This week: Nathalie des Rosiers is General Counsel of Canadian Civil Liberties Association. She is the former Dean of the Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa, and is a past President of the Law Commission of Canada.
Of events at the G20 she writes;
"There are events in Canadian history that have become symbols of the fragility of our democratic rights: the internment of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War or the imposition of the War Measures Act, to name a few. In our view, the policing at the G20 Summit in Toronto last summer will be remembered as one of them."
Nathalie des Rosiers in the first half.
And; Canadian freelance journalist, Jon Elmer lives in and reports from Occupied Palestine. While fallen off the front pages due to recent events in North Africa and Japan, tensions are high in Palestine-Israel and innocents are dying on both sides of this decades-long disaster.
Jon Elmer in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV fundraiser extraordinaire, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us newz from the city's streets and beyond.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, http://www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
This week on GR: Danny Schechter the News Dissector is a long-time media interpreter, film maker, radio and internet pioneer, and author, whose book titles include: 'Plunder: the Crime of Our Time,' its companion, 'The Crime of Our Time: Why Wall Street is NOT Too Big to Jail,' 'Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception,' 'Media Wars: News at a Time of Terror,' and 'The More You Watch, the Less You Know.' His latest film release is, 'Plunder: The Movie.'
And; David Eby, Executive Director of BC's Civil Liberties Association in the second half on 'The Mysterious Case of the Elusive RCMP Audit.'
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us newz from Victoria's streets and beyond. But first, Danny Schechter, dissecting the news from Tehran and back again.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, www.pacificfreepress.com.
Check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
Carmen Cheung is a lawyer with the BCCLA, where she works on litigation and legal reform. She is the author of the BCCLA's just released report: 'The UN Security Council's 1267 Regime and the Rule of Law in Canada.'
Listen. Hear.
Carmen Cheung and the UN's rule beyond the law in the first half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with goings on happening among Victoria's unhoused community, who this weekend saw the City Hll end funding to some of the familiar shelters in Victoria. Is the homeless problem here then solved? Not exactly. Janine and a turning down of the city's shelter beds at the half.
But first; Carmen Cheung on Canadian justice and the UN's 1267 Regime.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, www.pacificfreepress.com. Check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
This Week: The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association is heading on the road next month, going north to visit communities served by the RCMP to host workshops on police accountability. It's an effort BCCLA president, Robert Holmes says is meant as both a means to educate and to learn what concerns residents of the north and famed "heartland" of the province have about the way policing is conducted in their neighbourhoods.
David Eby is Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, and is an adjunct professor of law at the University of British Columbia. He is also the president of the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. David Eby in the first half.
And; Nathalie Des Rosiers is General Counsel of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Executive Director of its Education Trust. She is the previous Acting Vice President - Governance of the University of Ottawa, and served as Dean of the Civil Law Section of the U. of Ottawa's Faculty of Law. Nathalie also served as president of the Law Commission of Canada from 2000-2004. Nathalie Des Rosiers and Canadian law after the G20.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to bring us news from Victoria's streetz and beyond. But first, David Eby and weighing the future of the RCMP in B.C.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, www.pacificfreepress.com.
Check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
This week: The BCCLA has filed a submission with the Legislature urging Bill 20 be dropped. Micheal Vonn is Policy Director at the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, and an Advisory Board Member for Privacy International. She is a former Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of British Columbia and currently serves as Adjunct Professor at UBC's School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies. Micheal Vonn in the first half.
Ontario's premier, Dalton McGuinty says he will visit Israel later this month, while Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu is slated to to make the first visit of a sitting Israeli prime minister to Canada in more than sixteen years. Jon Elmer is a Vancouver-based freelance journalist and photo-journalist who has lived in and reported from the West Bank for more than a decade. He is currently in Bethlehem, one of premier McGuinty's scheduled stops, and joins us in the second half with the latest news from the occupation.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV Radio broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft will be here at the bottom of the hour to bring us up to speed with the goings-on amongst Victoria's burgeoning street community. But first, Michael Vonn and the Liberal proposition of Big Brother for B.C.'s new school hall monitor.
Chris Cook hosts Gorilla Radio, airing live every Monday, 5-6pm Pacific Time. In Victoria at 101.9FM, 104.3 cable, and on the internet at: http://cfuv.uvic.ca. He also serves as a contributing editor to the web news site, www.pacificfreepress.com.
Check out the GR blog at: http://GorillaRadioBlog.blogspot.com
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