Thousands turned out in Victoria today, assembled at the Legislature Buildings, seat of power for the Canadian province of British Columbia. The government wasn't in this sunny May Saturday afternoon, but the message delivered by those thousands is unmistakable, and it would take a very deaf regime not to hear it loud and clear.
The throng would have the largely foreign, mainly Norwegian, fish farm corporations to remove their Atlantic Salmon pens out of British Columbia waters in toto.
Now!
The federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), who is ultimately responsible for the well-being of the marine environment, has proved as ineffective dealing with the present danger posed the indigenous Salmon populations here as have their provincial government counterparts.
For whatever the reason, today's demonstration was a mass declaration any government ignores at its peril. - ape
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This week: Anthony Fenton is a freelance Canadian journalist, activist, and author whose writing appears at ZNET, The Dominion (Canada's grassroots newspaper) and other progressive news sites on the internet, and he is co-author with Yves Engler of the book, 'Canada in Haiti: Waging War on the Poor Majority.'
Anthony Fenton in the first half.
And; over the weekend, people across British Columbia turned out in force to voice their opposition to Gordon Campbell's surprise HST tax. I went down to the demonstration at Victoria's Legislature to get my fair share of the views. B.C.'s burgeoning tea party in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster Janine Bandcroft will join us at the bottom of the hour to keep an eye on the goings on going on on Victoria's streets. But first, Anthony Fenton and Canada's outsourced war for Iraq's oil riches.
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
Ape Goes to the demo. It was a lightly attended affair (perhaps 150 to 200 people) but the anger is palpable, and this could well lead to bigger things, all bad, for B.C. premier Gordon Campbell. Dozens of anti-HST demonstrations were held across the province today.
Weaver put his considerable environmental chop behind endorsing Gordon Campbell's incumbent bid for the premiership of British Columbia. Well, Andy's guy won! Now B.C. is saddled with another four years of the most ecologically disastrous regime in Canadian history. Way to go Andy!!
This week: Damien Gillis of the Save Our Rivers Society on the B.C. Liberal's controversial Run of Rivers program; Jon Elmer on claims made by Canada's Green Party leader of Iran supplying Hamas with Depleted Uranium weapons during the 22 day assault against Gaza; and Victoria Street Newz publisher and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft bringing us the latest newz from Victoria's streetz.
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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