Xanthippa's Chamberpot

The Free Thinking Film Society and the International Free Press Society are proud to present an evening on Caledonia.

This four-part presentation by Gary McHale and Mark Vandermaas – two longtime Caledonia ‘rule of law’ activists who provided a significant portion of the evidence and background for Christie Blatchford’s shocking book Helpless: Caledonia’s Nightmare of Fear and Anarchy, and How the Law Failed Allof Us begins with an introduction to the crisis from the victims’ perspective, and then picks up where Helpless leaves off by examining the national issues at stake; the racial corruption of the justice system by police and government; and concludes with concrete recommendations for moving forward.

* How the Ontario government subverted the Charter of Rights and its own Police Services Act by conducting an illegal ‘peacekeeping’ mission on Canadian soil and misleading the public about its use of the Ipperwash Inquiry’s recommendations to justify its policy of refusing to protect non-natives.

* How the Ontario government and OPP repeatedly attacked the character and motivations of non-native rule of law activists, but remained completely silent about the critical role played by anarchists and anti-Israel groups in supporting native crime groups in Caledonia and Brantford for their own anti-capitalist objectives since May 2006.

* How aboriginals, too, have been untended victims of policing policies that allow illegal occupation sites to become lawless ‘home-free zones’ for rape, assault, arson, drug use and gun violence.

* How the Ontario government interfered with Caledonia policing, and used the OPP to target non-native activists.

* How the Attorney General stopped a terrorism charge from proceeding against a native blockade ringleader.

* How OPP officers, including senior brass, intervened with reference letters in order to attempt to obtain reduced sentences for native protesters and/or ensure charges against them – including several for assaulting police officers – were not laid at all.

* How the former OPP Commissioner met and joked with native protesters at a meeting on Six Nations called to seek his help in eliminating criminal charges, but refused the Haldimand mayor’s request to meet with Caledonia’s most aggrieved non-native victims.

* How native radicals use vexatious land claims to create instant government payouts for themselves while opening the door to legalized lawlessness.

* How OPP officers, while secretly under the direction of native ringleaders, broke Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) protocols during a Dec 01/07 protest by residents at an illegal smokeshack — which was selling cigarettes to the town’s children – during which non-natives and police officers were repeatedly assaulted and some sent to hospital – including one who suffered a permanent brain injury.

McHale and Vandermaas will conclude with a discussion of their proposed ‘Caledonia Act’ – a list of specific legislative and policy recommendations based on their combined eight years experience working as full time volunteers to confront race-based policing in and outside the courts.

In today’s ‘post-Helpless’ search for answers to the question, Where do we go from here?’ McHale and Vandermaas set out a realistic healing process for Caledonia and Six Nations that is founded, not on the demands and appeasement of radicals, but on time-tested concepts of truth, justice, equality, and respect for all human beings irrespective of race, religion or grievance.

All guests will receive a copy of the presenters’ ‘Caledonia Act’ recommendations as well as a DVD containing just a small fraction of the evidence at their disposal – 600+ files consisting of documents, photos, and videos as submitted to Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice by Mr. McHale in his defence against a $7.1M SLAPP suit (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) filed by the Ontario Provincial Police Association in 2007 against him after he claimed police officers were not upholding their oaths of office in Caledonia.

Signed copies of Christie Blatchford’s Helpless will be available for sale.

This event should not be missed by any Canadian politician or policy researcher who cares about one of the most important issues facing Canada today – the preservation of our country’s rule of law in the face of extremist factions seeking to destroy cherished Canadian values for their own selfish ends.

Jeff Parkinson

Jeff Parkinson is a co-founder of Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality and is the organization’s Director of Multi-media Production. His uncanny instincts with his video camera have proven invaluable in gathering crucial evidence used in private prosecutions, and in the defence of falsely accused rule-of-law activists. With assistance from CANACE co-founder Gary McHale Jeff made legal history by winning two important Ontario Superior Court rulings related to the right of citizens to file private prosecutions in the cases of R. v. Parkinson 2008 and 2009. He will be introducing a video summary of ‘The Ernie Palmer Story‘ – taken from his 8-part interview with a Caledonia resident who was intimidated into allowing an illegal smokeshack on his property.

Doug Fleming (Caledonia Resident)

Doug Fleming has lived in Caledonia all his life, and grew up with many friends on Six Nations. He has been active in opposing the lawlessness in his town, and once even set up his own illegal smoke shack in front of an OPP station under the name ‘Doug’s Smokes’ in an unsuccessful attempt to get arrested in order to dramatize police refusal to enforce the law against the blight of native-run smokeshacks selling contaminated, un-taxed tobacco products to the town’s children. Doug’s brother Randy is one of the four people arrested by the OPP for walking down the street with a Canadian flag. Both Randy and Doug were protrayed in artist Barb Patterson-Tuck’s 2008 award-winning depiction of the Caledonia crisis entitled ‘Caught in the Middle.’

Marie Trainer

Former mayor of Haldimand County

Mayor Trainer’s family has lived in Haldimand County since the early 1800’s. She married the “the boy next door” and together they ran a successful business — Hagersville Tire Service — for 25 years.  Marie lost her husband in 1979 and was left to raise three boys (who were 5, 7 and 11 at the time), run a business and take care of a cow/calf/beef operation alone.

She was asked in 1985 by the Hagersville Chamber of Commerce to run for Council. Voted in, Marie was then asked three years later to run for Regional Councillor. Voted in, three years later, she ran for Mayor and again was chosen by the people of Haldimand. Marie was Mayor for 16 years and on council for a total of 22 years.

Mary Lou Ambrogio

Mary Lou Ambrogio is the Vice President of the Canadian chapter of the International Free Press Society, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization  whose mission is to promote free speech principles across Canada and the world at large, through seminars, conferences, books, film and music. The society defends individuals and organizations that are being persecuted for having stood up for free speech. IFPS-Canada’s accomplishments include bringing Ann Coulter, Philippe Karsenty, Kurt Westegaard and Bat Ye’or to Canada.