It looks like they’ll let me say a few words…

September 16, 2010 — xanthippa

While I am not one of the organizers of the September 18th demonstration in front of Jim Watson’s office (and, yes – it is rumoured that Mr. Watson himself plans to attend the protest rally), they WILL let me say a few words…

Mr. Watson has been campaigning on the premise that he works through ‘consensus building’ – something he claims is a ‘positive’ thing which his opponent lacks.

I intend to say a few words as to what exactly that means:  and why governing through ‘consensus building’ is anti-democracy!

If you want to learn more, please, come to the rally (if you can):

Date:  September 18th, 2010

Time:  High Noon

Place:  Jim Watson’s campaign office, 1355 Richmond Rd., Ottawa

UPDATE: They did!

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Eco-Tax Rally: Saturday, 18th of September 2010

September 13, 2010 — xanthippa

Where:  Jim Watson’s campaign office, 1355 Richmond Rd.

Time:  12 noon

Date:   18th of September, 2010

Here is the email from Debbie Jodoin, one of the protest organizers, announcing the rally:

“Are you tired of Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Ontario Liberals taking money out of your pockets?


Maybe you are tired of Dalton and the Ontario Liberals playing hide and sneak with your tax dollars?


Or, maybe you are just tired of Dalton and all his broken promises.


Come out at 12:00 pm, Saturday, Sept 18th to Jim Watson’s Campaign office . 1355 Richmond Road.

Let’s ask Mr Watson about his 6 and half years as a Cabinet Minister under Dalton McGuinty.

He has to be held accountable for our high provinical taxes.

Bring your signs, bring your water, bring your chairs and show Dalton he can no longer take advantage of us.

With your HELP, ONTARIO CAN LEAD AGAIN!!!”

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Was the ‘Koran-burning preacher’ Terry Jones duped by the moderate imam Musri?

September 9, 2010 — xanthippa

While checking out TheReligionOfPeace, I came across this story.

Instead of trying to simply retell what the article says, let me try to re-construct some plausible approximation of how it might possibly had happened.

First, we have the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’.  And, yes – the undercarriage of one of the airplanes that hit ‘The Towers’ on 11/09/2001 actually fell on top of this building and damaged it:  this makes the building ‘Ground Zero‘. Imam Rauf, who is building the Ground Zero Mosque  cannot, by any reasonable person, be called ‘moderate’ – not with what has been learned about him… and certainly not based on his behaviour.

Anyhow…

Yesterday (Wednesday), imam Rauf is quoted in the linked article as saying that

‘nothing is off the table’  when asked whether he would consider moving the site.

Today, (Thursday), Donald Trump is reported to have offered that he would buy the building from imam Rauf for 25% more than it had cost him:  not because he wants the building, but because he would like to end the controversy amicably.  Considering that imam Rauf and his gang had paid $4.8 million for the damaged building, Mr. Trump is truly putting his money where his mouth is.

So far so good.

But things go from good to bad rather fast.

A nutty and, by the sounds of it, somewhat unpopular preacher Terry Jones from Florida got annoyed by something and declared September 11th, 2010, to be ‘International Burn-the-Koran Day’.  (No, not a ‘Burn-an-imam Day’ – just destroying some inanimate objects he owns.)

Could it have been the very existence of the Mosque at Ground Zero?  Or, perhaps the speed with which it’s breezing through all the building permits while St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, the tiny little churched destroyed as the South Tower collapsed on top of it, appears to be fatally entangled in the red tape which denies its reconstruction?  Or was it hearing about the hundreds of bibles burned by Iran?

Perhaps he was expressing solidarity with the Muslims in Iran who have posted this video of themselves, burning the Koran, as a symbol of protest against the oppressive theocracy which is ruining their country? (Thanks, BCF, for digging this one up.)

Perhaps it was a little bit or everything.

Perhaps he was simply exercising his freedom of religion!

Whatever the cause, the fact remains that preacher Jones is well within his rights to destroy his own property, however he chooses to, and nobody has the right to meddle!

Of course, meddle they did.

And this is where it gets rather ugly…

‘Everyone’  has been meddling!

It was just ugly when it was just the usual media lackeys who condemned him.

It was emotional blackmail and just idiotic when people ‘all over’ tried to make him somehow responsible for the potential actions of other people.  Yet, that is exactly what happened!

But when General Petraeus, the American Troops top commander in Afghanistan, came out and started telling anyone who’d listen that how a specific citizen of the USA chooses to exercise his Constitutionally guaranteed rights, he’ll be guilty of putting American troops into danger – that is when it gets downright scary!

Since when do we live in a society which permits military generals to dictate who gets to exercise their Constitutional rights, and how?  Do we even WANT to live in such a society?

Of course, the media ignored the constitutional rights issue and instead of demanding that General Petraeus be stripped of his position and dishonourably discharged from the military (the minimum reasonable reaction to a general caught bullying civilians out of their civil rights) , they have given the military man a pass and continued to beat up on the nutty preacher.  Sad, even if predictable.

Of course, this is not where it ended.

US President Obama – the guy who found nothing offensive in decades of reverend Jeremiah Wright‘s ‘God Damn America’ sermons – condemned his own citizen for exercising his freedom of religion. In this abc piece, Obama is quoted as saying (regarding Terry Jones’s plan to exercise his freedom of religion):

“If he’s listening, I just hope he understands that what he’s proposing to do is completely contrary to our values … this country has been built on the notions of religious freedom and religious tolerance,”

In other words, Obama says that the USofA ‘has been built on the NOTIONS(?!?) of religious freedom’, but believes that exercising them is ‘completely contrary’ to American values.  (I am presuming here that when Obama says ‘ours’, he actually DOES mean ‘American’.)

Does Obama really not realize what is coming out of his mouth?!?!?

Last night, the internet provider pulled the plug on the prea

Today, when Secretary of Defense Gates did not only not fire Petraeus, but actually personally phoned Jones up and parroted Obama and the disgraceful general, preacher Jones began to show cracks.

So, let me recap.

So far, we have tons of pressure on preacher Jones to cancel his ‘Burn-a-Koran Day’ day, which he is ostensibly holding as an exercise of his freedom of religion, because he is so annoyed with imam Rauf’s arrogant project which has created so much discord in the American psyche.

We also have imam Rauf claiming ‘nothing is off the table’ when he was asked if he would be willing to move the mosque’s location to a less controversial spot.

Donald Trump takes imam Rauf seriously and offers to buy out the ‘Park 51’ property from him while giving imam Rauf a 25% return on his investment.

In comes the ‘moderate’ imam Musri,reportedly  an influential Muslim from Florida.

Preacher Jones meets with imam Musri and comes out of the meeting convinced (rightly or wrongly) that since the Ground Zero Mosque builders have agreed to move their project, he is calling off the ‘Burn-the-Koran Day’!

Yes, he has called the ‘Burn-the-Koran Day’ off!

But, he has done so in the honest belief that the reason for his decision to so publicly exercise his freedom of religion by burning the Koran was no longer there – that the thorn has been removed from his side!

Alas, not so!

Once the ‘Burn-a-Koran Day’ was called off, the ‘moderate’ imam Musri says that there must have been a misunderstanding:  he only promised that the two of them (Musri and Jones) would travel to New York to seek an audience with imam Rauf in order to ask him to, please, be so kind as to consider, may be, perhaps, moving his project elsewhere.

If he’d like to.

Pretty please.

Gee – how could such a misunderstanding have come about?!?!?

On a completely unrelated note – have you ever heard of the Islamic concept of  ‘taqiyya’?

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A letter from Afghanistan to Dalton McGuinty’s EA

September 9, 2010 — xanthippa

First of all, I would like to thank this soldier – both for what he is doing for all of us in Afghanistan, putting himself in danger tto keep us and our kids are safe, and for taking time to write to Dalton McGuinty’s EA and asking for an explanation of how ‘freedom of speech and assembly’ became ‘privileges’.

Now, to explain…

There has been a series of recent protests against Dalton McGuinty, the Premier of Ontario, organized by two Ottawa taxpayers, Debbie Jodoin and Shirley Mosley.  Ms. Jodoin is so upset with Mr. McGuinty’s policies, she has decided to seek a nomination for the Conservative Party to run against Mr. McGuinty, in his riding, during next year’s Provincial election.

The protests have attracted some attention – and Mr. McGuinty’s ‘office’ began subtle intimidation tactics against the demonstration organizers, especially Ms. Jodoin.  This culminated in a letter Mr. McGuinty’s Exacutive Assistant, John Fraser, had written and emailed to Ms. Jodoin.

Not only did Mr. Fraser see fit to email it to Ms. Jodoin at work, he also emailed it to each and every one of her co-workers – and her boss.  In the email, Mr. Fraser admonishes Ms. Jodoin not to forget to obey the laws….  Yeah, employer’s just LOVE to get emails addressed to their employees which imply that without a ‘friendly reminder’ from the office of the Premier, this employee could not be counted on to obey the law of the land!

If the intimidation were not enough, Mr. Fraser’s letter (officially sent as coming from the Premier’s office) also included the following phrase:

“I think we can agree that free speech and the right to assemble are both a privilege and a cornerstone of our democracy.”

With Ms. Jodoin’s permission, I posted the full letter, along with the context (Mr. Fraser thought it necessary to come up to Ms. Jodoin just prior to the demonstration and ensure she agrees to follow the laws – the Ottawa Police were there in force, and even brought along a paddy-vagon…you know, just in case!)

Well, a few other blogs picked up on this, thanks to a great deal to MooseAnd Squirrel, BlazingCatfur and all the rest of the bloggers who picked up the story.  The story made it around the world.  Yesterday, BlazingCatfur posted a letter which a soldier, serving in Afghanistan as a member of Canadian Armed Forces, had sent to Mr. Fraser in response to the Jodoin letter.

He writes:

“One can not even imagine the sheer delight, as I try in many ways to convey to my troops that free speech and the right to assemble are a privilege.”

Read the full letter here.

And, if I ever have the honour to shake this person’s hand, the beverages will be on me!

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Dalton McGuinty’s office: ‘Freedom of Speech’ is a PRIVILEGE!

August 30, 2010 — xanthippa

This is an email sent by Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s EA to Debbie Jodoin, one of the organizers of the Ottawa anti-Eco-Tax (Eco-fees) protests.  Not only was it sent to her, but also to all her co-workers and her employer…

From: Fraser_John <jfraser@liberal.ola.org>
To: Clarke, Rob – M.P.
Cc: Clarke, Rob – Assistant 1; Clarke, Rob – Assistant 2; Clarke, Rob – Assistant 3
Sent: Fri Aug 27 15:12:22 2010
Subject: Attention Debbie Jodoin – My apologies if anyone receives this email in error.

Ms. Jodoin ,
It has been brought to my attention that you are organizing a rally/protest outside our constituency office tomorrow. I think we can agree that free speech and the right to assemble are both a privilege and a cornerstone of our democracy. I am sending you this note to ensure you aware of the concerns of our neighbours.

As the organizer of the rally/protest I am sure that you have made arrangements to ensure a safe event for everyone involved. I do want to encourage you and the citizens participating in your rally/protest to have respect for our neighbours at the Kilborn Plaza. Our neighbours are small business owners who depend on parking and easy access for their customers, many of whom are seniors.

Out of respect for our neighbours, I would ask that you urge the participants to:

  • Avoid using the parking directly in the lane directly in front of the store fronts. There is parking on the side and back of the mall that is easily accessed.
  • Understand the mall’s businesses depend on a smooth flow on both the sidewalk and lane directly in front of the stores.
  • Ensure that the entrances to the mall are not blocked so the mall’s customers can have easy access to parking.


Thank you in advance for your consideration.

John Fraser
Executive Assistant
Office of Dalton McGuinty, MPP

Yes, the official communication from Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty states, clearly and unequivocally – and expect us to agree – that:

I think we can agree that free speech and the right to assemble are both a privilege and a cornerstone of our democracy.

No, Mr. Fraser!

No, Mr. McGuinty!

WE WILL NEVER PERMIT YOU TO TREAT OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AS ‘PRIVILEGES’!

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Dalton McGuinty’s EA attempts to intimidate Debbie Jodoin

August 29, 2010 — xanthippa

Saturday, August 28th 2010, there was a rally in front of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s constituency office in Ottawa to protest the crushing tax burden, the illegal eco-taxes (which the McGuinty’s Liberals have partially pulled and are re-thinking, finding another way to impose them which could not be as blatantly unconstitutional).  The pictures from this protest are here and here (coming).

This is the third protest in the series organized by Debbie Jodoin and Shirley Mosely – two feisty ladies who are simply fed up with the contempt with which the Ontario government is treating us, Ontarians. In fact, Debbie Jodoin is so fed up, she has decided to seek the nomination by the Conservative Party of Ontario to run against Premier Dalton McGuinty ( in his riding) during the next Provincial election!

Debbie and Shirley have taken out all the proper permits for each and every one of the three demonstrations (and I expect the pattern to follow for the next protest, which will be held at Jim Watson’s office on September 18th, 12 noon to 2 p.m.).  There was no problem at either of the first two protest rallies – with the police (who had a presence at the first protest, 2 squad cars with 2 cops each – watching and making sure we did not block traffic or break any other rules, but who were absolutely invisible at the second protest – the one where an MPP and the media cameras were present) or with the businesses.

At this third protest rally, there was a police presence.  Not only were there 2 squad cars (with two cops apiece), there was also a police paddy-wagon!

I suppose all of us regular citizens protesting the illegal taxation the McGuinty Liberals are imposing on us  are likely to be in need of being dragged off by the police!

But, that is not all.

Debbie Jodoin – and each and every one of her co-workers, including her employer – received an intimidating letter in the vein of the A. Houle letter to Ann Coulter before her speech at Ottawa University!

In a private email to me, Debbie Jodoin has described (she was in a rush – she is going out of town on a business trip)  the concerns leading up to the protest:

“It was Dalton EA that sent the email message . Point is we had our first ECO TAX rally there a few weeks back with 500 people and the police and businesses there had no complaints . Point is we always get a city permit and they have the instructions on it and I will send it to you via email as well.

One business even let us use his washroom! I took it upon myself to phone this gentleman and thank him and once again ask for use of his washroom and perhaps give him 25 dollars for some electricity to run our sound systemThe gentleman had no problem that I believe was on a Tuesday with the call coming from my workplace on my lunch hour.

On Friday morning this business owner phoned my work and told the staff that we could use his washrooms but could not use any power as he did not want to get involved in this.In this ! one now asks why would he say that, until I recieved the email that was sent to me and all my co-workers at our place or work to give me instructions on how to behave there etc through his email.

So now the scenario fits ..Mr Fraser the EA took it upon himself to speak to all these businesses or I should assume he did to ask them how concerned they were about another rally gearing up outside their business and stirred the pot . This is typical of Dalton and the gang.

Brendan McGuinty was not there …the first Rally DAVID McGuinty sat in his car and watched the rally ..then they had David Suzki write and article on how wrong we are to fight the ECO TAX.. 2nd rally at Chiarelli’s office we had a call the friday before from a MP ;s office in the same bldg of Chiarellies that was being called and asked us to show respect to the businesses in the mall and not to block there business.And then whamo we get this phone call and email from McGunity’s office.”


So, what was in this email?  The email that was sent to Debbie Jodoin, each and every one of her co-workers as well as her employer?

Here is the full wording of the email:

From: Fraser_John <jfraser@liberal.ola.org>
To: Clarke, Rob – M.P.
Cc: Clarke, Rob – Assistant 1; Clarke, Rob – Assistant 2; Clarke, Rob – Assistant 3
Sent: Fri Aug 27 15:12:22 2010
Subject: Attention Debbie Jodoin – My apologies if anyone receives this email in error.

Ms. Jodoin ,
It has been brought to my attention that you are organizing a rally/protest outside our constituency office tomorrow. I think we can agree that free speech and the right to assemble are both a privilege and a cornerstone of our democracy. I am sending you this note to ensure you aware of the concerns of our neighbours.

As the organizer of the rally/protest I am sure that you have made arrangements to ensure a safe event for everyone involved. I do want to encourage you and the citizens participating in your rally/protest to have respect for our neighbours at the Kilborn Plaza. Our neighbours are small business owners who depend on parking and easy access for their customers, many of whom are seniors.

Out of respect for our neighbours, I would ask that you urge the participants to:

  • Avoid using the parking directly in the lane directly in front of the store fronts. There is parking on the side and back of the mall that is easily accessed.
  • Understand the mall’s businesses depend on a smooth flow on both the sidewalk and lane directly in front of the stores.
  • Ensure that the entrances to the mall are not blocked so the mall’s customers can have easy access to parking.

Thank you in advance for your consideration.John Fraser
Executive Assistant
Office of Dalton McGuinty, MPP

All the rules and conditions that the protesters have to abide by are listed on the City of Ottawa permit, which Debbie had taken out for the protest.  Therefore, she is quite familiar with them.

So, why should Dalton McGuinty’s EA take it upon himself to remind her of these?

This is between Ms. Jodoin and the City of Ottawa – who granted her the permit.  The Provincial government has absolutely no jurisdiction in this.  Yet, Dalton McGuinty’s EA had taken it upon himself to remind Ms. Jodoin (who is about to challenge Mr. McGuinty for his seat) as well as her employer and her co-workers of all this!

Add to this the fact that one of the merchants in the strip mall actually felt intimidated enough to not want to ‘get involved in this’ – and you will begin to get a picture  how these crooks work!

Just prior to the protest, this video captures an exchange between Ms. Jodoin and a man whom I presume to be Mr. Fraser:

But, perhaps THE most important phrase in that letter is:

“I think we can agree that free speech and the right to assemble are both a privilege …”

No, Mr. Fraser, we cannot agree that freedom of speech and the right to assemble are both a privilege!

NOT AT ALL!

These are fundamental rights and freedoms, inherent to each human being and so recognized in our Constitution!

Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly ARE NOT PRIVILEGES!

The very fact that you think so – and that you seem to expect that we will agree – shows to us the depth of depravity that the McGuintyLiberal government has sunk to!

Shame on you all!

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Photos from August 28th at Dalton McGuinty’s constituency office – part 1

August 28, 2010 — xanthippa

Short and sweet – here are the photos.

Debbie Jodoin, one of the two powerhouses behind this protest, had quite an announcement:  She is so angry, she will seek the Conservative nomination to run AGAINST Dalton McGuinty in the next provincial election!

There is more:  Dalton McGuinty is aware that she is seeking the nomination to run against him in his riding.  Perhaps this is unrelated, perhaps not…but, Dalton McGuinty’s EA had sent Ms. Jodoin an email one day before the protest – and to her place of employment, none the less – attempting to intimidate her!

Also, Dalton McGuinty’s lackey clearly stated in the email that ‘freedom of speech’ is a PRIVILEGE she ought not abuse!!! I’ll be making a separate post dedicated to this email, including its full text as soon as I can get it written up.

Shirley Mosley reminded us that three of Dalton McGuinty’s most trusted Ministers are now seeking office in Municipal elections….and that unlike the Ottawa race, Torontonians are not buying ‘Diaper-head’ Slitherman’s bullcrap:

Bart, a WWII veteran who’s coming up to 95 years of age – and who does not like the way the McGuinty Gang are treating Ontario seniors.

Following his speech, Debbie thanked him, all our veterans – and all our members of the Armed Forces.  They have always fought for our rights and freedoms – it is about time we backed them up!

Sharon, from CFRA, also had a few thoughts about the McGuinty gang…  And, she took the local MPP’s to task for not showing up:  this was an abdication of their responsibilities!  The crowd agreed with her wholeheartedly!

Nick Vandergragt was an awesome speaker!

He, too thanked all our vets and the brave men and women of our armed forces:  he gets it!  He truly does!  More on his message later…

Even though the provincial politicians did not show up – shame on them all – many of the candidates for Ottawa municipal elections were present.

Even Harper MacKay was there, pressing licking flesh:

There is so much more to come in part 2.

(If you’d like to receive a higher resolution version of any of the photos – or some other photos taken at the protest today, please, comment on it and I’ll be happy to email them to you.)

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McGuinty tax protest: 28th of August, 2010

August 26, 2010 — xanthippa

Where:  Premier Dalton McGinty’s Ottawa office at 1795 Infanticide Kilborn Ave.

When:  Saturday, 28th of August, 2010, 12 noon to 2 pm

17th of July, 2010, several hundred highly disgruntled Ontario taxpayers showed up at Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Ottawa office to show their displeasure (to put it mildly) at the illegal taxes which Premier McGuinty permitted an unelected board made up of industry members to levy directly on the Ontarians.

Two brave and energetic ladies organized this protest:  Debbie Jodoin and Shirley Mosley.  There were a few print media guys, but the only video was shot by ‘people’, not the media.  I took some photos at the protest, posted here and here.

The protest was part of a greater wave of dissatisfaction with Dalton McGuinty’s disrespectful conduct towards the Ontario Taxpayers – and it was successful.   Debbie and Shirley lead the vocal Ottawa faction of citizens whose patience with Mr. McGuinty’s antics had run out to another protest on August 7th, this time held in front of another (in my never-humble-opinion) crooked Ottawa politician’s office – Bob Chiarelli, who is currently McGuinty’s Minister of Communications (and, I suspect, the sleaziest, most despicable, most contemptible person in Ottawa – but my reasons for thinking this are secrets which are not mine to reveal, no matter how much I am itching to).

This second protest attracted greater attention:  more media coverage (though, most TV cameras showed up early and left before most of the protesters arrived) as well as more politicians showed up, from Lisa McLeod to many candidates for the Ottawa Council.  Even a young man who ran out of power (of the battery kind) came all the way from Premier McGuinty’s office to monitor and report.

Also spotted among the protesters were some card-carrying members of the Liberal Party (recognized by some of their neighbours who also attended):  it seems that it is not just people who would be unlikely to vote for McGuinty, but also people who make up  the core of his voters are getting fed up with McGuinty’s policies of treating Ontarians with contempt.

Curiously, unlike the first protest, the second one had no visible police presence.

Photos from the August 7th protest are here, here and here.

I have also taken the opportunity to muse on the topic – even if only ‘theoretically’.  My post wondering if governments have the ‘right’ to collect taxes forcibly (as opposed to voluntary) has sparked perhaps the longest and deepest ‘comment section’ of any of my posts so far.  And, I have posted a story about a man who refused to submit himself to serfdom – hoping to illustrate some of the similarities between robota – ‘serfdom’ – and the current system of mandatory taxes, where governments have usurped unto themselves the right to suspend civil liberties when it comes to collecting taxes…

The next demonstration will take place this coming Saturday, August 28th, from noon to 2 pm at Premier McGuinty’s constituency office.  Circumstances permitting, I plan to be there.  And, I’ll let you know how it went – perhaps even post some photos.

If you are going to be in the Ottawa area this Saturday, I hope to see you there!

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Photos from August 7th anti-eco-tax protest in Ottawa part 3: who was there

August 8, 2010 — xanthippa

Yesterday, August 7th, there was a protest against Ontario’s illegal eco-taxes.  I have posted photos from it here and here.  These are some more photos from there, along with a bit more commentary.

The protest was held outside of the Ottawa constituency office of Bob Chiarelli, the Communications Minister in Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s government.

Aside from the speakers, whom you can see in part 1, there were other politician and/or would-be politicians.  Even a fellow blogger Blake Batson, was also there – hopefully, he’ll blog his impressions from the protest.

The Ottawa municipal elections are coming this October.  The current front-runner in the race for Mayor is Jim Watson:  a former mayor of Ottawa, who left to join Dalton McGuinty in Queen’s Park just prior to the ‘amalgamation’, where the malaise which had infected tho ‘old’ City of Ottawa under Watson’s reign was imposed on all the neighbouring municipalities as they were gobbled up into one entity.  Now that Bob Chiarelli became unelectable as Ottawa’s mayor, bodymaster McGuinty has swapped Bob and Jim’s roles…  This has certainly

not gone unnoticed, as Shirley Mosley clearly pointed out.

It had also brought out a number of candidates running for City of Ottawa Council in the upcoming elections.  (For ease of reference, here is the official list of all the declared candidates.)

This young man (right) with CFRA’s Rob Snow (left) is Leslie Saintilma, a very pleasant and intelligent guy (at least, that was the impression he left me with from the few minutes we chatted) who is running in Ward 10, Gloucester Southgate.

Interestingly enough, Ward 10, Gloucester Southgate, was represented by not one, but two candidates.  I did not get to chat with Wade Wallace (he was busy helping with Lisa McLeod’s volunteers), but I did snap a pic of him as he was being interviewed by Rogers, the local community channel:

Ward 7, better known as simply Bay Ward, was represented by the very pleasant GJ Hagenaars – whose wife and really cute young son also came (though the pic I took of them did not turn out – sorry).

It is likely I have missed some candidates who were there.  If I did, please, let me know and I’ll update the post with the info!

Still, the municipal candidates were not the only ones there!  Here, Ade Olumide, chair of OTAG (Ottawa Taxpayers’ Advocacy Group) can be seen talking to the gold-expert John Button (OK – I only got a bit of the back of Mr. Button’s head…).

Here is a better picture of John Button, as he was speaking.

Here is a shot of MPP Lisa McLeod, as she is being interviewed.

Talking about Lisa McLeod….  She did something I quite liked.

As is the case with many  ‘watermelons’ (green on the outside, red on the inside) who avoid discussing the merit of initiatives by resorting to ad hominem attacks on their critics, Dalton McGuinty attacked (or, in this case, got Dr. David Suzuki to attack) Lisa McLeod.  Ms. McLeod told the audience about the attack in a story in a newspaper (I didn’t catch the name of which one) which stated that her opposition to the illegal eco taxes meant that she was not ‘eco-friendly’.

Ms. McLeod turned that to her advantage, because sometimes, opposing illegal taxes only means one opposes illegal taxed (my wording). And, she proved it!  She brought a re-usable eco-friendly shopping bag (with her name emblazoned on it) for each and every one there!  As she spoke, a wave of volunteers began handing them out!

There were also some people wearing Lisa McLeod t-shirts who were collecting signatures on a petition against those hated eco-taxes:  apparently, they collected over 350 signatures on the petition at this one protest alone!

And the protest did have impact.  Not only had many more news people showed up for this one (as opposed to the July one)  here are a few people who were walking by and stopped to find out about the protest.

From the young:

to vets (left):

people of all walks of life had a  message for Dalton McGuinty and his government:

OK – here are some more shots:

Debbie and Shirley are planning the NEXT protest for August 28th 2010 at Dalton McGuinty’s Ottawa constituency office.  If you don’t like being taxed to death – legally and illegally – I’ll see you there!

UPDATE:  Blake Batson at PerspectivesOttawa has also posted photos from the protest – in the background of one of them is little old me!

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Photos from August 7th anti-eco-tax protest in Ottawa part 2: the people

August 7, 2010 — xanthippa

The intro to this post is in part 1.

These are photos I took at the anti eco-fee demonstration today if front of Bob Charelli’s costituency office in Ottawa.   While not all the people there were wondering whether taxes ought to be voluntary, it does appear that many Ontarians have reached the breaking point and will simply not stand for any more taxes.

By the way – it was revealed that, among the protesters, were not just conservatives and libertarians:  a few card-carrying Liberals were noticed by their neighbours.  This does not bode well for the McGuingy gang….

Now, to the pictures:

While the above sign warns of ‘Liberal spies amongst us’, I do suspect that most of the Liberals there were in agreement with the protest – after all, even many Liberals opposed Premier McGuinty’s idea of permitting industry to levy taxes on the citizens of Ontario.  After all, ‘fascism’ is, by definition, the collusion of government with industry…

This young nman, however, self identified as being from Mr. McGuinty’s office:  and, until his batteries ran out, he did record the protest!

This protest also drew a lot of ‘political’ people – more photos and ‘who’ was there will be in part 3!

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