Friday, May 28, 2010 (4:20pm)
CRUCIAL BLOG ENTRY #62
G8 & G20 Meetings in Canada = OUTLANDISH Security costs
The security budget for the G8 & G20 meetings scheduled to happen in Huntsville and Toronto, Canada in June 2010 has ballooned from an initial CONSERVATIVE assessement of $179 million by Ottawa IN MARCH to $834 million YESTERDAY, with another $184 million added today on what officials call "food safety, transportation, additional accommodation expenses & Tim Horton’s coffee and donuts."
To put all this in perspective, the last G 20 Meeting held in the United Kingdom in 2009 had a security budget of $30 million dollars.
The streets of Toronto in June are going to be taken over by the RCMP and by Police Forces from all across the country and every "Professional Protester" / Trouble-Maker in North America will be here, ready to protest (some just for the sake of protesting, not knowing what they are protesting) cause trouble, damage property and get up-close-and-personal with the latest fragrances of Tear-Gas and the newest toy of the Toronto Police Force: 4 Long-Range Acoustic Devices described as crowd-dispersing "sound cannons" or "communication tools" by Police officials.
In this day an age when we can have virtual meetings with multiple people from various countries meeting in real-time and discussing things "face-to-face" this kind of meeting is not only unnecessary, but it has put a HUGE target on Toronto for world trouble-makers, terrorists and whoever associates and views the G20 as a negative Global Juggernaut concerned only with business with little regard for the environment, humanity, and those less fortunate.
This to me seems absolutely ludicrous at a time when we are just trying to get out of a Global economic melt-down caused by the irresponsible banks and policies on Wall Street, Canada is dealing with a $54 BILLION dollar deficit, Europe’s economy is teetering on the brink of disaster, we are experiencing the worlds worst environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, terribly destructive Earthquakes in Haiti, Chili and now a 7.2 magnitude quake in the Vanuatu Islands. Let alone the fact that Canada just recently hosted the Winter Olympic Games and once again the initial budget for security for that 17 day event went from 100 million to over a billion dollars in less than 5 years.
THAT’s 2 BILLION DOLLARS THAT CANADA HAS SPENT ON SECURITY IN THE LAST 5 MONTHS PEOPLE!
These meetings should no longer be held anywhere other than the United Nations which is set-up to handle events of this magnitude or we should create the Virtual G20 Meetings brought to you by Google, Facebook or Youtube, which would allow for the people who elect our G 20 Officials to see what is being said, done and accomplished.
I don’t appreciate my city of Toronto being taken over by Profesional Protesters, thousands of Police Officers and not being able to walk or drive where and when I want to. Let alone the fact that my family and friends are in potential danger from any kind of G20 Backlash that Toronto will have to deal with and ultimately pay for.
Keep It Crucial, especially during the G20.
Paul BenoitProducer / Crucial Correspondent
paul@crucialmatters.com
www.crucialmatters.com
Friday, May 28, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
FREE MARC EMERY!
Thursday May 14th, 2010 (4:20pm)
Crucial Blog Entry #61
FREE MARC EMERY!!
On Monday May 10th, Marc Emery was ordered to surrender to Canadian officials and is now awaiting extradiction to the United States to face a 5 year prison term for selling seeds over the internet to purchasers in the US.
Marc Emery is currently imprisoned at the North Fraser pretrial centre in Vancouver, B.C. and is due to be sent to the US in the next 7 days.
Unlike the Canadian Penal system, the US Federal System requires a prisoner to serve over 85% of their prison sentence and one is only granted 56 days a year "good time" for good behaviour.
At a time when the worlds economy is just now recovering from the Global Meltdown and markets in Europe are on the brink of disaster with Greece, Portugal & Spain not being able to maintain their current debt-loads, it is time to not only look at the many benefits of Marijuana as a MEDICINAL product but to look at the overall benefits of LEGALIZING IT and taxing this product that has been used for centuries and will be used for centuries more.
Marijuana is not going away anytime soon nor is it a "Gateway Drug" leading to other hard drugs, as some ignorant right-wing leaders think.
And to think that we in Canada were only one Sponsorship Scandal away from decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. Damn Liberals!
Keep It Crucial.
FREE MARC EMERY!
Paul Benoit
Crucial Correspondent
paul@crucialmatters.com
www.crucialmatters.com
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP MARC EMERY:
1) Make a sign that says "America Must FREE MARC EMERY" and stand on a street corner for 2 hours this weekend.
2) Plan a protest where you live for SATURDAY, MAY 22 - the global "Free Marc Emery" rally. Information will be posted at www.CannabisCulture.com soon, so keep checking back for updates.
3) Go to www.NoExtradition.net for the list of "75 Things You Can Do to Free Marc Emery" and other important information and ways to help.
4) Vote against the Conservative Party in Canada and support the opposition parties. Donate to the candidate in your riding who is most likely to replace/defeat your Conservative Member of Parliament.
Contact Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (pronounced "Taves") and tell him to approve Marc Emery's application for transfer back to Canada as soon as the submission is made!Public Safety Minister and Conservative MP Vic Toews:Steinbach Office8-227 Main StreetSteinbach. Mb. R5G 1Y7Ph:(204) 326-9889 Fx:(204) 346-9874E-mail: toewsv1@mts.netParliament HillSuite 306, Justice Building House of Commons Ottawa. Ont. K1A 0A6Ph:(613) 992-3128Fx:(613) 995-1049 E-mail: Toews.V@parl.gc.caLac du Bonnet OfficeBox 266Lac du Bonnet. MB R0E 1A0Ph:204-345-9762Fx:204-345-9768E-mail: toewsv1@mts.net
Please contact Judge Ricardo Martinez in Seattle, Washington and tell him that he should let Marc Emery return home to Canada with a no-prison sentence instead of the 5-year term in the plea deal. Honorable Ricardo S. MartinezU.S. Courthouse700 Stewart Street, Suite 13134Seattle, WA98101-9906USAChambers: 206-370-8880Courtroom Deputy: 206-370-8521Docket Clerk: 206-370-8450
Crucial Blog Entry #61
FREE MARC EMERY!!
On Monday May 10th, Marc Emery was ordered to surrender to Canadian officials and is now awaiting extradiction to the United States to face a 5 year prison term for selling seeds over the internet to purchasers in the US.
Marc Emery is currently imprisoned at the North Fraser pretrial centre in Vancouver, B.C. and is due to be sent to the US in the next 7 days.
Unlike the Canadian Penal system, the US Federal System requires a prisoner to serve over 85% of their prison sentence and one is only granted 56 days a year "good time" for good behaviour.
At a time when the worlds economy is just now recovering from the Global Meltdown and markets in Europe are on the brink of disaster with Greece, Portugal & Spain not being able to maintain their current debt-loads, it is time to not only look at the many benefits of Marijuana as a MEDICINAL product but to look at the overall benefits of LEGALIZING IT and taxing this product that has been used for centuries and will be used for centuries more.
Marijuana is not going away anytime soon nor is it a "Gateway Drug" leading to other hard drugs, as some ignorant right-wing leaders think.
And to think that we in Canada were only one Sponsorship Scandal away from decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. Damn Liberals!
Keep It Crucial.
FREE MARC EMERY!
Paul Benoit
Crucial Correspondent
paul@crucialmatters.com
www.crucialmatters.com
THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP MARC EMERY:
1) Make a sign that says "America Must FREE MARC EMERY" and stand on a street corner for 2 hours this weekend.
2) Plan a protest where you live for SATURDAY, MAY 22 - the global "Free Marc Emery" rally. Information will be posted at www.CannabisCulture.com soon, so keep checking back for updates.
3) Go to www.NoExtradition.net for the list of "75 Things You Can Do to Free Marc Emery" and other important information and ways to help.
4) Vote against the Conservative Party in Canada and support the opposition parties. Donate to the candidate in your riding who is most likely to replace/defeat your Conservative Member of Parliament.
Contact Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (pronounced "Taves") and tell him to approve Marc Emery's application for transfer back to Canada as soon as the submission is made!Public Safety Minister and Conservative MP Vic Toews:Steinbach Office8-227 Main StreetSteinbach. Mb. R5G 1Y7Ph:(204) 326-9889 Fx:(204) 346-9874E-mail: toewsv1@mts.netParliament HillSuite 306, Justice Building House of Commons Ottawa. Ont. K1A 0A6Ph:(613) 992-3128Fx:(613) 995-1049 E-mail: Toews.V@parl.gc.caLac du Bonnet OfficeBox 266Lac du Bonnet. MB R0E 1A0Ph:204-345-9762Fx:204-345-9768E-mail: toewsv1@mts.net
Please contact Judge Ricardo Martinez in Seattle, Washington and tell him that he should let Marc Emery return home to Canada with a no-prison sentence instead of the 5-year term in the plea deal. Honorable Ricardo S. MartinezU.S. Courthouse700 Stewart Street, Suite 13134Seattle, WA98101-9906USAChambers: 206-370-8880Courtroom Deputy: 206-370-8521Docket Clerk: 206-370-8450
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