Kathie Clark at rally outside MP David Sweet’s office.
The Hamilton Spectator reports, “Charity representatives, steelworkers, environmentalists and democracy advocates came together at Conservative MP David Sweet’s office Friday to protest the federal government omni-bill, C-38. …Kathie Clark, representing the Hamilton chapter of the Council of Canadians, said the Stephen Harper government is no longer practising democracy with such a jam-packed piece of legislation. ‘What they are doing is really shutting down Canadian democracy with this omnibus bill,’ said Clark. ‘It’s not a budget bill, it’s far more than that.'”
The news report continues, “Elysia Petorne, also from the Council of Canadians and the environmental group 350 Hamilton, would like ’12 hero Conservative MPs to be brave and cross the floor. We need people to wake up and realize how devastating this budget is,’ said Petorne. ‘Get active, tell people, so we get some form of democracy back.'”
The Hamilton Spectator coverage of the chapter’s oppositon to C-38, follows coverage of chapter campaigning against the budget implementation bill in the Peterborough Examiner, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15661; the Winnipeg Free Press, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15611; the St. John’s Telegram, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15611; the Prince Albert Daily Herald, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15521; and the Nanaimo News Bulletin, http://www.nanaimobulletin.com/news/156940995.html.
The Council of Canadians opposes C-38
1- Chairperson Maude Barlow’s op-ed ‘Harper and the environment are like oil and water’, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15233 and http://www.windsorstar.com/opinion/water/6693001/story.html
2- Trade campaigner Stuart Trew’s ACTION ALERT: Split up the budget: Environmental and border policy changes need a full debate, http://canadians.org/action/2012/Bill-C38.html
3- Campaigner Anil Naidoo’s presentation to the House of Commons Finance Committee, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15528
4- Board member Rick Sawa speaking at a Leadnow ‘Blackmark Budget Bill‘ protest in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15521
5- Participation in the ‘Black Out, Speak Out‘ initiative, http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15461 and http://canadians.org/blog/?p=15606
6- Numerous campaign blogs to update and encourage action from our supporters, http://canadians.org/blog/?s=budget+implementation
