How about that Mulroney guy, eh !?
'Nothing to see here folks move along now.'

Brian, thanks for the commiseration. Thanks also for that great link. Your own blog is looking good!

To my readers: Click on "Website" at the bottom of Brian's post to see some fresh and interesting stuff.

For instance, I learned that the Canadian 911 truth group now has an online forum. I hope that takes off bigtime too.

I read your recent rant ("Rome Is Burning, Folks"). I feel your pain.

I found absolutely astonishing that last link that you provided, the one from the The Independent about the Brit's plans to finance and build a Taliban training camp in Afghanistan. It reminded me of that scene with Joe Pesci in the film JFK. (YouTube)

Pesci portrays David Ferrie a strange man who came to know far too much about the Kennedy assassination.

"Everybody's switching sides. It's fun and games, man! It's fun and games!"

Hi to the anonymous poster, and thanks very much for sharing your experience with the Labour Force Survey and helping to keep this issue alive.

Your post has been given a permanent home on the "Chosen" page.

The person who came to your home wasn't an employee of the government, and that was not their real first name. (Their privacy is respected.) The government outsources this work to contractors who hire low-waged workers to do the interviews. They are probably paid by piecework (I have it on good authority that the census workers were) so if they don't get the job done they don't get any money, and that may account for their pushing their way in like a vacuum cleaner salesperson.

Congratulations on being "late" with the census! I should tell you that I was Chosen before I even had a chance to mess with the census. But, come to think of it, I had started a political blog several month prior to being Chosen! But I was assured that the selections were made quite scientifically, even though they didn't say exactly how.

When I was helping to leaflet with the Raging Grannies prior to the census, I was amazed at how many people said they never complete their census forms. And they weren't immigrants.

You're right about immigrants. They very likely feel quite intimidated, and have flash backs of horror. And I can see that you are still feeling exposed, because even though you are writing to me anonymously, you hesitate to say whether the interviewer was male or female, as if doing so could somehow identify you.

But no, the government obviously does not (yet) legally have this kind of power. If they did I would have been fined or sent to jail for refusing to answer the personal questions that had nothing to do with the Labour Force Survey. The government still has to pay lip service to democracy and the right to privacy. They know they are pulling a fast one by sliding in those questions. I'm pretty sure I could have won if it had come to a court case.

I think, however, that the government is working on getting that kind of power. The only way to stop them is to en masse not comply. They can't jail the whole country.

My Labour Force Survey experience appears to be quite similiar to your own. I also was 'late' in participating in the census. I wonder if this is a factor in being 'chosen'.

The interviewer also managed to get into my apartment building somehow, after the Manager was off duty and knock at my door. The night before I had found the letter taped to the outside. I don't recall receiving any letter in the mail, but if my name wasn't on it I may have tossed it in the blue box with the other junk mail.

And yes he/she asked me what I payed in rent and how much I earned and a number of other personal questions.

One thing that struck me is after I answered the door with out inviting she/he in he/she basically just waltzed in and sat themselves down in my apartment after flashing his official i.d. tag. The tag had only the persons first name.

It was all VERY weird.

Does the government really have this kind of power? Scary. And it seems I have six more months of this to look forward to.

Oh I also forgot he mentioned right at the beginning of the interview 'And I understand you xxxx for a living?' How did he/she find out if they didn't even have my name on the envelope or letter taped to my door?

Major creepy. It kind of makes you wonder what else the government is up to under the 'Terror' acts and the like.

Hey I was born in the country, I could just imagine how some recent immigrant would react. The Power of the Mighty State...

Re-posted from Feb.12th as a reminder by YayaCanada

For the launch of CJPME's 2008 Speaker Series in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto, we are delighted to announce:

The Israel Lobby

with John J. Mearsheimer

Prof. Mearsheimer, co-author of the 2007 book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, will be doing a three-city tour with CJPME: Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. Please join us as Mr. Mearsheimer discusses how the West's unwavering support of Israel has been disastrous for its own foreign policy interests. Prof. Mearsheimer's address will be followed by a time of Q&A.
Please join us at one of the three event venues. Tickets are available for purchase via the Internet, or by telephone:

Ottawa, Friday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., tickets on Internet for Ottawa, or at 1-888-222-6608

Montreal, Saturday, February 23, 7:00 p.m., tickets on Internet for Montreal, or at 1-888-222-6608

Toronto, Sunday, February 24, 7:00 p.m., tickets on Internet for Toronto, or at 1-888-222-6608. (Tickets for Toronto event also available at the Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord St., Toronto, 416-922-8744)

Please distribute this email widely to your friends and acquaintances across Quebec and Ontario.

Prof. Mearsheimer is the co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He has written several books about security issues and international politics as well as many articles that have appeared in academic journals like International Security, and popular magazines like The London Review of Books. His op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times dealing with topics like Bosnia, nuclear proliferation, the failure of Arab-Israeli peace efforts, and the folly of invading Iraq.

For more info on these exciting events, please see http://www.cjpme.ca.

Hope to see you there!

cjpme@sympatico.ca
http://www.cjpme.ca/

This speaks for itself, no comments required.

Re Lech's posting below: Harper's response to Kosovo can be found in the following Bloomberg headline. When the rulers of America want Quebec to separate, it will be arranged. They love breaking up countries into smaller, more manageable pieces.
Bush, EU Allies Endorse Kosovo as Russians Protest

This is a fabulous site that lists all the school shootings etc where anti-depressants were involved.

http://ssristories.com/index.php

Will Canada Recognize the Independence of Kosovo, Quebec?
It's an interesting question. How will Canada recognize the independence of Kosovo, at the same time denying the independence of Quebec or the right of Palestinians to self-determination? What arguments will be used to justify applying different standards in these situations? Just watch, as hypocrisy of the Harper government is exposed, again.

I penned this to the Toronto Star the other day, Feb 8.

They don't seem to be inclined to print it, at least I have neither heard from them nor seen it in print. Thought it was well reasoned, sensible brief and to the point. What do your readers think?

This money given to Mr M by the libs really ticks me off. I can quietly accept that the man is a scoundrel but this part of the saga really bites, at a time when REV CAN is being more and more aggressive in its collection strategies with ordinary Canadians. (Don't get me started on that story!)That's our hard earned tax money he's sitting on after all.

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lettertoed@thestar.ca

With regards to the goings on of the Mulroney corruption probe. I think that at the very least we have already passed the point at which Mr Mulroney should be asked to put the $2.1M, given him by Mr Rock, into escrow pending a resolution of the issue.

Name
Address

You missed mentioning the one that roils me the most:

The deliberate incitement of fear by the the combination of words "ACID REFLUX disease"!

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/disease
dis·ease (d-zz)
n.
1. A pathological condition of a part, organ, or system of an organism resulting from various causes, such as infection, genetic defect, or environmental stress, and characterized by an identifiable group of signs or symptoms.
2. A condition or tendency, as of society, regarded as abnormal and harmful.
3. Obsolete Lack of ease; trouble.

Now I may be just a crazy old looney but the condition is a result of parts wearing out. Is aging a disease ?

I like words. They can be used so craftily, I have done some myself, on a small scale, but this sort of thing ticks me off.

PS BTW, did you catch this one:

Brian haw carries 'queen and country' debate
http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/154845

rikki | 09.02.2008 02:12 | SOCPA | London

As mentioned on indymedia previously, brian haw left his parliament square vigil this week to walk to oxfrod and take part in a historic debate. 75 years on from the controversial 'king and country' debate at oxford union, the same motion was debated on thursday evening. the motion was carried by a resounding majority.

The motion "That this House will in no circumstances fight for its Queen and Country" was successfully argued by brian haw and others in front of an audience of oxford students, and the motion was passed by a majority of around 2 to 1.

Brian got back to the square to resume his six year vigil this evening.

Slowly but surely some more of those majestic large trees on the west coast have to make way to progress and development.
Police Assault Langford Tree-Sit

To Señor Lopehandia:

Being merely a blogger who knows only what she sees with her own eyes and reads in the media, and tries to inform the public about certain issues, the most I can do is allow your statements to stand here in the interests of free speech, and provide my readers with your website address so they can make their own assessment.

In researching your name I did come across Greg Palast's 2003 book redaction that appears to confirm your assertion that George Bush Sr. had a rather sinister hand in the Barrick story.

I've no doubt that politics attracts criminal minds, but it seems to me that now, while the iron is hot and Mulroney is under the microscope, would be a good time for you to contact the relevant Canadian government authorities about your complaint.

Thank you for writing, but I hope you feel you have made enough of a point here in my message book, and will henceforth just allow my readers to do their own research on this matter if they are so inclined.

A nrew dimention ought to beadded to the issue, the abuse of LIBEL to cover up financial crimes by Brian Mulroney as Barrick Gold Corporation.

Mulroney ended conveniently "by design" his memoirs 1993 the year he takes cash from Shcreiber and over at BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION as Chairman of the International Advisory Board, did he need the brives from Schreiber?

Barrick has legally lost its largest single Gold-Silver asset in Chile MINA PASCUA and Brian Mulroney recruited ANDRONICO LUKSIC private banker of Chile into Barrick's International advisory board in 1998 after recruiting Mr. GWH Bush 1996...

Luksic though was brought in for "obstruction of justice against Mina Pascua ownership and existing trials Civil C-1912-2001 and Criminal 1160-2002, both bearing heavily over Mulroney's et al head at the largest Gold heist and fraud ever in the history of mining in the world.

Casualties? an official investigation requested by the ex RH Paul Marting Jr. first as Minister of Finance and later as PM, furthermore there is a tampering and fraud to RCMP - IMET file #001 in Canada, wherein Mulroney's Barrick was "given a break by RCMP when Harper took office"... why so much crime covered up by a draconian libel lawsuit Mr. Mulroney?

Mulroney's Barrick made of Jorge Lopehandia (google Jorge Lopehandia Barrick) a symbol of INTERNET LIBEL in Canada and worldwide, yet I am as innocent as Mr. Arar.Mr. Milgaard or any innocent victim of staged LIBEL LAWSUIT to cover up crime, via extreme use and abuse of "elitist connections at all levels".

I have a Judgment, full evidence "no hear say", that Brian Mulroney is guilty via Barrick of abuse of libel lawsuit to protect themselves from an RCMP investigation.

Mulroney Barrick are guilty of a string of Libel lawsuits that have allowed to commit crimes and enjoy prestige, high life style via character assassination and financial theft to innocent people and the Government of anada + Banks amongstr others.

Whereas in the Schreiber case there are dead witnesses and hear say evidence my case is air tight full evidence at hand.

You can contact me at 604 376 4194 for evidence or interview.

The truth must be told despite death threats against me and Family if I do.

Respectfully.

Jorge Lopehandia, Mina Pascua Chile, owner
goldinchile@gmail.com

Meet the man who Exposed the Israel Lobby!

For the launch of CJPME's 2008 Speaker Series in Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto, we are delighted to announce:


The Israel Lobby

with John J. Mearsheimer



Prof. Mearsheimer, co-author of the 2007 book, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, will be doing a three-city tour with CJPME: Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto. Please join us as Mr. Mearsheimer discusses how the West's unwavering support of Israel has been disastrous for its own foreign policy interests. Prof. Mearsheimer's address will be followed by a time of Q&A.
Please join us at one of the three event venues. Tickets are available for purchase via the Internet, or by telephone:



Ottawa, Friday, February 22, 7:00 p.m., tickets on Internet for Ottawa, or at 1-888-222-6608

Montreal, Saturday, February 23, 7:00 p.m., tickets on Internet for Montreal, or at 1-888-222-6608

Toronto, Sunday, February 24, 7:00 p.m., tickets on Internet for Toronto, or at 1-888-222-6608. (Tickets for Toronto event also available at the Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord St., Toronto, 416-922-8744)



Please distribute this email widely to your friends and acquaintances across Quebec and Ontario.



Prof. Mearsheimer is the co-director of the Program on International Security Policy at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1982. He has written several books about security issues and international politics as well as many articles that have appeared in academic journals like International Security, and popular magazines like The London Review of Books. His op-ed pieces have appeared in the New York Times dealing with topics like Bosnia, nuclear proliferation, the failure of Arab-Israeli peace efforts, and the folly of invading Iraq.


For more info on these exciting events, please see http://www.cjpme.ca.


Hope to see you there!

cjpme@sympatico.ca
http://www.cjpme.ca/

To Jack: Yep, it's pretty clear we're still a monarchy - ruled by King George. The symbol shown throughout the video broadcast of the Senate hearings today on Bill C3 was the royal crown and the word Canada below it. No red maple leaf to be seen.

To John: You read my mind. It's really sad that two brothers, one of them just a little boy, were badly hurt this time, but most of the time the Qassams are just nuisances, and nobody took Israel seriously when they tried to say this was the reason for slaughtering so many Palestinians. It almost seems as if they are overjoyed that finally there are some serious injuries to point to.

John Manley, head of the government's advisory panel on Afghanistan, defended the mission by invoking the name of Canadian peacekeeping hero Lester Pearson.

Since Canadians have tended to associate Afghanistan with torture and a cowboy-style "war on terror," the invocation of Pearson's name – from fellow Liberal Manley – was highly potent.

It was also absurd, even preposterous – like invoking Abe Lincoln as a nation-building forerunner of George W. Bush.
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8005

I thought the yayacanada community would be interested in my latest article.

Mass Psychology and Education: The Impact of Science on Society Part 4


From Bertrand Russell's The Impact of Science on Society:

"I think the subject which will be of most importance politically is mass psychology. Mass psychology is, scientifically speaking, not a very advanced study... This study is immensely useful to practical men, whether they wish to become rich or to acquire the government. It is, of course, as a science, founded upon individual psychology, but hitherto it has employed rule-of-thumb methods which were based upon a kind of intuitive common sense. Its importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda. Of these the most influential is what is called 'education'. Religion plays a part, though a diminishing one; the Press, the cinema and the radio play an increasing part."

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Reposted as a reminder by YayaCanada:

4th ANNUAL ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK

Dates: 3RD- 9TH OF FEBRUARY 2008

Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) Ottawa and Carleton and Not In Our Name (NION) Ottawa are proud to announce the schedule for the 4th annual Israeli Apartheid Week being held under the banner 60 Years of Nakba: End Israeli Apartheid. This international week, which began in Toronto in 2005, has now spread to Palestine, South Africa, Norway, UK and many cities across the US and Canada.

OTTAWA ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK SCHEDULE
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Friday Feb 1, 7:30 PM (Ottawa is starting the week earlier than other cities)

Film Screening: THE IRON WALL
Hosted by: Not In Our Name – Jewish Voices Against Israel's Wars
MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146),
150 Louis Pasteur Street
University of Ottawa
http://www.theironwall.ps/
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Saturday Feb 2, 1:00 PM

Demonstration: PICKET IN FRONT OF CHAPTERS/INDIGO - NO MORE SUPPORT OF ISRAELI MILITARISM!
Organized by: Not In Our Name - Jewish Voices Against Israel's Wars, CanPalNet Ottawa
Chapters/Indigo at Rideau and Sussex
www.nion.ca
http://www.canpalnet-ottawa.org/

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Tuesday Feb 5, 7:00 PM

Lecture: A FAREWELL TO ISRAEL: THE COMING BREAK-UP OF NORTH AMERICAN ZIONISM
Norman Finkelstein
Organized by GSAÉD as part of their Interdisciplinary Conference: http://www.gsaed.ca/conference2008/
This is a free event, but space is limited so people should reserve tickets in advance (613-562-5935 or gsaed@uottawa.ca)
Tabaret Hall, room 112
550 Cumberland Street
University of Ottawa
Limited space, reserve your (free) tickets: 613-562-5935 or gsaed@uottawa.ca
http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/
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Wednesday, February 6, 7:30 PM

Lecture: STILL TOO MANY ENEMIES: THE NAHR EL BARED REFUGEE CAMP AND PALESTINIANS IN LEBANON
Marcy Newman
Fauteux 147 A
57 Louis Pasteur
University of Ottawa
Entry $3
www.bodyontheline.wordpress.com
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Friday, February 8, 7:30 PM

Lecture and Discussion: RESISTING ISRAELI APARTHEID: BUILDING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT

Salma Wakim – Ittijah: the network for Palestinian non-governmental organizations in Israel
Issam Alyaman - Palestine House, Mississauga
Adam Hanieh - Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Toronto

MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146),
150 Louis Pasteur Street
University of Ottawa
http://www.palestinehouse.com/
http://caiaweb.org/
http://www.ittijah.org/

Join SPHR and NION in standing up against Israeli Apartheid!

For further information and schedules for different cities please visit the official
Apartheid Week 2008 website at: www.apartheidweek.org

Or contact the organizers at

sphr.uofo@gmail.com
sphrcarleton@gmail.com
nion.ottawa@gmail.com