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Holding the powerful accountable depends on how observant you are:
This is still not a settled issue in my books. It shouldn’t be for any Canadian that cares about holding our governments accountable. The story begins with a truly sad event, the Mayerthorpe Tragedy in which four young Canadians were murdered by a crazy, dangerous man.
I was living in Vancouver, not at all interested in political blogging, minding my own business. Upon hearing the news, at first I was shedding tears, for their families. Soon my tears turned to shivers of fear when Zacardelli the Commissioner of the RCMP, climbed on the still warm bodies of the slain Mounties and declared the crime to be the result of increased crime associated with marijuana grow operations.
This touched me personally, as I was awaiting trial for production and possession for the purposes of, to which I had stipulated in Creston in 2003. I had turned myself in to the Creston RCMP when my landlord and I had a dispute over the “grease.” The sergeant remarked that this situation was “Bizarre.”
It wasn’t until Saturday morning, the 5th, when listening to the CBC radio program “The House” that things coalesced. Up until then, since the murders on the 3rd of March, I had begun to fear the upcoming trial and the fact that I had no legal representation and no money. They were using the sentiment of pity for the fallen officers to generate hate in the public for pot growers, and by association smokers.
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Re: An E-mail Can Change The World
By Bud Oracle (not verified), May 20, 2008 at 10:20Here's another simple electronic effort by Bud Oracle, as a more recent example.
CBC was soliciting for questions of the ministers, so I asked one; see the 5th one down: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/29/cbc-radio-show-needs.html
It garnered me a personal response from the mighty Seadoo rider himself, The "Honorable" Stockwell Day. I am unable to open it, so have asked him to paste it into the body of the email itself.
I'm not on "tenter hooks" waiting to see what the mighty man himself has to say. I KNOW THAT HE WILL NOT GIVE ME AN HONEST ANSWER, BECAUSE HE CAN'T.
Its too bad that more of you realize that you have this right, too. I'll bet, that if every time they wished to pass retro legislation which is bad for Canadians, they find 6,000,000 angry emails in their inbox, the citizens of Canada will get their way. How much time would it take to make such an email and send it? About 1 minute. For the lack of one minute's effort we are denied our democracy. It rests on your shoulders
Re: An E-mail Can Change The World
By Bud Oracle (not verified), May 19, 2008 at 08:14This is one response from the CRTC, re file # 233039:
Dear Mr. Klaus Kaczor,
Thanks for contacting the CRTC with your concerns.
It's the broadcasters themselves - not the CRTC - who are responsible for the programming they provide. This is spelled out in the Broadcasting Act. Our job is to make sure broadcasters have acted responsibly - and to hold them accountable for their programming when it's called for.
In order to follow this matter, I am asking CBC by copy of this message, to respond directly to you within three weeks and to send us a copy of its reply for review by Commission staff. I am also asking that it hold a tape of the broadcast in question until your case is resolved. You will hear from us again if any regulatory action is required.
Your complaint and all related correspondence will be placed on CBC's public file at the end of three weeks. The Commission may review it at licence renewal time and interested parties may consult the file at any time. In accordance with your rights under the Privacy Act, you may refuse to have your correspondence placed on such a file. If that is the case, please contact us within three weeks of the date of this response by e-mail, mail, fax or telephone, quoting the reference number. Please note that the Commission may not be able to pursue your complaint if all correspondence cannot be made public.
I am also providing you with a link to the Fact Sheet entitled "How to file a Broadcasting Complaint" which explains the CRTC complaints process : http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/INFO_SHT/G8.htm
Thank you again for writing to the Commission.
Yours sincerely,
Cheryl Grossi
Correspondence, Client Services
1-877-249-2782 /info@crtc.gc.ca/ télécopieur/facsimile (819) 994-0218
Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes / Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission / Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
Gouvernement du Canada / Government of Canada
c.c.: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation