Oh Canada: Stop Bill C-51 ~ KW Day of Action Against Bill C51
Channel: Laurel L. Russwurm
Date: 2015-03-24

A great many important things were said by ordinary people at the Kitchener-Waterloo Day of Action Against Bill C51.   I was able to catch some of them on video, and I've decided to share the best of them in a series of small videos to add our voices to the many other Canadians who have already come out against Bill C-51.  

A cross section of Canadians protest against Bill C-51.  Like most Canadian protests, this is so peaceful it doesn't disturb the children skating on the adjacent Kitchener City Hall skating rink.

Although a few politicians spoke, this was always primarily a grass root gathering of ordinary people.  If Bill C-51 was already law, the lack of a permit could put every person at the Kitchener City Hall rally in jail for 5 years.   The Harper Government maintains that Bill C-51 would not be used to stifle dissent.  If this is true, the draft legislation needs to spell that out.  But it doesn't.

#REJECT FEAR

More Information:

Canada's Proposed Antiterrorism Act: An Assessment
by Kent Roach, University of Toronto
and Craig Forcese, University of Ottawa

https://cdnantiterrorismlawaudit.wordpress.com/

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Things you can do to Stop Bill C-51:

Call or write your MP
Find your MP's contact information:
by name:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Lists/Members.aspx
or by postal code:
http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC

Discuss Bill C-51 with family, friends and co-workers.  

Talk about Bill C-51 on Social Media (using #RejectFear and #StopBillC51 or #BillC51 or #C51 hashtags)

Sign a Petition
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Leadnow: REJECT FEAR. STOP STEPHEN HARPER'S SECRET POLICE BILL
http://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/reject-fear-
stop-stephen-harper-s-secret-police-bill

OPEN MEDIA: Tell the government to stop Bill C-51 before it's too late.
https://stopc51.ca/

NDP: We don’t have to choose between security and our rights
http://www.ndp.ca/c-51

International Petition
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: BILL C-51 Security Bill Puts Human Rights at Risk
http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1770&ea.campaign.id=36151&ea.url.id=371427

OTHER RESOURCES
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My Stop Bill C-51 YouTube Playlist  
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL66aOelRZ1qu4ev0675Qjso7PCcl8d4cD

Public Domain Stop Bill C-51 graphics
https://www.flickr.com/photos/laurelrusswurm/sets/72157650731156677/

My #StopBillC51 info roundup on Tumblr
http://laurelrusswurm.tumblr.com/tagged/StopBillC51/

My political blog ls Whoa!Canada
https://whoacanada.wordpress.com/

Open Media/Leadnow/Amnesty International Resources:
https://stopc51.ca/resources

"Bayou Farewell" 
performed by the U.S. Army Blues is in the Public Domain, which means you can legally download it yourself from the Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/US_Army_Blues/Live_At_Blues_Alley/0_-_07_-_The_US_Army_Blues_-_Bayou_Farewell

This is a public service video 
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