This is where we are going to spend time clicking buttons for online petitions.
I believe in the power of our voices and this is where we talk the most.
I emptied out my storage locker and realized that I have a lot of random things. Childhood memories, 1/2 started or daydream projects I never got around to doing, pieces of ‘art’ I still love but have no where to hang and so on ….
Hoping to sell most of it tomorrow!
April 11 – Quebec City …. make yourself heard!
Mother Nature and all her hidden beauty needs a little support right now
My dream job …… to be the next Mr. Rogers.
Love that this keeps moving in the right direction.
Congrats to Ian Campeau and our First Nations Neighbours.
New Brunswick MP John Williamson from the Conservative caucus made comments about “whities” and “brown people” in the temporary foreign worker program. Interesting language that is racist or simply incredibly inappropriate from one of our MPs
Conservative Ontario MP Larry Miller said the following on the wearing of the niqab during the citizenship oath …. “If you’re not willing to show your face in the ceremony that you’re joining the best country in the world, then frankly . . . if you don’t like that or don’t want to do that, then stay the hell where you came from,” He then went on to speak on behalf of us … ““I think most Canadians feel the same. That’s maybe saying it a little harshly, but it’s the way I feel.”
These two men hold positions of power in our country. Harper has remained silent and they still have jobs.
Justin Trudeau just suspended two members of the Liberal Party caucus pending the outcome of an investigation of sexual harassment.
I ask you who would you rather have as our PM.
Unless you are awaiting the coming of the second messiah I would recommend voting strategically this coming year as the language that is being used in our country as of late is not language I recognize as Canadian.
In June 2014, a 24 year old man named Justin Bourque from Moncton, shot 5 RCMP officers. It was the deadliest attack on the RCMP since 2005. He is a white male who was potentially suffering from depression.
Stephen Harper did nothing to change the way we protect ourselves.
4 months later in October, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shot and killed a Canadian solider and then stormed Parliament and was killed. Michael was 32 years old, a drug user with known mental health issues. He claimed to support jihadists and others in the Middle East resisting the West’s intervention, but was not known to the police to be a terrorism risk.
Today I have Bill C-51 and a serious threat against Canada by ISIS?!?!
I wonder if Michael had been another Justin, another white male with mental health issues, if we would have the scapegoat that was needed to start this dangerous conversation of them and us.
I really want my beautiful mosaic of a country back.
Leo Jul 23 | Aug 22 In 1961, 19-year-old Bob Dylan began doing solo performances of folk songs at New York clubs. To accompany his vocals, he played an acoustic guitar and harmonica. By 1963 his career had skyrocketed. Critics called him a creative genius. Pop stars were recording the songs he wrote, making him rich. But he still kept his instrumentation simple, relying entirely on his acoustic guitar and harmonica. That changed in 1965, when he made the leap to rock and roll. For the first time, his music featured a full drum set and electric guitar, bass and keyboards. Some of his fans were offended. How dare he renounce his folk roots? I wonder if it might be time for you to consider a comparable transition, Leo. Are you willing to risk disorienting or disturbing those who would prefer you stay as you are?
This past Saturday I joined many other Canadians and took to the street to protest Stephen Harper and this Bill C-51. I am in awe that this is even the conversation that we are having in Canada. We should be a world leader in the fight for human rights, environmental rights, freedom of speech, healthy food practices, promotion of green energy, education and health care.
Right now I think, Edward Snowden sums up how I feel best.
“We haven’t had to think about that much in the last few decades because quality of life has been increasing across almost all measures in a significant way, and that has led to a comfortable complacency. But here and there throughout history, we’ll occasionally come across these periods where governments think more about what they “can” do rather than what they “should” do, and what is lawful will become increasingly distinct from what is moral.
In such times, we’d do well to remember that at the end of the day, the law doesn’t defend us; we defend the law. And when it becomes contrary to our morals, we have both the right and the responsibility to rebalance it toward just ends.”
I am not a public speaker. I am not a protestor. I prefer to hug the edges of the party and quietly take things in while enjoying a lot of my own space. Living under Rob Ford and Stephen Harper makes me feel like it is time to get a little louder!!
This Saturday I am going to show up and protest Bill C – 51.
I wish I was going for a walk. I wish this was not going on in my country.
I am, for the first time, actually scared of what is going on.
When you are scared you can do two things, Fight or Flight.
March 8th was International Woman’s Day. Yesterday we also sprung forward in time. Coincidence. I think not.
There is a petition going around to get women onto Canadian currency. Click here to sign
If we win this one I am going to start another to get Elizabeth May on the 5 dollar bill. Blue gold. Water.
In a time where women are underrepresented in politics she leads a Party. Since 2006 she has been growing and strengthening the Green Party in Canada so this year Elisabeth May is My International Woman’s Day Crush.
Thank you!!
I am grateful for other people dedicating time and energy to keep this place safe and open.
Open Media – click here if you want to be heard.
I took this photo years ago riding the Dundas Street Car.
My new neighbours are going to be Wolves, Coyotes, Bears and more. I am not too certain on how to live in close proximately to any of them but I am slowly learning. I think with a little understanding we will be good neighbours.
Heres is a little something to read about wolves – B.C. Wolves!
I appreciate the ability of Change.org to give our voices more strength.
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