Showing posts with label Brantford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brantford. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Brantford Developer Told to Stop or be Occupied

August 28, 2007

A Brantford developer who is developing land along Grand River Avenue in Brantford has been ordered to stop all development by Six Nations natives or face occupation of his land.

The order from Six Nations came on Thursday, August 23, 2007. The developer, who is developing houses in a residential area was ordered by Six Nations to stop the construction of all housing units.

On Friday, August 24, 6 members of Six Nations came to the site and told the developer that if he did not stop all building they would send 20 to 30 natives to occupy his land stating he had no right to do any development as the land did not belong to him. Six Nations claims it is their land.

He contacted the police and the government, but was told to wait until after the Confederacy meeting on Saturday to see what the outcome of that would be.


Read the full story here

Another Native Occupation in Brantford

By Christine McHale
August 28, 2007

Another one bites the dust!

Yes folks, it’s happened again. This time in Brantford, go figure!

A developer in Brantford was contacted by Six Nations last Thursday and told he had to stop all development of a housing sub-division because the land he bought wasn’t his. It belongs to Six Nations. Sound familiar?

The developer of Mayberry Homes, Mike Quattrociocchi, says he did everything right, everything he was supposed to do. He bought the land, got the land title, got the building permits, then made the fatal mistake of thinking all was good for go and he was in the clear. Never mind the fact that by that time, even before any ground was broken, before any basement was poured, before he did anything else, he would have spent millions already.

Now, after being told to stop all development, he is frustrated. Now that’s an understatement.

And, as if that weren’t enough, last Friday, six natives paid him a visit and told him that if he didn’t stop all development they would get twenty to thirty more natives to come and occupy land he had legally purchased, and legally had received all necessary land title, deed, and building permits for. Lock, stock and barrel!

So who runs this province anyways? Not the spineless McGuinty government, a government that would fail to recognize leadership if it bit them in the you-know-what!

The police perhaps? Nope!

So far, not one single developer, not one single police force, not one single McGuinty government MPP has stood up for justice.

To be sure, the developers, and they are a growing number, have made noise, but to no avail. Development has been stopped in Caledonia, Dunnville, Hagersville, to name a few, and now in Brantford, again.

Spineless, leadership clueless governments have enabled radical natives to thwart development and progress. Any why not? They’ve been given the green light by the government to go ahead, bring economic terrorism to town after town. They’ve been told to go ahead, claim land parcel after land parcel, rightly or wrongly so, and you just never know, you may walk away with oodles and oodles of land and cash to boot.

One glimmer of hope though. October 10 is coming up fast. Why not dump the clueless, leadership challenged McGuinty Liberals. After all, you can’t get any worse form of government that one which doesn’t govern.

Read the full story here

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Timmer is Punished by College of Nurses

For those wondering who or what a “Timmer” is, he’s a supporter of the DCE Terrorists who is well known in the area for showing up at public events, sticking a camcorder in peoples faces until someone asks him to not record them, taunting them until they tell him off, and then posting that part of the video online with claims that he was yelled at by people simply for supporting Native Rights.

For all of his big talk, in real life Timmer is a Male Nurse named Timothy Sywyk of Brantford. It seems he’s gotten himself in a bit of trouble at work.. Courtesy of www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

COLLEGE OF NURSES OF ONTARIO

DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE

RESULTS OF PROCEEDING

MEMBER: TIMOTHY SYWYK, Ontario Registration #JC-0708-2 & 0438424

DATE: January 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, April 19 and May 25, 2007

FINDING: Professional Misconduct

GROUNDS:

1. Sexually abused a patient, in that he engaged in behaviour or made remarks of a sexual nature toward a patient;

2.Contravened a standard of practice of the profession or failed to meet the standard of practice of the profession;

3. Abused a client verbally, physically or emotionally; and

4. Engaged in conduct or performed an act or acts relevant to the practice of nursing that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional.

ORDER:

1. The Member appear before the Panel to be reprimanded at a date to be arranged but, in any event, within three (3) months of the date this Order becomes final;

2. The Executive Director to suspend the Member’s Certificate of Registration for a period of two (2) months. The suspension shall take effect from the date that this Order becomes final and shall continue to run without interruption;

3. The Executive Director to impose the following terms, conditions and limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Registration:

a.The Member to meet with a Practice Consultant at the Practice Consultant’s convenience, prior to returning to practice and, in any event, within three (3) months of the date this Order becomes final. The Member will meet with the Practice Consultant to discuss the materials referred to in 3(a)(i), 3(a)(ii) and 3(a)(iii) below, as they relate to the conduct for which the Member was found to have committed professional misconduct and to discuss how to prevent such conduct from occurring in the future. Prior to meeting with the Practice Consultant, the Member shall:

i. review the College Standards and Guidelines – Professional Standards, Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship, Ethics and Managing Conflict;

ii. complete the College’s on-line learning modules relating to Professional Standards and the Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship, and complete the on-line participation form relevant to each module;

iii. purchase and complete the College’s self-directed learning package, One is One Too Many, at his own expense;

b. The Member complete, at his own expense, sensitivity training, with an expert (the “Expert”) acceptable to the Director of Investigations and Hearings (“the Director”), relating to the conduct for which the Member was found to have committed professional misconduct. A sensitivity training plan, based upon the incidents which gave rise to the findings of professional misconduct, shall be developed by the Expert and the Member. The plan must be approved by the Director prior to implementation. The training shall take place at such frequency as the Expert believes necessary, and shall continue until such time as the Expert believes the Member has gained sufficient insight into his behaviour, but, in any event, the sensitivity training shall involve a minimum of three (3) meetings. Prior to the first meeting with the Expert, the Member will provide the Expert with a copy of the Panel’s Penalty Order together with the Amended Notice of Hearing or, if available, the Panel’s written Decision and Reasons, delivered through the use of a verifiable method of delivery, the proof of which the Member shall retain. If the Panel’s Decisions and Reasons are not available prior to the Member’s first meeting with the Expert, the Member shall deliver to the Expert through the use of a verifiable method of delivery, the proof of which the Member shall retain, a copy of the Panel’s Decision and Reasons, together with any attachments, within 21 days of their release. At the completion of the training, the Member must ensure that the Director receives from the Expert a report, through the use of a verifiable method of delivery, confirming the Expert’s receipt of the Panel’s Decision and Reasons, outlining the Member’s participation in the training, as well as his/her assessment of the Member’s insight into his behaviour;

c. Until such time as the conditions specified in 3(a) and 3(b) have been successfully completed, the Member will only practice nursing for an employer where other registered nurses are employed, working the same shift on the same unit and will not practice independently in the community;

d. For a period of twelve (12) months following the date upon which the Member returns to the practice of nursing, the Member shall:

i. notify the Director of the name, address, and telephone number of all employer(s) within fourteen (14) days of commencing or resuming employment in any nursing position. Notification shall be in writing and through the use of a verifiable method of delivery, the proof of which the Member shall retain;

ii. provide his employer(s) with a copy of the panel’s Penalty Order together with the Amended Notice of Hearing or, if available, the Panel’s written Decision and Reasons, together with any attachments;

iii. only practice for an employer (s) who agrees to, and does, write to the Director, within fourteen (14) days of the commencement or resumption of the Member’s employment, providing the Director with the following:

1. confirmation that the employer(s) has received a copy of the documents referred to in paragraph 3(d)(ii), above.

only practice for an employer(s) who agrees to advise the Director in writing, within fourteen (14) days of the date the Member commences employment that the employer agrees to notify the Director immediately upon receipt of any reasonable information that the Member has breached the standards of practice of the profession.

1. The Executive Director to suspend the Member’s Certificate of Registration for a period of two (2) months. The suspension shall take effect from the date that this Order becomes final and shall continue to run without interruption;

2. The Executive Director to impose the following terms, conditions and limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Registration:

a. The Member to meet with a Practice Consultant at the Practice Consultant’s convenience, prior to returning to practice and, in any event, within three (3) months of the date this Order becomes final. The Member will meet with the Practice Consultant to discuss the materials referred to in 3(a)(i), 3(a)(ii) and 3(a)(iii) below, as they relate to the conduct for which the Member was found to have committed professional misconduct and to discuss how to prevent such conduct from occurring in the future. Prior to meeting with the Practice Consultant, the Member shall:

i. review the College Standards and Guidelines – Professional Standards, Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship, Ethics and Managing Conflict;

ii. complete the College’s on-line learning modules relating to Professional Standards and the Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship, and complete the on-line participation form relevant to each module;

iii. purchase and complete the College’s self-directed learning package, One is One Too Many, at his own expense;

b. The Member complete, at his own expense, sensitivity training, with an expert (the “Expert”) acceptable to the Director of Investigations and Hearings (“the Director”), relating to the conduct for which the Member was found to have committed professional misconduct. A sensitivity training plan, based upon the incidents which gave rise to the findings of professional misconduct, shall be developed by the Expert and the Member. The plan must be approved by the Director prior to implementation. The training shall take place at such frequency as the Expert believes necessary, and shall continue until such time as the Expert believes the Member has gained sufficient insight into his behaviour, but, in any event, the sensitivity training shall involve a minimum of three (3) meetings. Prior to the first meeting with the Expert, the Member will provide the Expert with a copy of the Panel’s Penalty Order together with the Amended Notice of Hearing or, if available, the Panel’s written Decision and Reasons, delivered through the use of a verifiable method of delivery, the proof of which the Member shall retain. If the Panel’s Decisions and Reasons are not available prior to the Member’s first meeting with the Expert, the Member shall deliver to the Expert through the use of a verifiable method of delivery, the proof of which the Member shall retain, a copy of the Panel’s Decision and Reasons, together with any attachments, within 21 days of their release. At the completion of the training, the Member must ensure that the Director receives from the Expert a report, through the use of a verifiable method of delivery, confirming the Expert’s receipt of the Panel’s Decision and Reasons, outlining the Member’s participation in the training, as well as his/her assessment of the Member’s insight into his behaviour;

c. Until such time as the conditions specified in 3(a) and 3(b) have been successfully completed, the Member will only practice nursing for an employer where other registered nurses are employed, working the same shift on the same unit and will not practice independently in the community;

d. For a period of twelve (12) months following the date upon which the Member returns to the practice of nursing, the Member shall:

i. notify the Director of the name, address, and telephone number of all employer(s) within fourteen (14) days of commencing or resuming employment in any nursing position. Notification shall be in writing and through the use of a verifiable method of delivery, the proof of which the Member shall retain;

ii. provide his employer(s) with a copy of the panel’s Penalty Order together with the Amended Notice of Hearing or, if available, the Panel’s written Decision and Reasons, together with any attachments;

iii. only practice for an employer (s) who agrees to, and does, write to the Director, within fourteen (14) days of the commencement or resumption of the Member’s employment, providing the Director with the following:

1. confirmation that the employer(s) has received a copy of the documents referred to in paragraph 3(d)(ii), above.

2. only practice for an employer(s) who agrees to advise the Director in writing, within fourteen (14) days of the date the Member commences employment that the employer agrees to notify the Director immediately upon receipt of any reasonable information that the Member has breached the standards of practice of the profession

Saturday, July 14, 2007

National day of protest grew from roots in Caledonia

The recent national day of protest passed without very much disruption of our comfortable lives here in Canada.The blockage of a few highways and a CN Rail line could have been repeated dozens of times, all across the country. We aboriginals of this land have certainly suffered enough injustice. The history books are full of examples, for those who will open them.

The reason so many of the protests were fairly peaceful may be because of Six Nations’ example in Caledonia.

When Janie Jamieson and Dawn Smith led their young group of Six Nations people to reclaim the former Douglas Creek Estates site in February 2006, they did not take weapons. They only took their knowledge of Six Nations history and the Haldimand Proclamation - and a whole lot of courage.

(Edit: What the??? What news has this guy been watching for the last 18 months? This story REEKS of appeasement minded journalism.. “look at me I’m aborignial friendly!!”)

Read the full story here

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Brantford developer gets loud Six Nations’ no to $500 million development

Six Nations community members issued a resounding no to a Brantford developer’s plan to build a $500 million project on lands under claim in Brantford. King and Benton wants to build a 4.7 million sq. ft. industrial park and retail power centre at the corner of Oak Park Rd. and Hwy. 403, the site of a former industrial gravel pit.

“No more development,” said Six Nations resident Kelly Powless. “What are we supposed to be, happy?” said Six Nations resident Robert Douglas. He said if the developer didn’t heed Six Nations’ concerns, “we can deal with this the same way we dealt with it in Caledonia.”

Read the full story here

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Build It & They WILL Come

This is the message being loudly and clearly sent to anyone considering any sort of Development these days. When it was DCE, the excuse was a 200 year old land claim which supposedly puts the ownership of anything within 6 Miles of the Grand River in the hands of Natives. The claim has long been proven to be untrue by Ottawa (as it relates to DCE at least) but the land remains occupied 15 months later with no end in sight, and the OPP playing bodyguard to the Terrorists at our expense.

A recent attempt by a developer to pave a nearby Church parking lot and improve the drainage system was met with a group of masked Terrorists storming the site, demanding the job be halted, and then refusing to allow the construction crew to leave with their equipment.
Last week, construction was set to begin on a retirement home in nearby Hagersville, when masked Terrorists showed up, and refused to leave unless the developer agreed to abandon the project. As always the OPP stood and watched. In fact this time they even assisted the criminals in building an illegal barricade at the entrance. The site in Hagersville is not within 6 miles of the Grand River, so the same excuse couldn’t be used.

This time we were told by the Terrorists who apparently now dictate the terms of any new development anywhere they want to claim as their own, that they have a claim of “Plank Road” better known to us as Highway 6 which runs from Port Dover in Norfolk County, to Hamilton.
In Toronto there is reason to believe they may be set to occupy a 7 Hectare parcel of land on the banks of the Rouge River if anyone should try to develop there, because there is a rumor with no facts to prove it that there was an Iroquois village there 700 years ago.

In Quebec there may be occupations at the Mirabel Airport site. In Deseronto they launched an Occupation and a 30 hour Rail blockade out of concern for some rocks in a Quarry. Would anyone like to try to build anything in or near Deseronto right now? The mayor has stated that developers previously interested in the area have decided to take their money elsewhere because of a group of Native terrorists whom our Government and police force are too cowardly to deal with.

They have put Walmart on notice that they will occupy if they try to build in Dunnville, and a developer in York is facing similar threats. Let’s not forget veiled threats against Brantford recently. A Nation wide day of Terrorism has been scheduled and loudly announced by Natives across Canada for June 29th 2007. When asked what he was going to do about this, Dalton McGuinty said he hopes the Natives will not break the law. That was his answer. Way to set an example and show us all what leadership is about Dalton! Let’s all hide and hope they just go away.

It’s not just land anymore that they seek to use to threaten us. CBC reported today that
Manitoba Chiefs want the Manitoba Telephone company to pay them for phone signals that pass through air space the Natives claim to own. Yes you read that correctly folks. They want payment for cell phone signals crossing through their AIR. Terrorists now think they own the air in Canada, and can bill us for it’s use.

As we all anxiously await a scheduled press release that the Federal Government is planning to spend Millions of dollars today to Appease Terrorists in the hopes that they will back off on June 29th, I contemplate one simple question.

If what I have just listed accounts for 7 land claims and now one claim of air, just how much of this Country do they intend to steal from us by force? They claim to have over 800 outstanding land claims and their method of solving them is becoming extremely clear. Terrorism.

If you live in Haldimand County, Norfolk County, Hamilton, Toronto, Deseronto, or anywhere near this Airport in Quebec, you now know any attempt at construction may well be met with Terrorists who will shut it down while the OPP stands by watching and helping them build barricades to keep you off of your own land.

Where in Canada exactly is it still safe to build without the threat of a Native Terrorist Occupation? What will be left of our Country when they are finished if we continue to let them have their way?

Jeff Parkinson
Caledonia Wakeup Call
Jeff@CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Bread, cheese, politics on Victoria Day menu

As thousand of people poured into the Gaylord Powless Arena on Monday for the usual lineups for hunks of bread and cheese, they heard rousing refrains from the Hamilton Pipe Band and the Oneida Indian Marching and Concert Band from the Oneida of the Thames First Nation near London.

They also heard speeches from a succession of politicians who referred to the unrest over unresolved land claims that continues to rise since natives seized the former Douglas Creek Estates property in Caledonia in February 2006, in what they call a “land reclamation.”

Confederacy Chief Arnie General warned the crowd that “money is the main motivator” in a recent expansion of non-native settlement on native territory subject to longstanding land claims along the Grand River.“We have to stand up for our rights or we’ll have nothing in the coming years,” he said. “If you want that, join them. It you don’t, stand up.”

Read the full story here

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Natives object to townhouse: “I’ve been told to come here and give you hell” - Confederacy member tells council

Several natives at a public hearing on a 116-unit condominium townhouse development planned near the Wayne Gretzky Parkway have warned city council it could become a flashpoint in the unsettled land claims dispute.The committee of the whole deferred this week consideration of the development proposed by Stirling Bridge Ltd., after several natives in both the Iroquois Confederacy and a group calling itself the Mohawk Nation raised objections.

“I’ve been told to come here and give you hell. I totally object to everything being done here. Whatever you decide here is on your heads because you have been told and told and told.”

Read the full story here

Could Brant County be another Caledonia?

The county and city were warned to stop their proposed land transfer or risk seeing Caledonia-like aboriginal reclamation sites spring up in Brant County.

The warning came from Six Nations at a public meeting held in Brantford last week. “We’re not going away anymore,” Ruby Montour of Six Nations told the mayors of Brantford and the County of Brant.

“You better stop the development. We have people that we’re having a hard time holding back. They’re young and have been stepped on for centuries,” “The time has come when you have to face us and you have to deal with us… Don’t talk down to us-we’ve got the federal government doing that… “

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Democracy takes a hit in Deseronto

“Deseronto extends a warm welcome to all visitors and commuters. Deseronto is a small town with heart, friendly people who greet you with a smile.” www.deseronto.ca

Despite the enticing advertising copy found on its website Deseronto seems neither welcoming or to have much of a heart today after its Deputy Clerk & Treasurer, Bryan Brooks, called Merlyn Kinrade to tell the former Royal Canadian Navy veteran of the Korean War that the town council had voted to revoke permission to use the town’s Lions Hall for a planned law and order workshop.

According to Mr. Brooks, Deseronto council decided to it didn’t want the workshop because the OPP are “doing a great job”

To Deseronto Town Council

Just as we went to Brantford, we will come to Deseronto one day soon with or without your ‘permission.’

Read the full story here
Much more at www.voiceofcanada.ca

One nation, one law, one justice

Canadians want two things when it comes to the treatment of aboriginals. The first is respect for the principle that no one is above the law. The second is that land claims must be fairly resolved and a way found to address high rates of aboriginal crime, unemployment, poverty, addiction, disease, illiteracy and suicide.

The first principle — no one is above the law — means aboriginals don’t get to shut down rail lines, & hold innocent communities hostage, as has been going on in Caledonia for 15 months, due to gutlessness by federal and provincial politicians.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper and every premier need to make this clear — and back it up with military and police force. It’s time for Canadians to become impatient, and demand action. Once and for all.

Read the full story here

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Native representatitve raises concern over boundry changes

Brantford and Brant County politicians were chided Tuesday for not heeding messages from their historic meeting with the Confederacy last Saturday, and continuing to carry on with their plan for boundary changes and strategic growth. “You came down to see us and we treated you with respect,” native spokeswoman Ruby Montour told a gathering of city and county councillors at a public meeting in the Branlyn Community Centre on the letter of intent between the two municipalities that will see huge tracts of rural land from Powerline road to Governor’s Road and east of Garden Avenue transferred into the city’s jurisdiction for growth.

“We told you we wanted development to stop until this situation (about unresolved land claims) is sorted out,” she continued. It carried many of the same warnings about restless aboriginal youth and a native population at Six Nations.

Read the full story here

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

‘I’m here in peace. Please listen:’ Politicians urged to heed Native concerns over boundry shifts

Brantford and Brant County politicians were chided Tuesday for not heeding messages from their historic meeting with the Confederacy last Saturday, and continuing to carry on with their plan for boundary changes and strategic growth.

“You came down to see us and we treated you with respect,” native spokeswoman Ruby Montour told a gathering of city and county councillors at a public meeting in the Branlyn Community Centre. Up for discussion was the letter of intent between the two municipalities that will see huge tracts of rural land from Powerline road to Governor’s Road and east of Garden Avenue transferred into the city’s jurisdiction for growth.“We told you we wanted development to stop until this situation (about unresolved land claims) is sorted out,” she continued. “But that’s not what you’re doing. You’re going ahead with what you want do do.”

Read the full story here