Informed Canadians Oppose Online Spying

Do you think it is a good idea for police to be allowed to listen to phone calls without getting a warrant first?

That is exactly what the Harper Conservatives are proposing to imbed into our Criminal Code.

We should all oppose this – especially as more of use use VOIP and as our cars and smart meters are constantly recording bucketloads of information about us.

Arm yourself – get informed!!!

6th of October, 2011: The Fourniers are in court in Ottawa

Connie and Mark Fourniers are coming to Ottawa for a Motion in the Copyright lawsuit Mr. Richard Warman is bringing against them for using his own words in self-defense against other lawsuits he has brought against them.

I may have this completely backwards, but, to the best of my understanding, Mr. Warman accused the Fourniers of defaming him.  The Fourniers used Warman’s words to prove the truth of their statements – since truth is still defense against the charge of defamation.  Mr. Warman says that by using his words, they are infringing on his copyright on the intellectual property of the ideas he expressed.  And he is suing them for it.

Yes, it sounds ludicrous – but that does not necessarily imply I have misunderstood the main point…

The Fourniers will be coming to Courtroom #2 on the seventh floor of the Sir Thomas D’Arcy McGee Building, 90 Sparks Street at 9:30 a.m.  If you can, come show them your support.

Harper government re-introduces oppressive ‘digital lock’ bill

Michael Geist explains it much better than I ever could.

I’ll just add that this is very distressing – and a big strike against individual property rights.

Freedom of Speech under fire – again

Not surprising,  but with a twist…

Since I have been experiencing some problems with my internet connection (few minutes on, few hours off), I cannot dig into this as well as I would like to.  However, Kaffir Kanuck has an in-depth write up – perhaps you could read it there.

Let me just state, clearly and unequivocally:  freedom of speech is a core human right and we must tolerate no infringement upon it. That whole “I disagree with what you say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it” adage applies here.  For the State to use criminal law to silence a citizen is simply beyond the pale and we must all stand up and speak up against it!

At the same time, a foreign government is using SLAPP suits to successfully bully Canadian broadcasters…

‘Backscatter Vans’ produce unsafe x-ray levels

If you still had any doubt, SlashDot has a nice, short blurb with links in it confirming they are not the best thing for your health.

Not sure what ‘Backscatter Vans’ are?

They are vans equipped with backscatter x-ray machines which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been driving up and down the streets, especially in urban centres, scanning all the people in the viscinity – without their consent or even knowledge.  (Yes – just imagine the nightmare scenario:  a woman, in the early weeks of pregnancy, stops innocently nearby one of these unmarked surveilance vehicles and has her baby’s DNA scrambled…)  This has been happening for quite some time – quetly, but definitely.

Now, through FOIA, there is confirmation that these machines produce x-rays at levels that are unsafe for humans.

But, don’t worry – since they are classified as covert operations machines, they do not need to adhere to them old-fashioned safety standards!

 

Are we headed for food stamps?

Hopefully not!

 

Canada leads the resistance to UN plans to develop and enforce ‘nutritional’ plans for each and every person on Earth.

The unspoken question, of course, is how this could possibly be enforced.  I wonder if food stamps are on their way back…

Michael Geist: Wikileaks confirms US pressured Canada on copyright laws

Well, well. well – I am not surprised, but, it’s good to have it confirmed.

I suppose this makes me an ‘acolyte’!

GoogleTechTalks: ‘Copyright Regimve vs. Civil Liberties’

An excellent explanation of the origins of our copyright laws – and how they have evolved over time.  Plus – a strategy on dealing with the problems they create.

Caledonia: No More Nightmares!

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Caledonia:  No More Nightmares!
 

Signed copies of Christie Blatchford’s book “Helpless” will be on sale!

We will have a limited number of signed copies of Christie’s book for sale at our event on Caledonia.

Where to buy tickets 

Tickets will be available at the door. 

You can also buy tickets at four locations in Ottawa on Monday morning.

1.  Compact Music, 785 1/2 Bank Street in the Glebe.

2.  Compact Music 190 Bank Street (at nepean).

3.  Ottawa Folklore Centre (1111 Bank Street).

4.  Ottawa Festivals (47 William Street).

Tickets can also be bought online.

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We’re now working on the 2nd International Free Thinking Film Festival 2011! 

Next year’s festival will start on the evening of November 11th and run through November 13th.

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Our Next Presentation!
 

Caledonia:  No More Nightmares
March 22, 2011, 7 PM
Library & Archives Canada
395 Wellington

Admission:  $20.00, Students $10.00

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 (pictured above) – 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 All of 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.

Part 1: Caledonia’s Victims

Part 2: Caledonia Policy Issues

Part 3: The Smoking Gun of OPP Corruption

Part 4: The ‘Caledonia Act’: No More Nightmares

Gary McHale and Mark Vandermaas – with help from Caledonia residents – tell even more of the untold story of Caledonia based on the ‘smoking gun’ evidence behind racially-based policing policies enacted by the Ontario Provincial Police and Ontario government to appease native radicals while allowing innocent residents to be terrorized, intimidated and traumatized:

  • 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.

Early arrivals will be treated to a pre-presentation ‘bonus’ screening of a compilation video composed of footage recorded during the Caledonia crisis which will begin showing at 6:30 pm. (The video will be available on YouTube after the event.)

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.

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