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
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Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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
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
Monday, August 6, 2007
Bulletin: Mayor Trainer Needs Your Help NOW
Tomorrow morning, Haldimand Council will present a repugnant bit of skullduggery cooked up by behind the Mayor’s back with the help of some councillors and county staff. This treachery takes the form of a resolution that removes all privacy between you and your mayor. Here is an excerpt:
BE IT RESOLVED; THAT ALL correspondence sent and received through the Mayor’s office including all e-mail addressed to the Mayor by title or name, be copied to all councilors as well as the County Clerk;
AND THAT the Mayor’s assistant implement this direction for all hard copy correspondence;
You got it. Council wants copies of everything sent to and from the Mayor! Of course, they aren’t suggesting that copies of their messages be subject to this odious rule, only the Mayor’s.
In addition to violating the privacy between you and your Mayor, Council is seeking to dramatically undermine her role as the CEO of Haldimand, a post for which she was duly elected. It is un-democratic and it cannot be allowed to succeed.
Read the full story here. Much more at www.voiceofcanada.ca
BE IT RESOLVED; THAT ALL correspondence sent and received through the Mayor’s office including all e-mail addressed to the Mayor by title or name, be copied to all councilors as well as the County Clerk;
AND THAT the Mayor’s assistant implement this direction for all hard copy correspondence;
You got it. Council wants copies of everything sent to and from the Mayor! Of course, they aren’t suggesting that copies of their messages be subject to this odious rule, only the Mayor’s.
In addition to violating the privacy between you and your Mayor, Council is seeking to dramatically undermine her role as the CEO of Haldimand, a post for which she was duly elected. It is un-democratic and it cannot be allowed to succeed.
Read the full story here. Much more at www.voiceofcanada.ca
McGuinty Attempts to Control Mayor Trainer
By Gary McHale - www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com
A year ago we released the Liberal Plan for resolving Caledonia. It was clear that McGuinty was using the Alliance to influence the residents as McGuinty made secret deals with the Native Protesters during the low media period of August.
One of the problems McGuinty has had is the fact that Mayor Trainer speaks out – the only Haldimand Council member who does. McGuinty needed to have Mayor Trainer silenced and therefore the best way was to have her lose last Fall’s election.
The Alliance, being lead by Ken Hewitt, was to help ensure Mayor Trainer didn’t win the election. The Alliance backed Lorraine Bergstrand to be the Mayor in the election. [Link to Leaked Liberal Plan]
Lorraine Bergstrand phoned me and told me she had no connections with the Ontario Liberal Party and she was not working with the Alliance to remove the Mayor. Here are some points to remember:
1) Prior to my posting of the Liberal Plan, McGuinty was proud that he, unlike Harris or the Federal Government, was handling Caledonia quite well and would have a quick resolution.
2) After posting the Liberal Plan, McGuinty suddenly started saying that Caledonia was a Federal problem.
3) Ken Hewitt who claimed to have no connections with the Liberals ran for nomination for the Federal Liberals.
4) Lorraine Bergstrand, who claimed to have no connections with the Liberals, will be running against Toby Barrett in this Fall’s election. Which party is she running for… the McGuinty Liberals.
The Alliance Failed to fulfill McGuinty’s desire to replace Mayor Trainer.
Read the full editorial here
A year ago we released the Liberal Plan for resolving Caledonia. It was clear that McGuinty was using the Alliance to influence the residents as McGuinty made secret deals with the Native Protesters during the low media period of August.
One of the problems McGuinty has had is the fact that Mayor Trainer speaks out – the only Haldimand Council member who does. McGuinty needed to have Mayor Trainer silenced and therefore the best way was to have her lose last Fall’s election.
The Alliance, being lead by Ken Hewitt, was to help ensure Mayor Trainer didn’t win the election. The Alliance backed Lorraine Bergstrand to be the Mayor in the election. [Link to Leaked Liberal Plan]
Lorraine Bergstrand phoned me and told me she had no connections with the Ontario Liberal Party and she was not working with the Alliance to remove the Mayor. Here are some points to remember:
1) Prior to my posting of the Liberal Plan, McGuinty was proud that he, unlike Harris or the Federal Government, was handling Caledonia quite well and would have a quick resolution.
2) After posting the Liberal Plan, McGuinty suddenly started saying that Caledonia was a Federal problem.
3) Ken Hewitt who claimed to have no connections with the Liberals ran for nomination for the Federal Liberals.
4) Lorraine Bergstrand, who claimed to have no connections with the Liberals, will be running against Toby Barrett in this Fall’s election. Which party is she running for… the McGuinty Liberals.
The Alliance Failed to fulfill McGuinty’s desire to replace Mayor Trainer.
Read the full editorial here
How to Cover Up for a Disgraced Candidate before Election Time
McGuinty Damage Control Machine Kicks In
By Christine McHale
August 2, 2007
Since the story broke last week of how Mike Colle, FORMER Minister of Citizenship and Immigration went on a wild spending spree with Ontario taxpayers’ money, the McGuinty Damage Control Machine has kicked into high gear.
His statements such as, “I have had the opportunity to put thought into action for the betterment of Ontario,” are laughable in light of what has been exposed as scandalous spending of taxpayers’ money. Too bad Mike Colle didn’t put thought BEFORE action when he went on a wild spending spree.
The web page that so proudly proclaimed how Mike Colle delivered results, has suddenly been changed to list out reasons as to why he is running as a candidate in the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence. Here’s what was on Mike Colle’s web page before the Auditor General exposed the spending fiasco by Mike Colle’s ministry:
Read the full story here to see the proof for yourself. Courtesy of www.Ontario2007.com
By Christine McHale
August 2, 2007
Since the story broke last week of how Mike Colle, FORMER Minister of Citizenship and Immigration went on a wild spending spree with Ontario taxpayers’ money, the McGuinty Damage Control Machine has kicked into high gear.
His statements such as, “I have had the opportunity to put thought into action for the betterment of Ontario,” are laughable in light of what has been exposed as scandalous spending of taxpayers’ money. Too bad Mike Colle didn’t put thought BEFORE action when he went on a wild spending spree.
The web page that so proudly proclaimed how Mike Colle delivered results, has suddenly been changed to list out reasons as to why he is running as a candidate in the riding of Eglinton-Lawrence. Here’s what was on Mike Colle’s web page before the Auditor General exposed the spending fiasco by Mike Colle’s ministry:
Read the full story here to see the proof for yourself. Courtesy of www.Ontario2007.com
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Breaking News: McGuinty’s Liberals use Taxpayer’s Money to Run Election Campaign
Courtesy of our new site www.Ontario2007.com
At first we thought the Liberals had not yet posted their campaign material until we started to follow the links from the Ontario Liberal Party web site to various Government department web sites and we then found their campaign material popping up in each Government department.
Why take the time and pay the cost that the Conservatives did by creating about 10 web sites - catering to each topic - when you can use taxpayers’ money by having Government employees posting McGuinty’s photo in each Government Department site with a few statements straight out of your election campaign?
Who needs a good Liberal Party web site to promote your campaign when you can force each Government Department to promote McGuinty for you?
Posted examples are just 28 Government Ministries which suddenly have McGuinty’s photo with a few campaign style captions posted - there are more departments doing the same.
There is one Government Ministry without Dalton’s Photo on it - Aboriginal Affairs - surprised, NO - see photo. Do you think McGuinty doesn’t want his photo associated with Aboriginal Affairs? Why is this the only department without his photo?
Just how much has it cost Ontario Taxpayers for this sudden change in dozens of Departments’ web sites?
McGuinty’s government is the ONLY Government in Canada running their Election using the Government Web Site
To see the evidence for yourself and for full coverage of this scandal, visit our new site devoted to the upcoming Ontario Election www.Ontario2007.com
At first we thought the Liberals had not yet posted their campaign material until we started to follow the links from the Ontario Liberal Party web site to various Government department web sites and we then found their campaign material popping up in each Government department.
Why take the time and pay the cost that the Conservatives did by creating about 10 web sites - catering to each topic - when you can use taxpayers’ money by having Government employees posting McGuinty’s photo in each Government Department site with a few statements straight out of your election campaign?
Who needs a good Liberal Party web site to promote your campaign when you can force each Government Department to promote McGuinty for you?
Posted examples are just 28 Government Ministries which suddenly have McGuinty’s photo with a few campaign style captions posted - there are more departments doing the same.
There is one Government Ministry without Dalton’s Photo on it - Aboriginal Affairs - surprised, NO - see photo. Do you think McGuinty doesn’t want his photo associated with Aboriginal Affairs? Why is this the only department without his photo?
Just how much has it cost Ontario Taxpayers for this sudden change in dozens of Departments’ web sites?
McGuinty’s government is the ONLY Government in Canada running their Election using the Government Web Site
To see the evidence for yourself and for full coverage of this scandal, visit our new site devoted to the upcoming Ontario Election www.Ontario2007.com
Saturday, July 14, 2007
CUPE targets Ontario Liberals in fall election
Liberals across Ontario will be targeted by 225,000 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in the October provincial election, union leader Sid Ryan said Thursday.
Union members are upset by cuts in the education sector, including fewer school custodians and educational assistants, Ryan, the president of CUPE Ontario, said in Toronto on Thursday.
‘Where we can find a Liberal, we’ll be going after them. We don’t believe the Liberals deserve our support.’—CUPE head Sid Ryan
Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals immediately dismissed the campaign as baseless and blatantly self-serving
Read the full story here
Union members are upset by cuts in the education sector, including fewer school custodians and educational assistants, Ryan, the president of CUPE Ontario, said in Toronto on Thursday.
‘Where we can find a Liberal, we’ll be going after them. We don’t believe the Liberals deserve our support.’—CUPE head Sid Ryan
Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberals immediately dismissed the campaign as baseless and blatantly self-serving
Read the full story here
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Haldimand ignores elephants running amok in Caledonia
Today, Haldimand County Council issued a toughly worded news release calling on the federal government to accelerate the pace of land claims negotiations in Haldimand.
The only problem is that council got tough with the wrong party while advocating the wrong solution on behalf of the wrong people. While they did refer, in passing, to the OPP’s refusal/inability to to enforce the law, Council forgot to mention that it is Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government that ratified the theft of the Douglas Creek Estates by buying it under circumstances that any reasonable person would call extortion.
Council also failed to mention that the federal government has repeatedly said that the Douglas Creek Estates ‘claim’ is invalid, and that McGuinty’s Solicitor General has dismissed all complaints against Commissioner Fantino without even investigating them.
Read the full story here Much more at www.VoiceofCanada.ca
The only problem is that council got tough with the wrong party while advocating the wrong solution on behalf of the wrong people. While they did refer, in passing, to the OPP’s refusal/inability to to enforce the law, Council forgot to mention that it is Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government that ratified the theft of the Douglas Creek Estates by buying it under circumstances that any reasonable person would call extortion.
Council also failed to mention that the federal government has repeatedly said that the Douglas Creek Estates ‘claim’ is invalid, and that McGuinty’s Solicitor General has dismissed all complaints against Commissioner Fantino without even investigating them.
Read the full story here Much more at www.VoiceofCanada.ca
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Province trying to avoid Ombudsman
Ontario’s government must cringe every time Andre Marin opens his mouth.That’s because Ontario’s ombudsman rarely has a nice thing to say, which is understandable when you are charged with the task of being the province’s watchdog.
He is currently probing allegations against the Special Investigations Unit, a civilian agency charged with the task of investigating incidents between police departments and the public.But, according to the most recent criticism by Marin, the list of his targets could be, and should be, a lot longer.
The problem, he says, is that the government is deliberately trying to skirt his office to avoid his scathing criticisms.
“From the government’s perspective, the risk is much more contained when you go out and hire a contractor,” Marin said last week.
Marin’s assessment stems from the Ministry of Community Safety hiring an outside investigator, at added cost to taxpayers, to investigate the actions of OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino in relation to the land claim issue in Caledonia.
The McGuinty government has proven adept at blatantly detouring controversy by simply avoiding that which is controversial.In this case, it is Marin.
A month ago, it was displayed by the premier himself during question period.
It was at the height of the slush fund scandal, when the government was under fire for distributing grants to community groups, some with direct ties to the Liberals, with no formal application process or notification that the money was available.
At the time, NDP Leader Howard Hampton asked McGuinty to apologize for inferring the opposition parties were racist for questioning this use of taxpayer money.
Instead of apologizing, McGuinty went on a rambling verbal journey into health care.
In a stunning snub, he simply ignored the question put to him by another party leader.
It’s that attitude that has McGuinty in a pre-election flurry, re-promising promises he has already broken.
Read the full story here
He is currently probing allegations against the Special Investigations Unit, a civilian agency charged with the task of investigating incidents between police departments and the public.But, according to the most recent criticism by Marin, the list of his targets could be, and should be, a lot longer.
The problem, he says, is that the government is deliberately trying to skirt his office to avoid his scathing criticisms.
“From the government’s perspective, the risk is much more contained when you go out and hire a contractor,” Marin said last week.
Marin’s assessment stems from the Ministry of Community Safety hiring an outside investigator, at added cost to taxpayers, to investigate the actions of OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino in relation to the land claim issue in Caledonia.
The McGuinty government has proven adept at blatantly detouring controversy by simply avoiding that which is controversial.In this case, it is Marin.
A month ago, it was displayed by the premier himself during question period.
It was at the height of the slush fund scandal, when the government was under fire for distributing grants to community groups, some with direct ties to the Liberals, with no formal application process or notification that the money was available.
At the time, NDP Leader Howard Hampton asked McGuinty to apologize for inferring the opposition parties were racist for questioning this use of taxpayer money.
Instead of apologizing, McGuinty went on a rambling verbal journey into health care.
In a stunning snub, he simply ignored the question put to him by another party leader.
It’s that attitude that has McGuinty in a pre-election flurry, re-promising promises he has already broken.
Read the full story here
Monday, June 25, 2007
Ontario’s ombud deserves support
Andre Marin, the provincial ombud, has raised a tough question that Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Liberal government should answer.
He has accused the government of ignoring his office, setting up outsiders to investigate problems that really should be on the ombud’s agenda.
Marin, who did fine work earlier this year in exposing problems in the Ontario lottery organization was specifically concerned about Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter’s decision to hire an outside lawyer to look into whether Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino breached the Police Services Act. Fantino wrote an e-mail note to politicians in Caledonia that suggested they were encouraging divisive rallies against the policing of the community, which has been divided by an aboriginal land dispute.
The ombud has suggested the government prefers to use outsiders because by doing so it can maintain better control of the investigation.
Read the full story here
He has accused the government of ignoring his office, setting up outsiders to investigate problems that really should be on the ombud’s agenda.
Marin, who did fine work earlier this year in exposing problems in the Ontario lottery organization was specifically concerned about Community Safety Minister Monte Kwinter’s decision to hire an outside lawyer to look into whether Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Julian Fantino breached the Police Services Act. Fantino wrote an e-mail note to politicians in Caledonia that suggested they were encouraging divisive rallies against the policing of the community, which has been divided by an aboriginal land dispute.
The ombud has suggested the government prefers to use outsiders because by doing so it can maintain better control of the investigation.
Read the full story here
County demands action on Six Nations
Haldimand County council is insisting the Ontario government develop a process for consultation with Six Nations.“We have some serious issues here and we’ve been hanging in the wind,” said Coun. Lorne Boyko. He authored the unanimously endorsed message asking the provincial government to set the rules of engagement including what parties are to be consulted and in what form.
“Things are definitely getting worse not better,” he said of development issues in the county.
Coun. Buck Sloat expressed concern about the length of consultation and urged council to set a timeframe. “We’re in limbo here,” he said. “We’re being used as guinea pigs on our official plan.”
Read the full story here
“Things are definitely getting worse not better,” he said of development issues in the county.
Coun. Buck Sloat expressed concern about the length of consultation and urged council to set a timeframe. “We’re in limbo here,” he said. “We’re being used as guinea pigs on our official plan.”
Read the full story here
Land Claims: Fallout ‘catastrophic’
Haldimand News - Haldimand County Mayor Marie Trainer and Caledonia Coun. Craig Grice delivered a starkly worded staff report on land claim issue impacts to Ottawa last week.“Fiscal and social fallout from the situation is catastrophic,” began page two. “All attempts are being made to keep the situation peaceful yet this peace is at serious risk (of) jeopardizing the health and safety of residents (both native and non-native) and the OPP.”
County officials are looking at a short term plan to locate new industrial and commercial development outside the Haldimand Tract, where projects may be less vulnerable to occupation threats. Longer term opportunities within the tract will be identified “once the land claims issue has stabilized to the point where occupation threats are unlikely”, continued the author.
McGuinty has yet to meet with Haldimand County council members and, like Prime Minister Stephen Harper, has yet to visit Caledonia.
Read the full story here
County officials are looking at a short term plan to locate new industrial and commercial development outside the Haldimand Tract, where projects may be less vulnerable to occupation threats. Longer term opportunities within the tract will be identified “once the land claims issue has stabilized to the point where occupation threats are unlikely”, continued the author.
McGuinty has yet to meet with Haldimand County council members and, like Prime Minister Stephen Harper, has yet to visit Caledonia.
Read the full story here
Friday, June 15, 2007
Ont. First Nations stand to get $2.5 B over 20 years under new gaming deal
TORONTO (CP) - Ontario’s aboriginal communities could get $2.5 billion over the next 20 years under a new proposed deal to share revenue from provincial lotteries and casinos.
Provincial negotiators say the deal - if it’s ratified by Ontario chiefs on June 18 - would be the first agreement of its kind in Canada since it gives 133 aboriginal communities a cut of the province’s gaming revenue.
Under the proposed agreement, the 133 aboriginal communities would get a cut of all the provincial cash that comes from gaming, essentially doubling their annual revenue share to about $125 million.
Read the full story here
Provincial negotiators say the deal - if it’s ratified by Ontario chiefs on June 18 - would be the first agreement of its kind in Canada since it gives 133 aboriginal communities a cut of the province’s gaming revenue.
Under the proposed agreement, the 133 aboriginal communities would get a cut of all the provincial cash that comes from gaming, essentially doubling their annual revenue share to about $125 million.
Read the full story here
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
McGuinty calls Tory plan to keep promises “reckless”
Dalton McGuinty is smiling less and less these days, and with good reason. The early stages of John Tory’s platform for the upcoming election are shaping up beautifully and to say Dalton is struggling would be an understatement. Let’s have a look at the opposing platforms thus far.
John Tory promises there will be one law for all. No special treatment for Native Terrorists.
McGuinty is standing on a very shaky, completely biased IpperWhiteWash report which recommends that police abandon law & order in favor of “Sensitivity to Aboriginal needs”. His answer to the announced 2007 Summer of Terrorism? Ask the criminals to please behave.
John Tory promises to dispose of the multi Billion dollar per year tax that McGuinty created shortly after being elected on the platform of “I will NOT raise taxes”. Tory further promises to increase health care spending by 5% annually and not to raise taxes.
McGuinty plans to keep stealing that extra $900 per year from your pocket despite a budget surplus in Ontario. He continues to pay a provincial negotiator who can accomplish nothing $1300 per day to sit in on the Caledonia / Six Nations negotiations, and has spent literally dozens of Millions of your tax dollars to appease the Terrorists who illegally occupied DCE. His official comment to thousands of Liberals gathered in Richmond Hill for a conference this past weekend was that it would be “reckless” to dispose of the $2.5 Billion tax he promised not to create in the first place.
In a weak attempt to keep up to Tory, McGuinty has promised not to raise taxes if re-elected. Yes folks, the same Dalton McGuinty who was elected in 2003 on the bold faced lie of ” I will not raise taxes if elected ” is now saying ” I will not raise taxes if re-elected “
In essence John Tory is promising to keep the promise made by McGuinty 4 years ago, and undo the damage that Dalton has done to this Province since taking office. A strategy that so far is extremely simplistic yet absolutely brilliant!
Stay tuned to www.caledoniawakeupcall.com throughout the summer for continuing coverage of the train wreck (no pun intended) that is McGuinty’s last months in office.
Jeff Parkinson
Caledonia Wakeup Call
Jeff@CaledoniaWakeupCall.com
John Tory promises there will be one law for all. No special treatment for Native Terrorists.
McGuinty is standing on a very shaky, completely biased IpperWhiteWash report which recommends that police abandon law & order in favor of “Sensitivity to Aboriginal needs”. His answer to the announced 2007 Summer of Terrorism? Ask the criminals to please behave.
John Tory promises to dispose of the multi Billion dollar per year tax that McGuinty created shortly after being elected on the platform of “I will NOT raise taxes”. Tory further promises to increase health care spending by 5% annually and not to raise taxes.
McGuinty plans to keep stealing that extra $900 per year from your pocket despite a budget surplus in Ontario. He continues to pay a provincial negotiator who can accomplish nothing $1300 per day to sit in on the Caledonia / Six Nations negotiations, and has spent literally dozens of Millions of your tax dollars to appease the Terrorists who illegally occupied DCE. His official comment to thousands of Liberals gathered in Richmond Hill for a conference this past weekend was that it would be “reckless” to dispose of the $2.5 Billion tax he promised not to create in the first place.
In a weak attempt to keep up to Tory, McGuinty has promised not to raise taxes if re-elected. Yes folks, the same Dalton McGuinty who was elected in 2003 on the bold faced lie of ” I will not raise taxes if elected ” is now saying ” I will not raise taxes if re-elected “
In essence John Tory is promising to keep the promise made by McGuinty 4 years ago, and undo the damage that Dalton has done to this Province since taking office. A strategy that so far is extremely simplistic yet absolutely brilliant!
Stay tuned to www.caledoniawakeupcall.com throughout the summer for continuing coverage of the train wreck (no pun intended) that is McGuinty’s last months in office.
Jeff Parkinson
Caledonia Wakeup Call
Jeff@CaledoniaWakeupCall.com
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Thank you Mr. Fantino: My countersuit regarding conspiracy
By Gary McHale: Editor- www.caledoniawakeupcall.com
In my mind it had been clear that the Ontario Government, along with the OPP and Haldimand County, were working together to end my Right to Freedom of Expression as guaranteed by our Charter of Rights. Direct proof of this conspiracy was hard to come by until Fantino did what people in positions of power don’t do, and that was provide written evidence to support my belief.
What Fantino also did was to admit that he had a “mutual understanding” as to how to handle me. What exactly is this backroom ‘understanding’ that Fantino admits to? If he feels it is okay to threaten Haldimand Council in an email then what exactly has he said behind closed doors?
What makes Fantino’s email the ’smoking gun’ in my view is that he sent his email directly to senior members of McGuinty’s Government.
The Government who repeatedly stated that they have no direct involvement in the OPP operations in Caledonia. But why then does McGuinty’s Chief of Staff and McGuinty’s Press Secretary need to know that Fantino is directly trying to intimidate Haldimand County? What was the response by McGuinty’s staff to the fact that Fantino was threatening elected officials?
Back in July of 2006, Chris Morley, named in the countersuit, threatened CHTV for having me on TV. Long before Fantino started his 3 month campaign of defamation against me we had McGuinty’s office trying to punish a media outlet for reporting the news.
We need to remember that Fantino stated in his email that he would encourage individual officers to sue me or council members. Is anyone surprised to see that 22 officers have filed a lawsuit against me? Guess who is paying for the legal fees for these officers? The OPPA lawyer is the lawyer for these 22 officers.
What is so great about this countersuit, in my view, is that we now have the legal right to all email & correspondence between all these people. All in-camera meetings at Haldimand County with Fantino are now subject to this lawsuit. I now have the Right to know what ‘mutual understanding’ means between Fantino and Haldimand County.
I will remind people that on Dec. 15, 2006, Mayor Trainer stated on radio that the OPP should arrest me and the very next day I was arrested by the OPP and spent the night in jail even though they knew they had no charges against me.
Where is Free Speech in this Province? What is McGuinty’s involvement in directing the OPP and taking part in the defamation?
We will find the answers in court.
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In my mind it had been clear that the Ontario Government, along with the OPP and Haldimand County, were working together to end my Right to Freedom of Expression as guaranteed by our Charter of Rights. Direct proof of this conspiracy was hard to come by until Fantino did what people in positions of power don’t do, and that was provide written evidence to support my belief.
What Fantino also did was to admit that he had a “mutual understanding” as to how to handle me. What exactly is this backroom ‘understanding’ that Fantino admits to? If he feels it is okay to threaten Haldimand Council in an email then what exactly has he said behind closed doors?
What makes Fantino’s email the ’smoking gun’ in my view is that he sent his email directly to senior members of McGuinty’s Government.
The Government who repeatedly stated that they have no direct involvement in the OPP operations in Caledonia. But why then does McGuinty’s Chief of Staff and McGuinty’s Press Secretary need to know that Fantino is directly trying to intimidate Haldimand County? What was the response by McGuinty’s staff to the fact that Fantino was threatening elected officials?
Back in July of 2006, Chris Morley, named in the countersuit, threatened CHTV for having me on TV. Long before Fantino started his 3 month campaign of defamation against me we had McGuinty’s office trying to punish a media outlet for reporting the news.
We need to remember that Fantino stated in his email that he would encourage individual officers to sue me or council members. Is anyone surprised to see that 22 officers have filed a lawsuit against me? Guess who is paying for the legal fees for these officers? The OPPA lawyer is the lawyer for these 22 officers.
What is so great about this countersuit, in my view, is that we now have the legal right to all email & correspondence between all these people. All in-camera meetings at Haldimand County with Fantino are now subject to this lawsuit. I now have the Right to know what ‘mutual understanding’ means between Fantino and Haldimand County.
I will remind people that on Dec. 15, 2006, Mayor Trainer stated on radio that the OPP should arrest me and the very next day I was arrested by the OPP and spent the night in jail even though they knew they had no charges against me.
Where is Free Speech in this Province? What is McGuinty’s involvement in directing the OPP and taking part in the defamation?
We will find the answers in court.
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McHale sues Haldimand County, Fantino, OPP association
The Hamilton Spectator(Jun 11, 2007)
A Richmond Hill man who runs a website critical of the provincial police’s conduct in Caledonia has responded to a $7.2-million lawsuit filed against him by 22 OPP officers who say they were defamed on his site with his own counter claim.
Gary McHale announced the launch of his own suit yesterday afternoon at a town hall meeting in Caledonia.
“It is clear they are trying to silence our free speech and it’s not going to work,” said McHale yesterday.
Read the full story here
A Richmond Hill man who runs a website critical of the provincial police’s conduct in Caledonia has responded to a $7.2-million lawsuit filed against him by 22 OPP officers who say they were defamed on his site with his own counter claim.
Gary McHale announced the launch of his own suit yesterday afternoon at a town hall meeting in Caledonia.
“It is clear they are trying to silence our free speech and it’s not going to work,” said McHale yesterday.
Read the full story here
Ipperwash Inquiry - Where’s Mike Harris when you need him?
People are disappointed with the recommendations coming out of the Ipperwash Inquiry, but they shouldn’t come as a surprise.
The same old reactionary approach to dealing with native occupations should have been expected last week. The McGuinty Liberals never intended to get to the root of such standoffs, but rather wanted to see former Premier Mike Harris crash and burn.
Justice Sidney Linden was given a mandate to 1. lead an independent public inquiry into the events surrounding the death of Dudley George in 1995 and 2. “to make recommendation to help avoid violence in similar circumstances.”
The mandate says nothing about upholding laws and justice, or deciphering right from wrong. His task was essentially: How to react when a bunch of natives come and claim land? The report could be called Damage control in the face of accepted native terrorism.
How pointless was this report, $25 million later?
Read the full story here Kudo’s to Bill Jackson of The Regional for an excellent article!
The same old reactionary approach to dealing with native occupations should have been expected last week. The McGuinty Liberals never intended to get to the root of such standoffs, but rather wanted to see former Premier Mike Harris crash and burn.
Justice Sidney Linden was given a mandate to 1. lead an independent public inquiry into the events surrounding the death of Dudley George in 1995 and 2. “to make recommendation to help avoid violence in similar circumstances.”
The mandate says nothing about upholding laws and justice, or deciphering right from wrong. His task was essentially: How to react when a bunch of natives come and claim land? The report could be called Damage control in the face of accepted native terrorism.
How pointless was this report, $25 million later?
Read the full story here Kudo’s to Bill Jackson of The Regional for an excellent article!
Pinocchio Premier
Forgive us for being a tad bit cynical over Premier Dalton McGuinty’s recent pledge that he would not raise taxes if re-elected this October.
We all remember McGuinty’s infamous pledge during the 2003 election campaign: “I won’t cut your taxes… but I won’t raise them either.”
In 2004, the Pinocchio Premier and his Gepetto Finance Minister Greg Sorbara announced the dreaded $2.4 billion health premium, which cost taxpayers between $300 to $900 a year, depending on income. So much for the promise not to raise taxes.
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We all remember McGuinty’s infamous pledge during the 2003 election campaign: “I won’t cut your taxes… but I won’t raise them either.”
In 2004, the Pinocchio Premier and his Gepetto Finance Minister Greg Sorbara announced the dreaded $2.4 billion health premium, which cost taxpayers between $300 to $900 a year, depending on income. So much for the promise not to raise taxes.
Read the full story here
Friday, June 8, 2007
National affairs: Good old fashioned dirty politics
The late American composer Oscar Levant once cynically quipped that a politician is someone who will “double-cross that bridge when he comes to it.” Which brings us, of course, to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and his shameless reaction to the final report of the Ipperwash Inquiry by commissioner Sidney Linden, a retired judge.
Even Linden hardly covers himself in glory with his blatant advocacy of the view that the Native protesters who occupied a provincial park in 1995 carry no shared responsibility whatsoever for the tragic events leading to the death of protester Dudley George at the hands of an OPP sniper.
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Even Linden hardly covers himself in glory with his blatant advocacy of the view that the Native protesters who occupied a provincial park in 1995 carry no shared responsibility whatsoever for the tragic events leading to the death of protester Dudley George at the hands of an OPP sniper.
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Dalton McGuinty to Hamilton: Tell me what you want
What should be on Hamilton’s wish list? The Lister Block? Downtown rejuvenation? The cleanup of Randle Reef? Premier Dalton McGuinty threw the gauntlet down yesterday, asking Hamiltonians what he should put “provincial muscle” behind.
“Where should we go, because we want to help?” McGuinty asked in an hour-long meeting with The Spectator’s editorial board yesterday. “Let’s get energized and excited. What would make Hamilton the best place to live? What will make you feel better about your city?”
The premier also said the province is willing to contribute cash to the Lister Block renewal, but shied away from giving a dollar figure.
“Results matter,” he said when asked about the broken promises that have been fodder for the opposition. (Edit: Then the ends justify any means according to McGuinty)
Read the full story here
“Where should we go, because we want to help?” McGuinty asked in an hour-long meeting with The Spectator’s editorial board yesterday. “Let’s get energized and excited. What would make Hamilton the best place to live? What will make you feel better about your city?”
The premier also said the province is willing to contribute cash to the Lister Block renewal, but shied away from giving a dollar figure.
“Results matter,” he said when asked about the broken promises that have been fodder for the opposition. (Edit: Then the ends justify any means according to McGuinty)
Read the full story here
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