Robocalls & Elections

as used by the Corrupt Conservatives to disenfranchise voters by sending non conservative voters to the wrong location and thereby stealing a majority government which is running record deficits and raising the debt while cutting back on program spending when there is population growth and inflation. The Cons deserve to lose 3 if not 4 seats up for byelection! http://www.cbc.ca/newsblogs/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/11/liberals-want-elections-canada-to-watch-for-fraudulent-activities-during-next-weeks-by-election.html  ...

The Cons convention

went from Oct. 31 Halloween to Nov. 2 It’s obvious what the party is doing to the 3 Senators that Harper claims should be responsible for their behaviour. Yet it was Harper who was responsible for appointing 59 some like Duffy, Wallin, Brazeau and Nigel Wright as his Cheif of Staff. The Cons paid for Duffy’s legal fees while Wright paid the rest… http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mike-duffy-s-90k-senate-expense-refused-by-tories-1.2335742  ...

Rob Ford has lied

about his role in a cellphone video that has been observed by 3 journalists and now the police. An investigation took place that produced several hundred of pages about one suspect… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/how-the-rob-ford-investigation-has-unfolded-1.2325422  ...

Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement(CETA)

is not really about trade but regulations! The details are sparse and could be signed in a couple of years. Will be bad for manufacturing, dairy farmers and workers who will have to compete will cheaper labour in southern Europe. Plus Toronto may be forced to open up it’s public services for private EU bids… http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=194969  ...

Brazeau & Claude Carignan

the new Conservative leader in the Senate taking over from Marjorie LeBreton tried to make a “backroom” deal with Patrick Brazeau over the Spending Scandal… http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/patrick-brazeau-says-he-was-offered-backroom-deal-1.2251356  ...

Harper & Duffy

have conflicting points in the Senate Scandal! Harper has trouble answering simple questions. Strange that Duffy who was on medical leave was able to make it to work. Wallin & Brazeau are also up to be suspended without pay and benefits… http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-fires-back-at-duffy-over-senate-expenses-1.2186620  ...

Fracking(Hydralic Fracturing)affects the ground & water

New Brunswick protests against Fracking has led to some 40 arrest and concerns around relations with Native populations based on tough reaction to a small group of protesters. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/n-b-fracking-protests-are-about-nature-manitoba-chief-says-1.2127250  ...

Line 9 Protest on Oct. 19

Oct 19, 2013 – No Line 9! When: Saturday, October 19th — 12noon Where: Toronto Metro Convention Centre (255 Front Street West) Enbridge is trying to pipe tar sands bitumen through Southern Ontario and Quebec, threatening the health and safety of our communities and waterways, and allowing for the expansion of the most destructive project on the planet, the tar sands. Enbridge’s Line 9 is a 38-year old pipeline that is almost identical in build and age to the Line 6 pipeline that ruptured in the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. In total, Line 9 passes within 50 km of an estimated 9.1 million people, including 18 First Nation communities, and directly through 99 towns and cities. But instead of opposing or even carefully considering Enbridge’s proposal to send tar sands through aging infrastructure, the project is being pushed through without as much as an environmental assessment. In fact, the National Energy Board (NEB) is doing everything it can to shut out voices from the public in the approval process, while First Nations communities say that they have not been consulted. From October 16 to 19, the National Energy Board will hold hearings in Toronto, but only pre-approved intervenors are allowed to speak. When our voices are muted by government, the streets become our megaphone. Indigenous communities, environmentalists and labour groups have united to oppose the tar sands pipelines going west and south, and we need a similarly impressive display of mass opposition to any such proposal to transport tar sands east. Stopping the Line 9 Pipeline Reversal and moving toward a clean energy economy with green jobs would be a multiple “win” – a win for communities, jobs, farms, the environment, public health, and for our long-term energy security. Join us October 19th outside the NEB hearings as we say “No Line 9! No Tar Sands Pipelines!”. For more information, please see this 13 min. video            (Preview) Play             (Show link)     Line 9: The Tar Sands Come to Ontario                 Rachel Deutsch     Line 9 was built in 1975 to transport imported oil from Montreal to refineries in Sarnia. Enbridge has now applied to Canada’s National Energy Board to reverse its direction of flow so that it can transport oil from Sarnia to Montreal. Enbridge admits that among the possible uses of Line 9 is transporting “heavy oil” a category that includes bitumen, the hazardous raw material extracted from tar sands. The pipeline passes through cities, watersheds, rivers, and farmland. 9.1 million people live within 50 km of line 9, including 18 first nations communities and 115 communities in total. (Sarnia, Hamilton, North York, Kingston, etc.) Enbridge has a very poor record of environmental impact. Between 1999 and 2008, Enbridge lists 610 spills that released approximately 21 million litres of hydrocarbons into the surrounding area. But Enbridge is most well-known for their 3.8 million litre spill in Kalamazoo Michigan in 2010, amounting to the largest inland oil spill in US history. Because the spill involved the very hard to clean tar sands bitumen rather than conventional crude oil, the clean-up is still on-going. Meanwhile to this day, residents are still sick from the aftermath of the spill, and tragically many have died since. Most troubling for Ontario residents is that the pipeline that ruptured in Kalamazoo is almost identical to Line 9: it is part of the same pipeline network, uses the same interior lining, and is almost the same age. With so much at risk, we need to work together to stop Enbridge Line 9. The big picture is spills, contamination, and expanding the tar sands. The even bigger picture is climate change. If it is not halted, climate change will and is resulting in increased frequency and severity of storms, floods, drought, and water shortage, as well as the spread of disease, increased hunger, displacement and mass migrations of people and ensuing social conflict and war. For more information and to get involved: facebook.com/RisingTideToronto facebook.com/PeopleVersusLine9 stopline9-toronto.ca/ Facebook: Aamjiwnaang and Sarnia Against Pipelines (ASAP) ienearth.org/ facebook.com/AntiTrailbreaker pipeupagainstenbridge.ca/ (focus on B.C.) Video by Rachel Deutsch Music by Ozere (facebook.com/ozereband) Narration by Darren Schilling Script development: Sakura Saunders Research: Sakura Saunders, Dave Vasey, Toban Black, Rachel Deutsch, and Alexander Knight Footage of Kalamazoo coverup: John Bolenbaugh. For more of his footage: HELPPA.org Sources: Polaris Institute, Indigenous Environmental Network, The Media Co-op, The People Versus Line 9 | Facebook event...

Brigette DePape is Still Protesting Harper

she was the Senate page that had the Stop Sign at the last Throne Speech before the Cons prorogued again and have not been siting in the House of Commons for 119 days while getting paid. DePape has a website type in shd.ca http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rogue-page-brigette-depape-still-protesting-harper-1.1991075  ...

Occupy Toronto 2 Year Anniversary

is this coming Tuesday, October 15! Where 2 years ago we met, marched on the issues of Corporate Greed & Growing Inequality for the Occupy Movement. There is a film at Ryerson on Oct. 10th.  Last night we joined with Idle No More for an event on “Nation to Nation” as there was recognition of Aborginal Issues.(see article) Occupy Toronto was able to join with Stop the Cuts & OCAP in 2012 to stop some $ 30 million is Toronto Budget cuts to services that stand today! Provincially the New Democrats were able to use the balance of power to challenge the minority Liberals to tax those making more than $ 500,000 a 2% sur tax. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/idle-no-more-protests-mark-proclamation-s-250th-anniversary-1.1928276  ...

Stephen Harper

has prorogued 4 times as PM first was in 2007. It was 2008 that he prorogued to avoid being defeated by the 163 opposition seats. In 2010, Harper prorogued to answer questions about Canadians and Afghan torture. The most recent one was this fall to avoid questions about Conservative Senate appointee’s spending. So in the meantime we should look at… http://www.harperscrimes.ca/  ...

Film Screening: Occupy Love

When: Thursday October 10 — 6pm-8pm Where: Ryerson University, LIB 072- 350 Victoria Street Light Dinner. Solidarity Video Award Ceremony, Film Screening: Occupy Love, followed by discussions with director Velcrow Ripper. The film connects the dots in this era of rapidly evolving social change, featuring captivating insider scenes from the Egyptian Revolution, the Indignado uprising in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York, Indigenous activists at the Alberta Tar Sands, the climate justice movement, and beyond. Woven throughout the action oriented backbone of the film is a deep exploration of public love, and compelling stories of an emerging new paradigm. 8.30 pm. Discussion with Director, Velcrow Ripper and Judy Rebick, the Inaugural Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy afterwards. https://www.facebook.com/events/1413050778923206/...

Republicans shut down some Government

is the U$ as they take on “Obamacare” and the funding of it! There are challenges bringing “access” to Health Care to the some 45 MILLION that are uninsured. Down the road CANADA should be concerned when the U$ his their “Debt Ceiling” this Oct. 17… http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/key-obamacare-law-kicks-in-amid-confusion-and-shutdown-1.1874959  ...

Conservative Dean Del Mastro

has been charged for Elections violations from 2008 for his questionable fundraising. He has left the Conservative caucus, recently serving as Parliamentary Secretary to Stephen Harper and hypocritally questioned the Election spending by other parties… http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/dean-del-mastro-quits-tory-caucus-after-election-act-charges-1.1869649  ...

Tim Hudak avoids leadership review

In Ontario we have a minority Liberal government with the PCs the main opposition. Hudak was first elected under Harris in 1995. The policy convention extols American style policies like “Right to Work” which means for less, thus growing inequality at the Provincial level. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-pc-leader-tim-hudak-won-t-face-leadership-review-1.1863351  ...

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