Canada At The Crossroads - A Year in Review & Your help is needed

July 18, 2007

 Originally published by Gary McHale - http://www.caledoniawakeupcall.com/

If you have not yet read this and acted on it, you should take the time now. YOUR future is at stake.

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Canada at the CrossRoads

Your Help is needed

For the past year the OPP & various politicians have tried to make it sound as if only Caledonia is affected by violent Native Protesters. However, over the past 2 months we have seen that these issues affect all of us.

Your Land Deed is Worthless in Ontario:

The fact is that in Ontario your deed that states you own your land and home is worthless as a direct result of the failures of the McGuinty Government and the lack of policing by the OPP. In the latest Legal Magazine titled ‘Law Times’ they ran an editorial questioning who is ‘ Protecting Private Property’. [Link] The Ontario Home Builder’s Association ran a story a few months ago titled “HELD HOSTAGE” [Link] in which they stated that builders had done everything right to get clear title to land before developing but in the end it was worthless.

Nation wide Protests:

The National Day of Action that was set for June 29th demonstrated that all of Canada is faced with the issue of a Few Natives who choose to use illegal activities to force Governments into political action - the very definition of Terrorism as stated in the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act. [Link]

We saw a YouTube training video to sabotage CN rail in support of Native Land Claims. We saw Shawn Brant from Deseronto deliver a speech in Toronto that demonstrated that he has been working for 10 years encouraging Natives to pick up guns and to attack the infrastructure across Canada - a clear terrorist threat. [Video] [Dialup]

We saw National Native Leaders both support the use of illegal activities on June 29th but also make racist statements against Canadians. These Native Leaders only changed their tone after the Federal & Provincial Governments both suddenly came up with $2.5 billion each ($5 billion total). Mike Duffy asked whether such deals was paying ‘Blackmail’.

We have demonstrated what Peaceful Protest is:

We have had several Town Hall Meetings throughout Ontario and several Marches/Rallies in Caledonia. In each case there have been no crimes committed and we have continuously told people that we want no racial slurs, no swearing, no violence and no criminal behavior.

Our web site is a perfect example of peaceful protest in a democratic society. We protest against Two Tier Justice and against the spineless leadership of politicians.

We have NEVER been charged with any crime. We have NEVER been asked by any police force to remove anything from our site.

Informing Canadians is our GOAL and letting Canadians respond by voting for change in both the coming Provincial and Federal elections. We continue to have a National Voice - both through our web site but also through interviews done weekly throughout Canada.

Our web site has, in one year, had 560,000 visits with approx. 22,000 unique homes/business viewing our site monthly. A total 3,700,000 web stories, including video & audio files, have been viewed in the past year.

Targeted by OPP and McGuinty Government:

We have done such a great job at exposing the OPP & the McGuinty Government that they came out in attack mode against us and anyone who supported us.

- We are the only Blog to have had a Press Release issued against us [Link]

- Ontario Government threatened CHTV for having us on TV [Link]

- The OPP have done numerous Press Releases against us

- Fantino spent 4 months on TV, radio and in newspapers attacking us

- Governments are the number one viewer of our site [Link, Link]

Media is finally seeing how serous this has become:

$oldiers of Fortune - The Western Standard [Link]

For natives, a legal free-for-all - The National Post [Link]

Native violence becomes blameless - The National Post [Link]

Turning guilt into billions of dollars - Ottawa Citizen [Link]

Uphold Canada’s laws - Kitchener Record [Link]

Six Nations Should End Protest and Pay Costs - Canadian Taxpayers Federation [Link]

We aren’t all free - The Regional News [Link]

We have national media now questioning both the McGuinty & Harper Governments as to their handling of Native protesters. We have Mike Duffy of CTV using phrases like blackmail and terrorism. We also had Steve Paikin on TVO’s The Agenda openly questioning Mohawk protesters in Deseronto whether their actions were terrorism. [Link]

Media Relations

  • - One of the main viewers of our web site are media people from across Canada
  • - We are contacted weekly to help provide information for stories they run
  • - Read the story above by the Western Standard as an example of how we provide information to media. (see other examples: Link )
  • - We work with Native Media to try to get the message out. Recently we spoke on Native radio in New Mexico which was carried throughout North America [Link]

Exposing the OPP & Government:

  • - We had the media room at Queen’s Park twice
  • o 1) Exposed the Ipperwash Inquiry as biased toward Violent Native Protesters
  • § Created http://www.ipperwashpapers.com/
  • o 2) Exposed FantinoGate - Fantino’s threatening email to Haldimand Council [Link]
  • o Media has carried both of these stories.
  • - Filed many Police Service Complaints against Fantino & OPP officers
  • - Ontario Ombudsmen rebuked Government for handling of these investigations [Story in Toronto Star - [Link]
  • - We exposed the McGuinty Liberal Plan a year ago where the Government was going to secretly give in the violent protesters in Caledonia [Link, Link, Link]

Exposing the Dangers and informing the Public:

  • - We were the first to expose the CN sabotage training video which was then covered by national media
  • - We exposed the fact that the AK47 shooting in Caledonia started on the occupied DCE area
  • - We provided the video on Shawn Brant which shows a real Terrorist Threat to Canada

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Canada at the CrossRoads

Your Help is Needed

Canadians falsely believe that big brother (the Government) will also solve problems for them. The residents of Ipperwash still do not have any solution after 15 years - by the way, Oka still has not been resolved after 17 years.

The residents of Caledonia now know that politicians at all levels will do nothing to protect people’s property or their Charter Rights.

Because we are divided, our Government will not listen.

Join us to bring ACCOUNTABILITY to Governments. Join us to restore LAW & ORDER to Canada and to bring about True Equality & Freedoms.

Write your Provincial Member of Parliament and also your Federal Member of Parliament as well.

Write letters to editors of newspapers.

Spread the message to friends & family that Canadians must take a stand for Equality and for Freedoms as promised in our Constitution.

Your Financial Support is Needed

I wish we could get Government funding to carry on our Peaceful Protest but we cannot. The Government spends millions each year funding Native Land Claim offices, Native Land Claim Lawyers, Negotiation teams and the Six Nation Band Council spent $66,000+ to help in the violent take over of DCE in Caledonia.

It has become clear to many media that in Canada people no longer have property rights as soon as any Native group claims your property is theirs. There is no police force, no Government politician who will come to your aid - appeasement and paying Blackmail money is the approach of both the Harper & McGuinty Governments.

We need to keep the battle for Truth and Justice going:

Canada is faced with a choice to make. Will we be ruled by laws based on Equality or will we be ruled by threats of violence and intimidation.

It is a simple choice and one the Politicians have already made - they’ll pay the Blackmail. It is quick and it is not their money so it is easy.

However, these same Politicians who clearly are spineless will also change their views as soon as Canadians wake up to the Truth about the Blackmail, about the Terrorism, about the violence used to force Governments to cave in.

Once Politicians know they will lose votes - they’ll flip flop to appease.

We need Funding to continue to get the message out, to continue to wake people up to what is happening. It truly is a full time Job.

Many Canadians have been victimized:

Do not think there are no victims.

There are the victims of the violence, of the intimidation, of the threats, of the sleepless nights. There are the victims of lost property values (tens of thousands of dollars per property affected), rejected insurance claims, threatened non-renewal of mortgages, loss of thousands of dollars in income. There are thousands of victims that the media fails to show.

HELP us to help them.

What is Freedom & Equality worth to you? Make a sacrifice to help your fellow Canadians. Any amount is helpful but Please Give Generously.

Consider giving monthly:  $10, $25, $50, $100 [Link]

Consider an immediate donation: $25, $50, $100, $500, $1000 [Link]

We offer our heartfelt thanks in advance for your kind donation.

Credit Card or PayPal payments are accepted as are Interac Email Money Transfers, Money Orders, and Personal Cheques

 

Where does the Money Go

Legal Fund:

•1)      Whistle blower protection for any OPP officers who need to have their legal cost covered as a result of telling the public the truth about OPP operations.

- estimate is $40,000

•2)      Help the various legal actions against OPP & the Ontario Government

Quarterly Magazine:

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Canada at the CrossRoads

Hi-quality Magazine

100 pages

- Providing Canadians with a more complete story of what has happened in Caledonia

- Photos and Documents that have never been made public will be released.

- Available Fall 2007

- Estimated Price: $14,000 per quarter

Political Election Fund: ($100,000 for fall election)

This is not a fund to run in any election, but a fund to make sure we are able to bring the topic of Law & Order and of Equality & Freedom to be election topics this fall.

We need to send a message to Dalton McGuinty (Lib.), John Tory (PC), and Howard Hampton (NDP) that the public will want to know how they will restore Equality and Freedoms in Ontario.

Web site Support:

There are now four people who are working full-time on maintaining the various web sites. Although the cost of the web sites themselves is very small, the time commitment to do the research and post each story is huge. In addition, the time to file complaints and to help the media to stay focused on the true story is very time consuming.

Not everyone can commit full-time to fight for Justice. In any Civil Rights movement all kinds of people are needed. Those who work need to provide for those who commit themselves to the struggle. In the end we all win when Equality and Freedoms are restored in Caledonia, in Ontario and throughout Canada.

Full year support for the 4 people working on the web site is estimated to be $50,000.

Please be advised - projects will not go ahead unless the Canadian Public provides the financial support for the cause. In the 21st century, money is required to do some of these tasks.


Indian Summer

July 6, 2007

An interesting take on the situation Canada is facing at the hands of Native Terrorists by Western Standard touching on such people as Jim Prentice, Phil Fontaine, Terry Nelson,  Angus Toulouse, Mike Harris, Dalton McGuinty, John Tory, and even Gary McHale (sort of). 

Also such Terrorists attacks as Oka where Mohawks shot and killed a cop, Ipperwash where they made Dudley George a martyr for being killed during battle with the OPP (yes they said during battle.. kudo’s Western Standard), the pathetic Ipperwhitewash Inquiry,  and Caledonia.

This one is definitely worth a read. Click here or on their interpretive art of how peace for June 29th was negotiated for the full story.


Chief Terrance Nelson: ‘I’ve known violence all my life’

June 19, 2007

ROSEAU RIVER RESERVE, MAN. — ‘Well, why else are you here?” Chief Terrance Nelson shoots back. “I doubt The Globe and Mail would send you out to talk about Roseau River’s housing problems,” he says with a smirking laugh.

Mr. Nelson is a roiling mixture of bluster, determination, suspicion and contempt. He knows that the media loves controversy, and he isn’t afraid to stoke it in order to get the country’s attention.

His has been the most militant voice about the June 29 national day of action called for by the Assembly of First Nations. “There’s only one way to deal with a white man. You either pick up a gun or you stand between him and his money,” he is now famous for saying. Canadians should be “damn nervous,” he warns.

Mr. Nelson likes to point out. “Canada stands to lose up to $200-billion shaved off the GDP, and the economy won’t recover until 2009,” he boasts of the day of action’s potential impact.

“Let me ask you a question,” he says, leaning back in his swivel chair. “Is it easier to bring native people to where Canadians are at economically or to bring Canadians down to where we’re at? And then you’ll find out what the hell it’s like … You have everything to lose. That’s why you’re really afraid,” he says, leaning forward and chuckling lightly.

“The worst thing that could happen is for June 29th to fizzle, because then people will look at that and say, ‘See? The Indians just run away. All they do is threaten. All we have to do is show them who is boss.’ “

Read the full story here


A crisis of leadership: It is time for Indian leaders to assume their responsibility

June 19, 2007

The Harper government’s initiative to speed up Indian claims settlement is overdue, but represents but a small piece of a puzzle crying out for completion.

Only when such leaders as Phil Fontaine and Bill Wilson stand up and say as much will Canadians be able to look to a prospect of socioeconomic equality between Indians and non-Indians. At present, Fontaine, chief of the Assembly of First Nations, and B.C. chief Wilson - defeated by Fontaine last July for the top aboriginal job - are trapped in a victim mindset.

They’re pandering to the hotheads in their communities rather than speaking on behalf of innovation and the taking of personal responsibility.

Read the full story here


Skin colour irrelevant

June 14, 2007

Winnipeg Free Press
Letter of the DayRe: Land claims pledge can’t derail protest, June 13.

I was shocked by Chief Terry Nelson’s comments. In response to his remark, “Are you going to listen to another white man making a promise?” I would say yes, you should, if you’re going to be a citizen in a society that looks beyond ethnicity and judges people by the content of their character.

I listen to promises from white men all the time, and for the most part, it hasn’t adversely affected me. It is illogical for Chief Nelson to reject the land-claims proposal simply because of the skin colour of the person who promised it, and it is disingenuous of him to continue rail blockades based on such questionable grounds.

GABRIEL HURLEY

Courtesy of www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com


Independent body to speed up system. Announcement today timed to defuse threats of illegal protests by native bands

June 12, 2007

CanWest News Service
Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will try to calm agitation for aboriginal protests this summer by announcing today the creation of an independent tribunal to speed the settlement of native land claims.

Today’s announcement is timed to defuse threats of illegal and possibly violent demonstrations on some reserves. The Assembly of First Nations is also calling for a “day of action,” including protest, on June 29.

Yesterday, Chief Terrence Nelson applauded Harper for agreeing to reform the land-claims system, but said he could not call off his blockade because of “the simple promise of another white man.”

Instead, Nelson sent a letter to Canadian National, offering a five-year “truce” with the company in return for CN’s agreement to voluntarily halt trains along the disputed tracks the night of June 29, as well as a CN promise to pressure Ottawa on land claims.

We’re certainly not stepping down our protest,” Nelson said. “What we’re trying to do is sit down properly and negotiate, before things get out of control.”

Read the full story here


Outspoken chief rejects council call to resign

June 11, 2007

A Manitoba First Nations chief whose controversial comments made national headlines is refusing to step down, even though a band watchdog group has voted to remove him and his councillors from office. Speaking to news organizations last month, Chief Terry Nelson of the Roseau River First Nation said: “There’s only one way to deal with a white man. You either pick up a gun or you stand between him and his money.”

Late last month, the Custom Council of the Roseau River First Nation served a notice of non-confidence in Nelson and his council and ordered a new election for the positions. “He’s humiliating us, embarrassing us. We don’t want to be portrayed as terrorists. We have to put a stop to this,”

Nelson says he supports the Custom Council’s right to recall democratically elected officials, but says this particular council hasn’t followed proper procedures for appointing members. A decision made in a secret meeting, possibly without quorum, can’t be valid, he said.

Read the full story here


Unhappy Canada Day!

June 8, 2007

Happy Canada Day!

Admittedly this is a bit premature, but that’s because I want to celebrate the birth of our Country while it’s still in tact. Let us now remember all of the great Canada Day celebrations we have had.

Regardless of what your preference is, be it a family BBQ, a trip up North to cottage Country, a weekend at any of Canada’s many beautiful beaches, or simply relaxing at home and enjoying life in this great Country we all share, I suggest you do it early this year because Canada Day 2007 is likely to be unlike anything we have ever seen.

How are you planning to get to your destination to celebrate this year? By train? Don’t count on it. Roads? Perhaps if you’re lucky. When you arrive do you intend to use any electricity? It may not be there. But if the power goes out we can always count on firing up the gas stove and using the phone to keep in touch with our loved ones right? Should a gas or phone line run through land these omnipotent, government endorsed, overgrown, weaponized cry babies decide belongs to them, they too may be shut down.

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Aboriginal leaders say Ipperwash Report will encourage planned day of protest

June 5, 2007

Aboriginal leaders across the country say the release of the Ipperwash report has cemented their resolve to use a diverse array of methods (Edit: Terrorism) this summer to raise awareness about outstanding land claims, racism and poverty faced by First Nations communities.

Chief Terrance Nelson of the Roseau River First Nation, south of Winnipeg, has threatened a lengthy blockade of CN rail lines unless the federal government moves to resolve some 800 outstanding land claims by June 29. He says the Ipperwash inquiry report justifies extreme action such as rail blockades as the only tenable way to draw attention to aboriginal grievances.

“There is certainly cause for First Nations to see that the only way to get the white man to do anything is simply to take direct action, and unfortunately that’s the reality that the First Nations face.”

Shawn Brant, a Mohawk protester from the Bay of Quinte First Nation who led a 30-hour rail blockade near Deseronto, Ont., last month, agreed that direct action is the only way aboriginal people can make their voices heard, and he hopes the death of Dudley George will motivate people to “express their anger” during the planned day of protest. (Edit: Notice how yet again, they’re using Dudley George as an excuse to commit Terrorist acts)

“I think it’s about demonstrating the power we have in our backyards. I think it’s about saying … we’re never going to be disrespected, we’re not going to allow for another situation like Dudley George, we’re not going to drink poison water without there being consequences,” said Brant.

Brant says there’s little governments can do at this point to prevent what he called “something that maybe people couldn’t even imagine.”

“Unless the government can get the chequebook out and run around really quick and try and put fires out, then yeah, it’s going to be not only a day or a week of discontent, it’s going to be a summer and it’s going to be a fall and it’s going to continue until these issues are resolved once and for all,” he said.

Read the full story here


Canada’s Native leaders meet to plan day of action

May 25, 2007

The violent and fatal standoff between Mohawks and Canadian soldiers in Oka, Que., 17 years ago marked a high point in Canadian sympathy for aboriginal issues, says Phil Fontaine, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

The pointed reference to the summer-long crisis came yesterday as chiefs from across Canada gathered to discuss a so-called Day of Action planned for June 29. Like Oka, the day could involve blockades. (EDIT: The murder of a police officer is considered a high point by these people?)

“The highest level of support for our position was during that crisis, that’s the highest level of support that Canadians have ever expressed for our issues,” Fontaine said in response to a reporter’s question about the effectiveness of civil disobedience. (EDIT: Stop sugar coating it Phil. It’s called Terrorism)

For Chief Terrance Nelson of the Roseau River First Nation, the plan is to blockade railway lines that move to and from the United States in southern Manitoba.

Read the full story here


Land claims body not so far fetched

May 25, 2007

Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice has said he wants to speed up talks to settle First Nations land claims, but don’t expect him to embrace Premier Dalton McGuinty’s suggestion to set up an independent body to settle the nation’s 800 outstanding clams.There’s just too much at stake for the federal government to give an independent body that kind of power, and yet, the time has come for such a mechanism.

How First Nations’ frustration will manifest itself - on June 29 or otherwise - remains to be seen, but at least one band chief, Terry Nelson of the Roseau River First Nation in Manitoba, is making it clear what he has in mind. Said Nelson to CTV’s Newsnet: “There are only two ways of dealing with the white man. One, either you pick up a gun, or you stand between the white man and his money.”

Read the full story here


Native groups ask railways to shut down on day of protests

May 25, 2007

CALGARY, Alta. — Canadian native groups are calling on the nation’s railways to voluntary shut down service during their June 29 “day of action” or face blockades.
Native chiefs met yesterday to discuss their plans for June 29, which aims to disrupt Canada’s economy.

“If passing out pamphlets along the roadway was effective, we’d be doing that,”(Chief Terry) Nelson told reporters yesterday. “The pressure’s going to come from industry, it’s not going to come just from powerless Canadians that figure that they have a great democracy and all they have to do is vote and things will change.”

CN told the Globe and Mail that it would not shut down its operations on June 29.

Read the full story here


Native violence sparked public support, national chief says

May 24, 2007

The violent 1990 standoff at the Oka native reserve near Montreal triggered a spike in public support for aboriginal issues, Phil Fontaine, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said Wednesday.

“The highest level of support for our position was during (the Oka) crisis,” he recalled, in reference to the dispute between the Mohawk residents and the Quebec police. The standoff, which led to the shooting death of an officer, became a rallying cry for native anger and frustration. (Edit: The murder of a police officer by Terrorists sparked support for the terrorists is what I believe I am reading right now. Anyone else see a problem with this picture?)

The prospect of a long summer of native protests has been growing, with native chiefs like Manitoba’s Terry Nelson advocating a hardline approach that includes shutting down rail lines.

Read the full story here


Natives risk derailing their own interests

May 18, 2007

Last December, the Assembly of First Nations voted to make June 29 a national day of peaceful protest. Now Chief Terry Nelson of the Roseau River First Nation is threatening to kick off the Canada Day long weekend by blocking a CN rail line, and encouraging other chiefs to do likewise.

Mr. Nelson was one of the few native leaders to stand up for David Ahenakew after the latter’s notorious anti-Semitic remarks in 2002. He later went on the attack against
Winnipeg broadcaster Charles Adler, as well as against the Asper family’s CanWest media empire: “The Jewish silence is deafening. It is not just one article, there are thousands of articles and stories carried by Jewish controlled media that are evidence of hatred against recognized races of people.” He played another race card this week: “There are only two ways of dealing with the white man. One, either you pick up a gun, or you stand between the white man and his money.”

Let’s hope governments and police forces do their job on Canada Day weekend, tearing down any barricades as soon as they are put up and laying charges against anyone who breaks the law. With such lavish forewarning, there’s no excuse not to be prepared; this is no Caledonia-style surprise.

Read the full story here


First Nations court disaster

May 18, 2007

Terry Nelson, chief of the Roseau River aboriginal band in southern Manitoba, seems to resent two things — racial discrimination and white people.

Mr. Nelson said this week there’s only one way to deal with the white man: “You either pick up a gun or you stand between him and his money.” Forgoing the former for now, he vows to spread economic chaos this summer by blockading the CN rail line connecting eastern and western Canada. Such incendiary comments will provoke a justifiable backlash from those Mr. Nelson refers to as “immigrants.”

It may be hard to focus on the facts when tempers are fraying and leaders like Mr. Nelson are inciting his supporters to break the law. But the interests of all Canadians will be best served if cool heads prevail and a long, hot summer of discontent is averted.

Read the full story here


His self defeating threat

May 18, 2007

The chief of a
Manitoba aboriginal band has threatened widespread economic disruption this summer if land claims are not promptly settled. Terry Nelson of the Roseau River First Nation declared on Monday that he would attempt to blockade the rail line connecting Eastern and
Western Canada next month. He said the stoppage could continue well beyond June 29 — which aboriginal leaders have named as a day of peaceful national protest — to draw attention to his band’s unresolved land claims under Treaty 1. “If [the rail companies] take a confrontational attitude and start throwing lawsuits around, clearly this could escalate and it will very likely end up in a month-long blockade,” he said. “If the chiefs cannot deliver any hope for the first nation people, the people themselves will take action. It is going to get out of control, very clearly.”

Such inflammatory threats can only damage the cause that Mr. Nelson seeks to promote. How can he ask for the application of the rule of law in regard to his claims when he does not honour that principle? Mr. Nelson has promised to meet justifiable lawsuits with “out of control” action.

Read the full story here