeds of crime.
Pierre Duhaime: Fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, use of forged documents, fraud towards the government, participating in secret commissions, laundering proceeds of crime.
Riadh Ben AĂŻssa: Fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, use of forged documents, fraud towards the government, participating in secret commissions, laundering proceeds of crime. Source
Porter a federal Tory donor while chair of spy watchdog
Former Harper appointee now wanted on fraud charges by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad (Same as above story)
Arthur Porter was a donor to the federal Conservatives during his time at Canada’s spy watchdog, public records show.
But his contributions appear to have run afoul of guidelines that all members of the Security Intelligence Review Committee must abide by.
Elections Canada records show Porter gave the Tories the maximum donation allowed by law over a period spanning the weeks leading up to his appointment to SIRC through to his rise as chair.
The former head of SIRC now faces allegations of fraud in one of the country’s most expensive infrastructure projects.
The Canadian government is trying to extradite Porter from the Bahamas, where he runs a medical clinic and is apparently cancer-stricken. He has said he is too ill to travel, and he denies the allegations against him. Source
Recent Witch Hunt -Conservatives Create a Crisis where there is none.
Tories set ‘targets,’ not quotas for EI fraud
Human Resources Minister Diane Finley sees ‘performance objectives’
The federal government denies it has given civil servants quotas for catching employment insurance fraud â but now says there are performance objectives in place.
Human Resources Minister Diane Finley had flatly denied previous reports that EI investigators have been given monthly dollar quotas.
However, government documents obtained by Montreal newspaper Le Devoir show civil servants are expected to find $485,000 each in fraudulent claims each year â a total that corresponds to the previously reported $40,000 monthly quota. Source
Federal employees making house calls as part of EI audit
1,200 EI recipients ‘randomly sampled’ from across country for ‘integrity’ program. Source
They also want to crush Seasonal workers. Seasonal workers are a necessity in Canada. Fishing, Construction etc Without them Canada could not function in safety.
Unskilled labour, building anything is extremely dangerous. Homes, Apt Buildings, Bridges etc.
The Harper Government suffers from supreme ignorance.
The cost of the EI scam perpetrated against Canadians by this Government, will cost millions of dollars, create more homeless people, up the poverty levels and save Canadian nothing. The cost will outweigh the savings.
This is just more poor bashing. There is very little EI fraud. Definitely not worth the cost to find.
Would anyone in their right mind spend $100 to get back 50 cents or less? That is what Harper is doing. He is however wasting millions to get back a few thousand.
This type of thing was also implemented in Ontario by Mike Harris against Workmans Compensation.
Turned out there was so little fraud it was humiliating to the Harris Government. Of all the millions spend only 7 were found and those were so minor they were not worth spending the millions to find them.
Some of Mike Harris’s boys are now in this Federal Government and it shines brightly for all to see.
The same cruel tactics are being implemented.
He left Ontario in great Debt and Harper is doing the same thing to all of Canada.
John Baird being one of those Boys. This one as well as Harper do not work for Canadians, they work for Israel, Big oil, Corporations, Mining companies, Banks, etc.
They allow imported workers from other countries to steal Canadian jobs.
Now for a few more Harper Appointees among others.
Twenty-five senators have either refused to prove to CBC News that they live where they claim to or haven’t responded to questions, as a senate probe into their residency and allowances goes on.
CBC’s James Cudmore asked each one of 104 sitting senators to answer:
Where they live.
Where they hold a driver’s licence and health card.
Where they pay taxes.
Where they vote.
As of Tuesday, 5 p.m. ET, 96 senators had responded to the CBC’s queries.
Once contacted, 17 senators simply refused to provide the information requested. Sixteen of those senators were Conservative, and 15 were appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Among those who refused:
Conservative Donald Oliver, appointed by then-prime minister Brian Mulroney.
Former broadcaster Pamela Wallin.
Former broadcaster Mike Duffy.
Hockey legend Jacques Demers.
Former Quebec Conservative campaign co-chair Suzanne Fortin-Duplessis.
Former N.W.T. premier Dennis Patterson.
Former New Brunswick Conservative cabinet minister Rose-May Poirier
Former Montreal Canadian Alliance and later Action DĂŠmocratique du QuĂŠbec organizer Leo Housakos.
Senators respond
After CBC News published this story, another six senators responded to James Cudmore’s questions.
Senator Leo Housakos says he lives in Quebec and holds a Quebec driver’s licence and health card.
Senator Tobias Enverga says he lives in Ontario and holds an Ontario driver’s licence and health card.
Senator Jacques Demers says he lives in Quebec and holds a Quebec driver’s licence and health card.
Senator Nancy Greene Raine says she lives in British Columbia and holds a B.C. driver’s licence and health card.
Senator Lynn Beyak says she lives in Ontario and holds an Ontario driver’s licence and health card.
Senator David Braley says he lives in Ontario and holds an Ontario driver’s licence and health card.
A further six Conservatives have yet to respond at all. All of those are Harper appointees, including:
Larry Smith, the former head of the Canadian Football League, who was twice appointed to the Senate, the second time after he resigned from the Senate to run for the House of Commons and lost.
Irving Gerstein, a Conservative party fundraiser.
That means a total of 21 Conservative senators appointed by Stephen Harper have either refused or not furnished the residency data to CBC News. Source
Libya‘s Women Activists Outraged by Court Ruling on Wives:
This ruling on multiple wives has horrified liberals, who fear the clock is being turned back on advances made under former leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Israel ‘secretly deports’ 1,000 Sudanese who may face persecution at home:
The UN Refugee agency said it was not informed of the move, and that the deportees were forced to return to Sudan where visiting or living in Israel is a crime.
Palestinian minors face abuse, threats, ill-treatment in Israeli detention â UN
March 06, 2013
Each year, some 700 Palestinian children aged 12 to 17 â mainly boys â are arrested, interrogated and detained by Israeli army, police and security agents, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said in the 22-page document released on Wednesday.
The rights organization examined the treatment of children at all stages of the military detention process and found examples of practices it called âcruel and inhuman.â
According to the report, the ill-treatment often begins from the very arrest, when children are woken by heavily-armed soldiers and then forcibly brought to an interrogation center âtied and blindfolded, sleep-deprived and in a state of extreme fear.â
Based on interviews with children, UNICEF discovered that many minors get âphysically and verbally abused,â have limited access to âwater, food, toilet facilities and medical care.â Besides that, while in custody, children have lack of access to members of their families and lawyers. Few of them are informed that they have a right to legal counsel at all.
The most common offense that children are arrested for is throwing stones at Israeli soldiers or Jewish settlers. In the majority of cases, the report pointed out, the principal evidence against the child is the childâs own confession, âextracted under duress.â
Forcing children to confess, some interrogators threat them with physical violence, death, âand sexual assault, against themselves or a family member.â
Few children can resist that kind of pressure and in the end of the interrogation sign documents they are ordered to, even though many do not have a clear idea of their contents. âIn most cases the forms are in Hebrew, which the overwhelming majority of Palestinian children do not understand,â UNICEF report noted.
“Israel is the only place in the world where automatically, a child when he is under arrest, is put before a military tribunal,” Jean-Nicolas Beuze, UNICEF’s regional adviser on child protection, told AFP.
“It does exist in other countries (but only) as an exception,” he added. “A child is a civilian.”
In response to the report, Israel vowed to study its conclusions and âwork to implement them through ongoing cooperation with UNICEF, whose work we value and respect.â
The Foreign Ministry said that Israel had cooperated with the childrenâs rights organization during its work on the report with the goal âof improving issues related to the subject matter of the report.â
The report was based on over 400 cases documented since 2009, legal documents, statistics from both governmental and non-governmental organizations, and reports by UN bodies and Palestinian NGOs. UNICEF also interviewed Israeli and Palestinian lawyers, Israeli officials and Palestinian children.
The arrests of children that the report refers to occurred, it said, in the area defined under international law as âthe occupied Palestinian territory, which includes the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.â
Each year approximately 700 Palestinian children aged 12 to 17, the great majority of them boys, are arrested, interrogated and detained by Israeli army, police and security agents.
In the past 10 years, an estimated 7,000 children have been detained, interrogated, prosecuted and/or imprisoned within the Israeli military justice system â an average of two children each day.
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The Harper Government supports this treatment that harms Children.
How would you feel if it were your Child?
Do You?
This is of no surprise considering the treatment of Ashley Smith for throwing Crab Apples.
On First Nations Chief Theresa Spence’s 20th day of her politically motivated hunger strike, Canadians and politicians answered her plea for solidarity for her cause to secure a meeting between First Nations leaders, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and the Governor General.
The Attawapiskat chief sent Friday a public plea to make Sunday a day of solidarity, asking Canadians to stage protests across the country and petitioning politicians to meet with her in Ottawa, both at 2 p.m.
A number of politicians are starting to make the trek to Victoria Island, Ottawa, where the chief is residing in a teepee, including a 15-member NDP delegation, spokeswoman ValĂŠrie Dufour told CBC News.
Originally, 17 NDP MPs were expected, Cheryl Maloney, who self-identified as a Spence supporter and is the president of the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association, told CBC News. However, two expected MPs experienced weather-related delays.
NDP sends MPs to meet with chief
The group, which will visit the chief at 2 p.m. Sunday, will be led by deputy leader Megan Leslie and Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus.
Chief Spence’s expected visitors:
Carolyn Bennett, Liberal MP, Aboriginal Affairs critic.
Marc Garneau, Liberal MP.
Megan Leslie, NDP MP
Charlie Angus, NDP MP.
Robert Chisholm, NDP MP.
Hoang Mai, NDP MP.
Andrew Cash, NDP MP.
Dan Harris, NDP MP.
Raymond CĂ´tĂŠ, NDP MP.
Ruth Ellen Brosseau, NDP MP.
François Lapointe, NDP MP.
Craig Scott, NDP MP.
Paul Dewar, NDP MP.
HÊlène Laverdière, NDP MP.
Jamie Nicholls, NDP MP.
Mathieu Ravignat, NDP MP.
Wayne Marston, NDP MP.
Denis Blanchette, NDP MP.
Carol Hughes, NDP MP.
Senator Lillian Dyck, Liberal.
Senator Jim Munson, Liberal.
Senator, Mac Harb, Liberal
The NDP has been following Spence’s hunger strike very closely, Dufour said. Since the chief started her hunger strike on Dec. 11, she has subsisted on fish broth and tea. Her condition has been worsening, according to a statement released Friday.
“Her condition continues to weaken every hour,” read the statement.
On Dec. 18, party leader Thomas Mulcair wrote a letter to Harper asking him to meet with Spence.”Please act swiftly to avoid a personal tragedy for Chief Spence,” he wrote.
Now, 20 days into Spence’s hunger strike, the NDP is “beginning to be very worried,” said Dufour. “It’s dangerous for herâŚWe’re all a bit afraid because she said she’s even willing to die for it.”
Dufour said Harper should meet with First Nations leaders as soon as possible because it is the only way to settle the matter, adding that Spence isn’t asking for much by requesting a meeting with the prime minister.
“Now it’s time for Stephen Harper to show some leadership and to extend a hand and to meet with the leader,” she said.
Spence supporter Maloney, who forwarded the chief’s latest statement, said she was not authorized to speak about Spence’s condition. She said it is getting harder for the chief to host visitors and conduct interviews. The chief has been resting to prepare for Sunday’s guests, which includes 15 NDP MPs, two Liberal MPs and three Liberal senators.
“[We] havenât heard anything from any Conservatives at all,” she said.
Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan has offered several times to speak with Spence and form a working group, but she rejected his proposals because she believes he is not the one who should be speaking on a nation-to-nation basis.
Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq, an Inuk who is one of two aboriginal MPs in the Conservative cabinet, urged Spence to stop fasting and accept a meeting with Duncan. “That’s the best way to address her issues,” Aglukkaq said.
Spence chose to continue her fast, hoping to secure a meeting with Harper and the Governor General instead.
Former PM visits Spence
On Saturday afternoon, former prime minister Joe Clark visited Spence, following her open invitation.
In a statement after his meeting, Clark said that “there is a general concern that First NationsâCanada relations are headed in a dangerous direction.”
‘First Nations – Canada relations are headed in a dangerous direction’âJoe Clark, former prime minister
People no longer active in political life may have to help support “the resumption of productive discussions,” he said.
“Chief Spence expressed a humble and achievable vision â one which I believe all Canadians can embrace,” he said, adding honest dialogue and mutual commitment can carry-out her vision.
Idle No More rallies staged across Canada
Meanwhile, Canadians are holding rallies in a show of support for the chief.
At least half a dozen events are planned for Sunday across Canada, said CBC’s Shannon Martin.
The Idle No More movement â which has hosted several demonstrations in past weeks and is loosely tied to Spence’s protest â staged a rally in Toronto, Ont., in response to the chief’s call for action. Participants gathered near the Eaton Centre for a “round dance flash mob,” according to the Toronto chapter’s Twitter account.
In Alberta, about 400 protesters gathered outside Harper’s Calgary office, reported CBC’s Devin Heroux. People performed a round dance, carried signs and played drums as part of an Idle No More flash mob.
Various rallies and demonstrations supporting Spence also took place yesterday in Oklahoma, Washington, Cincinnati, and Regina â where a four-day hunger strike is underway, said Martin. Source
Idle No More is a movement to assert indigenous sovereignty, and to work towards sustainable, renewable development. The movement began in response to Canadian Bill C-45, the governmentâs omnibus budget implementation bill, that includes changes to land management on reservations which critics feel would enable Canada to control reserves. Along with other areas limiting the control of First Nations in their own territories. For entire Story go HERE
The following editorial was originally featured in the First Nations Strategic Bulletin (FNSB), June-October 2012. You can view/download this latest edition of the FNSB by clicking the following link: FNSB June-October 2012
On September 4th the Harper government clearly signaled its intention to:
1) Focus all its efforts to assimilate First Nations into the existing federal and provincial orders of government of Canada;
2) Terminate the constitutionally protected and internationally recognized Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights of First Nations.
Termination in this context means the ending of First Nations pre-existing sovereign status through federal coercion of First Nations into Land Claims and Self-Government Final Agreements that convert First Nations into municipalities, their reserves into fee simple lands and extinguishment of their Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights.
To do this the Harper government announced three new policy measures:
A âresults basedâ approach to negotiating Modern Treaties and Self-Government Agreements. This is an assessment process of 93 negotiation tables across Canada to determine who will and who wonât agree to terminate Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights under the terms of Canadaâs Comprehensive Claims and Self-Government policies. For those tables who wonât agree, negotiations will end as the federal government withdraws from the table and takes funding with them.
First Nation regional and national political organizations will have their core funding cut and capped. For regional First Nation political organizations the core funding will be capped at $500,000 annually. For some regional organizations this will result in a funding cut of $1 million or more annually. This will restrict the ability of Chiefs and Executives of Provincial Territorial organizationâs to organize and/or advocate for First Nations rights and interests.
First Nation Band and Tribal Council funding for advisory services will be eliminated over the next two years further crippling the ability of Chiefs and Councils and Tribal Council executives to analyze and assess the impacts of federal and provincial policies and legislation on Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights.
These three new policy measures are on top of the following unilateral federal legislation the Harper government is imposing over First Nations:
Bill C-27: First Nations Financial Transparency Act
 Bill S-2: Family Homes on Reserves and Matrimonial Interests or Rights Act
 Bill S-6: First Nations Elections Act
 Bill S-8: Safe Drinking Water for First Nations
 Bill C-428: Indian Act Amendment and Replacement Act [Private Conservative MPâs Bill, but supported by Harper government]
Then there are the Senate Public Bills:
Bill S-207: An Act to amend the Interpretation Act (non derogation of aboriginal and treaty rights)
 Bill S-212: First Nations Self-Government Recognition Bill
The Harper governmentâs Bills listed above are designed to undermine the collective rights of First Nations by focusing on individual rights. This is the âmodern legislative frameworkâ the Conservatives promised in 2006. The 2006 Conservative Platform promised to:
Replace the Indian Act (and related legislation) with a modern legislative framework which provides for the devolution of full legal and democratic responsibility to aboriginal Canadians for their own affairs within the Constitution, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Of course âmodernâ in Conservative terms means assimilation of First Nations by termination of their collective rights and off-loading federal responsibilities onto the First Nations themselves and the provinces.
One Bill that hasnât been introduced into Parliament yet, but is still expected, is the First Nationsâ Private Ownership Act (FNPOA). This private property concept for Indian Reservesâwhich has been peddled by the likes of Tom Flanagan and tax proponent and former Kamloops Chief Manny Julesâis also a core plank of the Harper governmentâs 2006 electoral platform.
The 2006 Conservative Aboriginal Platform promised that if elected a Harper government would:
Support the development of individual property ownership on reserves, to encourage lending for private housing and businesses.
The long-term goals set out in the Harper governmentâs policy and legislative initiatives listed above are not new; they are at least as old as the Indian Act and were articulated in the federal 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy, which set out a plan to terminate Indian rights as the time.
Previous Termination Plans: 1969 White Paper & Buffalo Jump of 1980âs
The objectives of the 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy were to:
As First Nations galvanized across Canada to fight the Trudeau Liberal governmentâs proposed 1969 termination policy the federal government was forced to consider a strategy on how to calm the Indian storm of protest.
In a memo dated April 1, 1970, David Munro, an Assistant Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs on Indian Consultation and Negotiations, advised his political masters Jean ChrĂŠtien and Pierre Trudeau, as follows:
. . . in our definition of objectives and goals, not only as they appear in formal documents, but also as stated or even implied in informal memoranda, draft planning papers, or causal conversation. We must stop talking about having the objective or goal of phasing out in five years. . . We can still believe with just as much strength and sincerity that the [White Paper] policies we propose are the right ones. . .
The final [White Paper] proposal, which is for the elimination of special status in legislation, must be relegated far into the future. . . my conclusion is that we need not change the [White Paper] policy content, but we should put varying degrees of emphasis on its several components and we should try to discuss it in terms of its components rather than as a whole. . . we should adopt somewhat different tactics in relation to [the White Paper] policy, but that we should not depart from its essential content. (Emphasis added)
In the early 1970âs, the Trudeau Liberal government did back down publicly on implementing the 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy, but as we can see from Mr. Munroâs advice the federal bureaucracy changed the timeline from five years to a long-term implementation of the 1969 White Paper objectives of assimilation/termination.
In the mid-1980âs the Mulroney Conservative government resurrected the elements of the 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy, through a Cabinet memo.
In 1985, a secret federal Cabinet submission was leaked to the media by a DIAND employee. The Report was nicknamed the âBuffalo Jump of the 1980âsâ by another federal official. The nickname referred to the effect of the recommendations in the secret Cabinet document, which if adopted, would lead Status Indians to a cultural death — hence the metaphor.
The Buffalo Jump Report proposed a management approach for First Nations policy and
programs, which had the following intent:
Limiting & eventually terminating the federal trust obligations;
Reducing federal expenditures for First Nations, under funding programs, and prohibiting deficit financing;
Shifting responsibility and costs for First Nations services to provinces and “advanced bands” through co-management, tri-partite, and community self-government agreements;
“Downsizing” of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) through a devolution of program administration to “advanced bands” and transfer of programs to other federal departments;
Negotiating municipal community self-government agreements with First Nations which would result in the First Nation government giving up their Constitutional status as a sovereign government and becoming a municipality subject to provincial or territorial laws;
Extinguishing aboriginal title and rights in exchange for fee simple title under provincial or territorial law while giving the province or territory underlying title to First Nations lands.
The Mulroney governmentâs âBuffalo Jumpâ plan was temporarily derailed due the 1990 âOka Crisisâ. Mulroney responded to the âOka Crisisâ with his âFour Pillarsâ of Native Policy:
Accelerating the settlement of land claims;
Improving the economic and social conditions on Reserves;
Strengthening the relationships between Aboriginal Peoples and governments;
Examining the concerns of Canadaâs Aboriginal Peoples in contemporary Canadian life.
In 1991, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney also announced the establishment of a Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, which began its work later that year; the establishment of an Indian Claims Commission to review Specific Claims; the establishment of a BC Task Force on Claims, which would form the basis for the BC Treaty Commission Process.
In 1992, Aboriginal organizations and the federal government agreed, as part of the 1992 Charlottetown Accord, on amendments to the Constitution Act, 1982 that would have included recognition of the inherent right of self-government for Aboriginal people. For the first time, Aboriginal organizations had been full participants in the talks; however, the Accord was rejected in a national referendum.
With the failure of Canadian constitutional reform in 1992, for the last twenty years, the federal governmentâwhether Liberal or Conservativeâhas continued to develop policies and legislation based upon the White Paper/Buffalo Jump objectives and many First Nations have regrettably agreed to compromise their constitutional/international rights by negotiating under Canadaâs termination policies.
Canadaâs Termination Policies Legitimized by Negotiation Tables
It has been thirty years since Aboriginal and Treaty rights have been ârecognized and affirmedâ in section 35 of Canadaâs constitution. Why hasnât the constitutional protection for First Nationsâ Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights been implemented on the ground?
One answer to this question is, following the failure of the First Ministersâ Conferences on Aboriginal Matters in the 1980âs, many First Nations agreed to compromise their section 35 Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights by entering into or negotiating Modern Treaties and/or Self-government Agreements under Canadaâs unilateral negotiation terms.
These Modern Treaties and Self-Government Agreements not only contribute to emptying out section 35 of Canadaâs constitution of any significant legal, political or economic meaning. Final settlement agreements are then used as precedents against other First Nationsâ who are negotiating.
Moreover, Canadaâs Land Claims and Self-Government policies are far below the international standards set out in the Articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). Canada publicly endorsed the UNDRIP in November 2010, but obviously Canadaâs interpretation of the UNDRIP is different than that of most First Nations, considering their unilateral legislation and policy approach.
Canadaâs voted against UNDRIP on Sept. 13, 2007, stating that the UNDRIP was inconsistent with Canadaâs domestic policies, especially the Articles dealing with Indigenous Peoplesâ Self-Determination, Land Rights and Free, Prior Informed Consent.
Canadaâs position on UNDRIP now is that they can interpret it as they please, although the principles in UNDRIP form part of international not domestic law.
The federal strategy is to maintain the Indian Act (with amendments) as the main federal law to control and manage First Nations. The only way out of the Indian Act for First Nations is to negotiate an agreement under Canadaâs one-sided Land Claims and/or Self-Government policies. These Land Claims/Self-Government Agreements all require the termination of Indigenous rights for some land, cash and delegated jurisdiction under the existing federal and provincial orders of government.
Canada has deemed that it will not recognize the pre-existing sovereignty of First Nations or allow for a distinct First Nations order of government based upon section 35 of Canadaâs constitution.
Through blackmail, bribery or force, Canada is using the poverty of First Nations to obtain concessions from First Nations who want out of the Indian Act by way of Land Claims/Self- Government Agreements. All of these Agreements conform to Canadaâs interpretation of section 35 of Canadaâs constitution, which is to legally, politically and economically convert First Nations into what are essentially ethnic municipalities.
The first groups in Canada who have agreed to compromise their section 35 Inherent and Aboriginal rights through Modern Treaties have created an organization called the Land Claims Agreement Coalition. The Coalition Members are:
Council of Yukon First Nations (representing 9 land claim organizations in the Yukon)
Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)
Gwichâin Tribal Council
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
Kwanlin Dun First Nation
Maa-nulth First Nations
Makivik Corporation
Naskapi Nation of Kawawachikamach
Nisgaâa Nation
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Nunatsiavut Government
Sahtu Secretariat Inc.
Tlicho Government
Tsawwassen First Nation
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
The Land Claims Agreement Coalition Members came together because the federal government wasnât properly implementing any of their Modern Treaties. So the Coalition essentially became a lobby group to collectively pressure the federal government to respect their Modern Treaties. According to Members of the Coalition Modern Treaty implementation problems persist today.
The fact that Canada has already broken the Modern Treaties shouldnât inspire confidence for those First Nations who are already lined up at Canadaâs Comprehensive Claims and Self-Government negotiation tables.
According to the federal Department of Aboriginal Affairs there are 93 Modern Treaty and/or Self-Government negotiation tables across Canada [http://www.aadncaandc.gc.ca/eng/1346782327802/1346782485058].
Those First Nations who are negotiating at these 93 tables are being used by the federal government (and the provinces/Territories) to legitimize its Comprehensive Claims and Self-Government policies, which are based upon extinguishment of Aboriginal Title and termination of Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights.
The First Nations who have been refusing to negotiate and are resisting the federal Comprehensive Claims and Self-Government negotiating policies are routinely ignored by the federal government and kept under control and managed through the Indian Act (with amendments).
Attempts by non-negotiating First Nations to reform the federal Comprehensive Claims and Self-Government policies arenât taken seriously by the federal government because there are so many First Nations who have already compromised their Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights by agreeing to negotiate under the terms and funding conditions of these Comprehensive Claims and Self-Government policies.
For example, following the 1997 Supreme Court of Canada Delgamuukw decision, which recognized that Aboriginal Title exists in Canada, the Assembly of First Nations tried to reform the Comprehensive Claims policy to be consistent with the Supreme Court of Canada Delgamuukw decision.
However, the then Minister of Indian Affairs, Robert Nault on December 22, 2000, wrote a letter addressed to then Chief Arthur Manuel that essentially said why should the federal government change the Comprehensive Claims policy if First Nations are prepared to negotiate under it as it is?
A fair question: why do First Nations remain at negotiation tables that ultimately lead to the termination of their peoples Inherent and Aboriginal rights, especially since it appears that Modern Treaties are routinely broken after they are signed by the federal government?
Many of these negotiations are in British Columbia where despite the past twenty years of negotiations the B.C. Treaty process has produced two small Modern Treaties, Tsawwassan and MaaâNulth. The Nisgaâa Treaty was concluded in 2000, outside of the B.C. Treaty process.
All of these Modern Treaties have resulted in extinguishing Aboriginal Title, converting reserve lands into fee simple, removing tax exemptions, converting bands into municipalities, among other impacts on Inherent and Aboriginal rights.
The Harper Governmentâs Termination Plan
Aside from the unilateral legislation being imposed, or the funding cuts and caps to First Nationâs and their political organizations, the September 4, 2012, announcement of a âresults basedâ approach to Modern Treaties and Self-Government negotiations amounts to a âtake it or leave itâ declaration on the part of the Harper government to the negotiating First Nations.
Canadaâs Comprehensive Claims Policy requires First Nations to borrow money from the federal government to negotiate their âland claimsâ. According to the federal government:
To date, the total of outstanding loans to Aboriginal groups from Canada to support their participation in negotiations is $711 million. This represents a significant financial liability for the Aboriginal community. In addition, the government of Canada provides $60 million in grants and contributions to Aboriginal groups every year for negotiations.
It is Canadaâs policies that forced First Nations to borrow money to negotiate their âclaimsâ, so the âfinancial liabilityâ was a policy measure designed by the federal government to pressure First Nations into settling their âclaimsâ faster. As the federal government puts it, the Comprehensive Claims negotiation process has instead âspawned a negotiation industry that has no incentive to reach agreement.â
This accumulated debt of $711 million along with the $60 million annual in grants and contributions have compromised those negotiating First Nations and their leaders to the point that they are unable or unwilling to seriously confront the Harper governmentâs termination plan.
Over 50% of the Comprehensive Claims are located in B.C. and the First Nations Summit represents the negotiating First Nations in B.C., although some negotiating First Nations have now joined the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC), thus blurring the historic distinctions between to two political organizations. The latter organization previously vigorously opposed the B.C. Treaty process, but now the UBCIC remains largely silent about it.
These two main political organizations — the First Nations Summit and the UBCIC — have now joined together into the B.C. First Nations Leadership Council, further blending the rights and interests of their respective member communities together, not taking into account whether they are in or out of the B.C. Treaty process.
This may partially explain why the Chiefs who are not in the B.C. Treaty process also remain largely silent about the Harper governmentâs âresults basedâ approach to Modern Treaties and Self-Government negotiations.
First Nations in British Columbia are failing to capitalize on that fact, that since the Delgamuukw Decision, the governments have to list unresolved land claims and litigation as a contingent liability. Such liabilities can affect Canadaâs sovereign credit rating and provincial credit ratings. To counter this outstanding liability, Canada points to the British Columbia Treaty Process as the avenue how they are dealing with this liability, pointing to the fact that First Nations are borrowing substantive amounts to negotiate with the governments.
Another recent example of how disconnected B.C. First Nations and their organizations are on international versus domestic policy and law, is the First Nationsâ outcry over the recent Canada-China Treaty.
The B.C. Chiefs and their organizations are publicly denouncing the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement as adversely impacting on Aboriginal Title and Rights, yet they say or do nothing about Harperâs accelerated termination plan. It seems the negotiating First Nations are more worried about the Canada-China Treaty blocking a future land claims deal under the B.C. Treaty process.
The Chiefs and their organizations at the B.C. Treaty process negotiation tables have had twenty years to negotiate the ârecognition and affirmationâ of Aboriginal Title and Rights, but this continues to be impossible under Canadaâs policies aiming at the extinguishment of collective rights. As a result only two extinguishment Treaties have resulted from the process. Even Sophie Pierre, Chair of the B.C. Treaty Commission has said âIf we can’t do it, it’s about time we faced the obvious – I guess we don’t have it, so shut her downâ.
By most accounts the twenty year old B.C. Treaty process has been a failure. It has served the governmentsâ purpose of countering their contingent liabilities regarding Indigenous land rights. Yet it seems the negotiating First Nations are so compromised by their federal loans and dependent on the negotiations funding stream that they are unable or unwilling to withdraw from the tables en masse and make real on the demand that the Harper government reform its Comprehensive Claims and Self-Government policies to be consistent with the Articles of the UNDRIP.
The same can also be said for the negotiating First Nations in the Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic regions.
The Chiefs who are not in the B.C., Quebec or Atlantic negotiating processes have not responded much, if at all, to Harperâs âresults basedâ approach to Modern Treaties and Self-Government. The non-negotiating Chiefs seem to be more interested in managing programs and services issues than their Aboriginal Title and Rights. As one federal official put it, the Chiefs are involved in the elements of the 1969 White Paper on Indian Policy like economic and social development while ignoring the main White Paper objectiveâtermination of First Nations legal status.
Conclusion
Given their silence over the Harper governmentâs âresults basedâ âtake it or leave itâ negotiations approach, it seems many of the negotiating First Nations at the Comprehensive Claims and/or Self-Government tables are still contemplating concluding Agreements under Canadaâs termination policies.
This can only lead to further division among First Nations across Canada as more First Nations compromise their constitutional and international rights by consenting to final settlement agreements under the terms and conditions of Canadaâs termination policies, while undermining the political positions of the non-negotiating First Nations.
In the meantime, Harperâs government will continue pawning off Indigenous lands and resources in the midst of a financial crisis though free trade and foreign investment protection agreements, which will secure foreign corporate access to lands and resources and undermine Indigenous Rights.
Some First Nation leaders and members have criticised AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo for agreeing to a joint approach with the Harper government, including the Crown-First Nations Gathering (CFNG), but to be fair, the Chiefs across Canada did nothing to pressure Prime Minister Harper going into the CFNG. Instead, many Chiefs used the occasion as a photo op posing with the Prime Minister.
The negotiating First Nations who are in joint processes with Canada seem to be collectively heading to the cliff of the âBuffalo Jumpâ as they enter termination agreements with Canada emptying out section 35 in the process.
Much of the criticism of AFN National Chief Atleo has come from the Prairie Treaty Chiefs. Interestingly, if one looks at the federal chart of the 93 negotiation tables [http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1346782327802/1346782485058] not too many First Nations from historic Treaty areas are involved in the Self-Government tables, except for the Ontario region where the Union of Ontario Indians and Nisnawbe-Aski Nation are negotiating Self-Government agreements.
As a result of the September 4, 2012 announcements regarding changes to Modern Treaties and Self-Government negotiations, cuts and caps to funding First Nations political organizations and unilateral legislation initiatives, it is obvious that Prime Minister Harper has tricked the AFN National Chief and First Nations by showing that the CFNG âoutcomesâ were largely meaningless.
One commitment that Prime Minister Harper made at the CFNGâwhich he will probably keepâIs making a progress report in January 2013. The Prime Minister will probably announce the progress being made with all of the negotiating tables across Canada, along with his legislative initiatives.
It appears First Nations are at the proverbial âend of the trailâ as the Chiefs seem to be either co-opted or afraid to challenge the Harper government. Most grassroots peoples arenât even fully informed about the dangerous situation facing them and their future generations.
The only way to counter the Harper government is to:
have all negotiating First Nations suspend their talks; and
organize coordinated National Days of Action to register First Nations opposition to the Harper governmentâs termination plan;
Demand Canada suspend all First Nations legislation in Parliament, cease introducing new Bills and
Change Canadaâs Land Claims and Self-Government Policies to ârecognize and affirmâ the Inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights of First Nations, including respect and implementation of the Historic Treaties.
If there is no organized protest and resistance to the Harper governmentâs termination plan, First Nations should accept their place at the bottom of all social, cultural and economic indicators in Canada, just buy into Harperâs jobs and economic action planâand be quiet about their rights. Source
From 2011 First Nations people again were ignored until the media got involved.
Seems the Canadian press did not do so well in reporting these protests. There are more then the two below that took place across Canada. Check Youtube for more coverage. Or other world media.
Harper is ignoring the people he is representing. He is ignoring the fact that poverty is killing people.
One must ask themselves, is Harper is a fit leader for Canada?
Ignoring ones own people is a crime against said people.
So is Harper going to follow Germany’s lead. Throwing the poor out of the country. Link below. Be sure to check it out. Canada is following their lead with all the privatization.
I am discussed by all of this. For two so called fist world nations they are both appalling. No excuse for either or.
Seems to me the people of your countries should come first and fore-most.
No real leadership in Germany nor is there any in Canada. Both brag of how wealthy they are and yet both treat their citizens like yesterdays garbage.
Both leaders think they have the right to tell others what to do and yet either or cannot even keep the people of their own countries safe.
As first world countries both are failures.
Both should look into their own back yards and clean up the mess.
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