From: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org (headline-girl-digest) To: headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Subject: headline-girl-digest V7 #50 Reply-To: headline-girl@smoe.org Sender: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-headline-girl-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk headline-girl-digest Friday, June 25 2004 Volume 07 : Number 050 Today's Subjects: ----------------- c'est what show... [Andrea Chiu ] Re: Re: important msg to lovers of canadian music: stop harper! [Andrea <] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:30:13 -0400 From: Andrea Chiu Subject: c'est what show... Hey Emm Gryner nerds! Check it out: Emm's playing at C'est What on Saturday. http://www.cestwhat.com/music/emmgryner.asp Late start and it's pride week so...you decide. Cheers, Andrea - ---------------------------------- coming soon - www.foxymoron.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:14:02 -0400 From: Andrea Subject: Re: Re: important msg to lovers of canadian music: stop harper! Some very good points Julian, and I agree with you completely. I can't imagine a Canada without the CBC or the NFB. And in response to our American friend who pointed out that Bush is their little problem, I send you to this link: http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/June2004/13/c4133.html where Harper politics are showned to be very similar to GWB. In my opinion, he's just a little smarter than Bush and hides his evil motives better. An exerpt: - - Harper, like Bush, favours Canadian involvement in the ongoing U.S. war on Iraq. - - Harper would take Canada into deficit in order to pour billions into the military. Bush has already taken the U.S. into trillions of dollars of debt to fund militarism. - - Harper, like Bush, denies the reality of climate change and the threat to the whole planet, and especially Canada, from our continued reliance on fossil fuels. - - Harper, like Bush, rejects the Kyoto Protocol. Harper has said he would rescind and not implement this international treaty which Canada has already ratified. Harper's actions could place the entire international regime to avoid catastrophic levels of climate change at risk. - - While Bush is far more socially conservative, Harper would not defend the Charter of Rights and would allow for open votes. His caucus is largely made of the socially conservative Reform and Alliance Party supporters who would defeat many hard won rights. Charter Rights protecting women, gay and lesbian Canadians, and actually all Charter Rights protecting all Canadian citizens and residents would be at risk. The impact of Harper policies on these issues would not differ from those of Bush. Harper has said he would consider using the "notwithstanding clause" to limit the application of Charter Rights. No Prime Minister has ever said using the "notwithstanding clause" would be considered. - - Harper, like Bush, would challenge a woman's right to choose. Harper has said he would allow the issue of access to legal abortions to be re-opened through an open vote in the House of Commons. - - Bush was responsible for more executions than any other U.S. Governor of recent times. Harper has suggested the prohibition of capital punishment would be re-opened in Canada. Say no to the New Canadian Republican Party! AC > > From: "Julian C. Dunn" > Date: 2004/06/22 Tue PM 05:40:32 EDT > To: Headliners > Subject: Re: important msg to lovers of canadian music: stop harper! > > On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Andrea Chiu wrote: > > > The up-coming election is one of the most important federal elections > > in recent history. If the Conservative party leader, Stephen Harper is > > elected, Canadian music's existence is endangered. [Not to mention > > television, film, and media.] > > Andrea, > > Thanks for your very important e-mail. I'd like to mention that not > only are Stephen Harper and the Conservatives a threat to arts funding in > general, but they are also a real threat to many of the media > organizations we take for granted, such as the National Film Board and the > Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. In particular, Harper has said in past > statements that he wants to commercialize English television and CBC Radio > 2: > > http://www.friends.ca/News/Friends_News/archives/articles05200401.asp ------------------------------ End of headline-girl-digest V7 #50 **********************************