NPA candidate opposes garbage incinerator

Kirk LaPointe, the NPA candidate for the mayor of Vancouver stated the NPA opposes Metro Vancouver's plan for a garbage incinerator. Finally someone with a brain. He states that “The only thing less green than burning or gasifying garbage in Vancouver is using fossil fuels to ship it elsewhere for burning. We share our air with the region’s other municipalities,” he said. Exactly!

Anyone can drive up to the look out over Vancouver on Cypress mountain sunrise, sunset or any time of the day and see the grey haze over the city and count the number of factory smokestacks billowing pollution into the air. Every summer there is air quality warnings in the Fraser Valley because the pollution tends to collect in the valley being surrounded by mountains. Burning garbage is about the most ungreen act conceivable.

Yesterday the front page of the Vancouver Province was a where's waldo photo referring to Gregor Robertson's absence at the recent all candidates debate. I have to admit that Gregor Robertson is starting to get a bit weird and that the city of Vancouver is ready for a change.

Meena Wong, COPE’S mayoral candidate, favours slowing development in Vancouver. Slowing development? If business wants to build let them build. Supply and demand will take care of itself. If business wants to invest in Vancouver why stop them? These aren't tax dollars. The Translink financial fiasco is the one burning tax dollars on behalf of insiders. Just make sure each new development contains some social housing and stop burning tax dollars on Translink.

Robertson has reiterated Vision’s position that Vancouver desperately needs a Broadway subway line. Vancouver does not desperately need a Broadway subway line. What Vancouver desperately needs is for Translink to stop going a billion dollars over budget every year. Tax payers already foot the bill for that yearly deficit in a ten cents a litre regional gas tax above and beyond the federal and provincial gas tax. Don't tell me SNC-Lavalin is bidding on that contract too like the Evergreen line. That would be another criminal act. Stop the insanity.

Hong Kong Protest supported in Vancouver

The Vancouver Province is reporting that "Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in downtown Vancouver to show support for democracy protesters in Hong Kong. Geoff Ho joined a crowd outside the Vancouver Art Gallery, where supporters sang Under a Vast Sky, a 1990s hit Canto-pop song that has been adopted by protesters in Hong Kong as a rallying cry."

Global is reporting that "Students upset the Chinese government has failed to maintain its promise of open and fair elections have taken to the streets. In these mass demonstrations the protesters have been shielding themselves from police and tear gas with umbrellas, which has coined the term “Umbrella Revolution” because the students have been using umbrellas to shield themselves."

CBC is reporting that "the protesters want fully democratic elections when they cast their ballots for the next chief executive." So are we going to send in air support for the freedom fighters in Hong Kong or are we just going to keep perpetuating the lie? Perhaps the Harper government will ban these protests in Vancouver like the peaceful Falun Gong protest since all he does is censor the truth about the atrocities Communist China commits.

Media Profits and Media Mergers

There's a new media acquisition in the news. CBC is reporting that "Quebecor has agreed to sell all 175 English-language newspapers it owns under the Sun Media banner to Postmedia, the owner of the National Post and others, for $316 million. The properties include the Toronto Sun, the Ottawa Sun, the Winnipeg Sun, the Calgary Sun and the Edmonton Sun, as well as the London Free Press and the free 24 Hours dailies in Toronto and Vancouver. The websites for those publications, largely based on the canoe.ca portal, are also included."

"If it goes through as announced, the deal would mean Postmedia, which was built out of the ashes of the former CanWest media empire, would control just about every major English-language newspaper in Canada that isn't based in Toronto (the publishing home of the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail)."

Business Vancouver is reporting that "This leaves the Vancouver edition of the Metro newspaper as the only English-language daily in the city not owned by Postmedia." Will they be able to compete? Perhaps this will make them higher in demand because they are independent.

I don't want to be a stick in the mud but if they are going to own every major newspaper in Canada except for Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail, where is the Freedom of the Press? I'm all for the media making a profit. What concerns me is corporate monopolies. It was more of a concern back when Conrad Black started buying up all the news outlets in Canada. He had a staunch reputation for being politically motivated and firing reporters who didn't tow his line. What if all these media mergers continue and then someone like Conrad Black becomes the CEO again. There goes the freedom of the press. Looks like we're back in black. So back in black means they're out of the red or does it mean Conrad Black is coming back? Please advise.



OK so again, the whole concept of corporate monopolies concerns me. It's doesn't matter if it's Enbridge or the Hells Angels monopolies are bad. Guys like Conrad Black claim they're right wing. So then I ask, Do you support corporate monopolies? Of course they reply. We want to make money. Corporate monopolies are the best way to make money. But what about the free market? Big business is the free market. We take it over and crush the little guy. That's the free market. Survival of the fittest. What about small business? Screw small business. We're big business. Hostile take overs consumed with greed. That's what we're all about. Big business, big money - for us. Screw the consumer and screw the tax payer. They owe us for giving them a job.

I see. So how do you feel about Communism? We hate Commies. They want to share all the profits with everyone. But they don't. They're just as greedy as you are. Exactly. That's why we funded the Communist Revolution in Russia. But don't tell the world that. The better dead than red line is a great sell. People eat that BS up as we take their money to the bank. That is not right wing. That is not a free market. That is Corporate Communism. It leads to the same place.

So back to media profits. I'm all for the media making a profit. That is the free market. It's rather sad that the Toronto Star valued their 20% shares in our local papers owned by the Black Press as zero. Makes for a competitive market indeed. That's why many are concerned with the term main stream media and how that relates to corporate media. Large corporations buying media outlets or spending money on advertizing thus controlling what the papers print. That is concerning because it affects the freedom of the press. Remember what happened to Dan Rather and Gary Webb.



I recently had a heated discussion with a member of the media about copyrighted photos. If a media outlet took a picture of a rapist or a serial killer and published it in their paper, you would think they would want the public to pass that photo on through facebook or other social media to get the word out. What if they said you're not allowed to pass that photo on because we have a copyright on that photo? They'd certainly be within their legal rights but what about public safety? Would keeping that picture from the public be morally right? I personally don't think so. Apparently, some media outlets disagree with me.

I had one small paper in Halifax get all freaked out because I quoted one of their stories once. Then they complained that I changed the wording despite the fact that I linked to their story. That's what bloggers do. They quote a news article and comment on it. That's legal. Copyright is a different matter. Yet I would apply the same logic to pictures of gang members. Sharing those photos is a matter of public safety. Newspapers don't own the copyright to police handouts or photos they stole from facebook. I share any photo that has been given to me freely with the media because I offer a fee public service. I'm not trying to sell newspapers.

I realize it's hard for newspapers to make a profit in our day. I just don't think withholding pictures of gang members is the way to do it. Bloggers increase traffic on newspaper web sites. If a blogger sees a picture in a news article and passes on the picture with a link to the news article, that will increase traffic on the news article. It's a win win situation. The public sees the picture and the newspaper gets increased traffic which will relate to more advertizing revenue. Some people don't see it that way. I guess I'm too idealistic.

Update: Ironically enough, the National Post is reporting that Conrad Black is indeed trying to make a come back as we speak. This is bad. Very bad. It also puts the media merger into question. He already writes a column for the financial post now that he's out of jail. Perhaps they'll make him a Fox TV News host along with Iran contra criminal Oliver North.

Natural Gas and Fracking - Gwyn Morgan Update

The BC Natural Gas industry is in the news. My first response was great, natural gas is clean burning. That is a good thing. However, the problem appears to be with fracking. I didn't realize they used fracking to mine for natural gas as well. That is a concern.

The concern with fracking is A) the sheer volume of water used and more importantly B) the huge amount of toxic chemicals put into the water to make fracking fluid. That is indeed a colossal concern. Perhaps someone can explain the science of fracking to me. Why on earth do they need to use that many different toxic chemicals for it to work? What would happen if you left out the uranium and the formaldehyde? Would it not work? Would it still work just not be as efficient?

The huge tailing ponds of toxic water from mining and tar sands oil is a huge concern. It's just not responsible. If the same toxic tailing ponds are created with fracking natural gas then we have to figure out a way to mine it without creating so much toxic waste. Burning natural gas is much cleaner than burning coal or other fossil fuels. Let's figure out a way to fix this.

Update: Speaking of corporate media, today the Vancouver Province contracted out an editorial to Canada's biggest NeoCon Gwyn Morgan. In the editorial Gwyn complains "The two Atlantic Provinces have joined Quebec in shunning a technology that has one of the most impressive industrial safety records ever compiled. In the United States, where some 1.2 million wells have been hydraulically fractured over the past 60 years, the Bureau of Land Management and the Environmental Protection Agency have found no supportable evidence of fracture-induced water contamination."

If this was a court document he would be charged with perjury but no, this isn't a court document. Lying to the media is seen as good business. The primary concern with fracking is all the toxic chemicals that are put into huge volumes of water to make fracking fluid. To claim there is no water contamination is a bold faced lie. Printing that lie in the paper is complete irresponsibility.

Gwyn Morgan claims to be right wing. Gwyn Morgan claims to support a balanced budget and reduced taxes. Yet he does the opposite. Tell us how he got the sweetheart contract for the Evergreen line for SNCL when he was acting CEO after they were charged with massive fraud in Quebec? The World Bank has banned SNCL from World Bank projects for the next 10 years so we give them billions of tax dollars for a mismanaged Translink project and they still want more money to line their pockets. From fracking to SNC-Lavalin.

Translink runs a billion dollar a year deficit that taxpayers pay through an extra regional ten cents a litre gas tax above and beyond federal and provincial gas tax. There is nothing fiscally responsible about that. Gwyn Morgan was chairman of SNC-Lavalin Inc for six years. The same company that was up to their eyeballs in fraud. Arthur Porter is in jail in Panama waiting extradition. Morgan claimed "the need to stay beyond my original term became clear in early 2012, when I received a phone call during a trip to Hong Kong, where I was attending board meetings of HSBC Holdings PLC." Oh HSBC, the same bank that was caught laundering money for the Mexican cartel. I see.

Crystal meth dealer shot dead in Calgary

September 24th 2013 the Calgary Sun reported that police found 10 kilos of crystal meth and 260 grams of crack cocaine in one vehicle and found even more crystal meth in a second vehicle along with powder cocaine and more crack.

Jason Quinn Antonio, 38, of Calgary was charged with two counts of possession for the purpose of trafficking and one count of possession of proceeds of crime. Jose Rodolfo Cruz Rivera, 59, of Calgary was been charged with one count of trafficking a controlled substance.

Just over a year later the Calgary sun is reporting that Jason Quinn Antonio was shot dead behind his home 10:00 AM yesterday morning. Sadly, he likely wasn't shot because he was a crystal meth dealer. He was more likely shot so he wouldn't rat out the ones he worked for and because he was now liable for the debt the seizure incurred.

What the Canadian Charter of Rights really does say

Benjamin Franklin once said any nations that expects to be ignorant and free expects what never was and never will be. There's a blog in the States called Bikers of American know your rights. Indeed it's important for every Canadian and every American to know their rights. The right to smoke crack and belong to a criminal organization is not a charter right. It's not that I claim to be an expert on the charter. It's just that the charter is such a short, simple and clear document anyone can read it for themselves. In fact every Canadian should own a copy.

Anyone can view the document online or download the pdf. When I was young my father always used to have a copy on the wall. You can still order a free copy from Heritage Canada but the Harper government is making it increasingly difficult to order a copy because he is very open about the fact that he opposes it, which is somewhat ironic. He claims to be right wing. He claims to love freedom. Yet he does the exact opposite. One of the reasons he doesn't want Canadians to have a copy of it is because his creation of CSEC is illegal.

The other reason is because there has been occasions where the courts have misinterpreted it. Smoking crack is not a charter right. Judges are paid with tax dollars to uphold the law not break it. Mandatory minimum sentences are not a violation of the charter of rights. We currently have mandatory minimum sentences for murder. That does not violate the charter because committing murder is not a charter right either. In fact it is so simple it is infuriating and bizarre how the courts can screw it up so badly.

First I would recommend people read and bookmark the charter for themselves. Second, I recommend people order an attractive copy to post on their wall because every Canadian should indeed own one. Canadian Heritage will send you a free copy. You just have to figure out which link to click on to order one. I tried to order 500 copies to hand out at the mall. I was wiling to pay for them. At first they said no problem. Then someone upstairs pulled the plug and they said they couldn't do it even if I paid for the copies myself. Stephen Harper's government doesn't want that information getting out there because people would realize how frequently he breaks it. Nevertheless, individuals are still entitled to order a copy for themselves and for their family. I highly recommend doing so. This is a pdf file of a color copy of the charter.

The Canadian Civil Liberties Association talks about five fundamental freedoms: The Freedom of assembly, the Freedom of association, the Freedom of expression, the Freedom of religion and the Freedom of information. You don't have to be a brain surgeon to be able to interpret the charter. You don't need to memorize a bunch of watered down jurisprudence that has diluted the charter either. You simply need to look at the document and the historical context of when it was framed to determine the actual intent of the charter. Before the Charter of Rights was the Bill of Rights.

I once heard an American patriot speak about the US Constitution. He believed the day would come when the US Constitution would hang by a thread. Clearly that day has come. He believed that when that day came, inspired citizens who loved liberty would rise up to befriend the constitution and save it from the brink of ruin. Now is the time to rise up in defense of the Constitution. Oath Keepers arise.

The patriot said there are two ways to befriend the Constitution and to save it in our day. The first is to get a copy of it and read what it actually says for yourself. The second is to start reading the Federalist papers and the writings of the founding fathers to understand the historical context in which the Constitution was framed to preserve it's original intent against the legal attempts to dilute it and the brazen attempts by the NSA to throw it away completely.

Two Convictions in the Surrey Six Murder

The Surrey Now is reporting that B.C. Supreme Court Justice Catherine Wedge found Cody Haevischer and Matthew Johnston each guilty of six counts of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. BF posted a link to the decision. We know that a third suspect was originally charged but made a surprise guilty plea during the trial.

The real trial will be the separate one for Jamie Bacon who has been accused of masterminding the entire murder plot. Sophon Sek is another suspect that I believe will be tried separately as well. He made bail. It was alleged that he knocked on the door of the suit to get the murderers in the apartment. Yet someone had a fob which got them into the building so I'm not sure exactly what Sophon Sek has been charged with.

We also know that person x, not to be confused with the original person x who later became person y was present during the murders and already plead guilty. I believe he confessed to killing Chris Mohan one of the two innocent bystanders. We also need to recognize person y who came clean and set the whole thing in motion. A big salute to the real soldier in the midst.

I think Global had it a little bit confused when they said that the suspects murdered a rival drug dealer. They weren't rivals they were affiliates. Jamie Bacon tried to tax them for selling drugs on "their" turf. That's pretty bizarre since the Bacon brothers are from Abbotsford not Surrey and the Hells Angels are the ones in control of the Surrey drug trade not the Bacon brothers. Jamie Bacon sure wouldn't be trying to tax Hells Angel crystal meth cook Ryan Remaud. I submit that Jamie Bacon was trying to collect on behalf of his brother Jonathon's long time friend Larry Amero and the Whiterock Hells Angels. Jamie Bacon couldn't even go to the gym without a body guard.

He wasn't in charge of anything. He was an ork who was supplied and empowered by the Hells Angels. Larry Amero finally came out of the closet with his support of the Bacon brothers in Kelowna when he was shot with Jonathon Bacon and Spike's niece.

Yet the real focus of this trial is on Eileen Mohan, Surrey's own Mother Teresa. She's the reason I started this blog and web site. Her heartfelt plea was what touch person y's heart and caused him to cooperate. The heinous nature of the crime is what caused just about everyone else to flip as well. Killing innocent civilians crosses the line completely. As a result the Bacon brothers are hated in Surrey to this day.

Although nothing will bring her son back, the two convictions must be a huge relief to a very stressful trial. It's so nice to see almost a smile on her face after years of real sorrow. The Surrey Now posted a video clip of Eileen Mohan speaking to the media after the convictions.



Podcast of Ian Austin's interview with Eileen Mohan.

Male shot in Richmond and another beaten to death in Langley

CTV has confirmed a Scan BC report that #Richmond #RCMP are on scene with a male shot several times at Talmey Elementary School 9500 Kilby Dr. Male died at scene. IHIT responding. Scan BC also reported that #Langley #RCMP are on scene after a male was beat to death by several others outside of a house at 27500 32nd Ave. IHIT now taking over.

Plus a teenager was shot dead in Abbotsford Thursday night. Kim Bolan is reporting the victim in the Abbotdford shooting was 18 year old Harwindip Singh Baringh. Kim is also reporting that IHIT has arrested a suspect in the September 24th shooting of Aladdin Ramadan in Burnaby, a 16 year old kid. That means his name won't be released because he's a young offender. That's pretty retro. Nowadays all the local shootings tend to be older.

Clifford Montgomery Convicted

Kelowna Capital News is reporting that Clifford Montgomery, 37, of West Kelowna who attempted to smuggle 97 kilograms of cocaine into Canada through a fruit grinding machine was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison.

One source claims Todd Tyreman and Dustin Zimmerman are associates of Clifford Montgomery. They claim Zimmerman lived in Montgomery's house. Zimmerman was charged in a Regina Kelowna cocaine ring. Another source claims Clifford Montgomery is an associate of Glen Hehn.

Another assault outside the Front Room

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that Mounties are looking for three men after a 55-year-old man was beaten with a stick near Surrey's Front Room drop-in centre for the homeless late Tuesday night. The victim was found "unresponsive" on the street, suffering from cuts to his face and head, and was rushed to Royal Columbian Hospital. A broken wooden stick was found nearby.

Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said it's not known if the victim was unresponsive because of his injuries, or level of intoxication. "It's probably a combination," he said. That is one of the most offensive comments possible. No doubt Bill Fordy put him up to it. Someone was drunk so the police don't care if someone caves his skull in with a club. Is that why they didn't care about Janice Shore's brutal murder? Because she was a drug user? If the police started arresting the drug dealers outside the Front Room there wouldn't be so many victims of the predatory violence that consumes the area. The police are culpable for this crime because they refuse to arrest the crack dealers outside the Front Room.