Monday, December 17, Noon, National Day of Protest

[KanMan]

Monday, December 17, Noon, National Day of Protest

WHEN: noon to 1.30 p.m. Monday, December 17

WHERE: Your Closest Constituency office of your Member of Parliament

WHAT: Theatrical demonstration (chains, leg irons, prison uniforms, signs,) with 10 - 20 people at ALL 308 Members of Parliament Constituency Offices across Canada. Its a day to educate each MP by giving out pamphlets to passers by and the MP and their assistants. Dressing in prison uniforms, hand-cuffed or leg-ironed, with a ball and chain, padlocks, or a variation of this with signs that might say "Prohibition Hurts People, Bill C-26 Hurts Canadians" and " HONK if you oppose jail for pot!"
WHY: The Conservatives have introduced amendments to the Controlled Drugs & substances Act that mandate minimum penalties for sellers of 3 kilograms of cannabis, all growers who grow in a rented property, all growers who have children in the garden house, any production of hashish and budder and oil for distribution, maximum penalties raised to 14 years, equal to manslaughter, for cannabis production! The penalties for marijuana have been getting more severe in the courts for the last year, and arrests across Canada are up considerably.

We are DEMONSTRATING at our elected REPRESENTATIVES to DEMAND MP's listen to science, facts, the Senate Report 2002, and to NOT pass the Bill-C-26, the Government Drug Amendments. INSTEAD WE MUST give each Member of Parliament compelling reasons why we should end Prohibition and solve all the problems of prohibition with a taxed and regulated form of distribution. We will propose counter-amendments that would, if legislated, solve the key concerns of the people and government regarding gun crime, gang activity, etc.

HOW: This is a day time protest, 90 minutes starting at noon. The idea is to present the CANNABIS USER as a good, decent citizen. PROHIBITION is the evil, PRISONS and INMATES are the RESULTS. So we must do a theatrical demonstration of individuals (possibly wearing hats of different professions, nurse, graduate, construction, etc.) dressed as prisoners, leg irons, hand cuffs, orange prison jump suits or the old Monopoly jail outfit of black and white stripes, holding a sign saying "POT PEOPLE DON'T DESERVE JAIL" " THE ANSWER IS TO END PROHIBITION " " QUEBEC IS NOT THE USA; No More Drug War, if you please" "LE QUEBEC n'EST pas L'USA ; Aucune Guerre de plus de Drogue, si vous s'il vous plaît" " Free Societies don't Punish Freedom, do they?"

Prison theatrics are accompanied by a sign. Others give out pamphlets to passersby. NO ONE IS SMOKING POT. this isn't DEFIANCE, this is a political demonstration. The media, if they show, must see one message and that is prohibition = punishment = jail. NO DISTRACTIONS, PLEASE! It's not a rebellious smokeout, it is political theatre organized to make an impact on your local media and your local MP.

The main Calgary protest will be at Prime Minister Stephen Joseph Harper constituency address in Calgary

Glenmore Landing
A203, 1600 - 90th Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta

Keith Fagin
(403) 863-2071
keith at calgary420.ca

KanMan Reviewed by KanMan on 11-28-2007. Monday, December 17, Noon, National Day of Protest Monday, December 17, Noon, National Day of Protest The main Calgary protest will be at Prime Minister Stephen Joseph Harper constituency address in Calgary Glenmore Landing A203, 1600 - 90th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta Rating: 5

[Markass]

Good luck, canadians, hopefully you don't get these draconian drug laws like we have here...

[KanMan]

Stephen Harper Calgary constituency office will be in direct sight of the December 17 / 07 protest.

We will be at the corner of 16 street and 90 ave. S.W. no later then 11:45 AM.

So far we will have one person in a prisoner oufit, one will be in a RCMP outfit and one in a suit and tie.

There is lots of parking available at Glenmore Landing shopping center where the protest will be held.



Keith

[KanMan]

We could really use a celebrity activist or politician to help draw media attention. Any help would be hugely appreciated folks.
I would pay the airfare (and hotel if necessary) for Senator Campbell or Nolin.

Any activists or politicians that can make it I will take care of all your needs while you are in Calgary! I even have sleeping quarters available if necessary.

Keith

[worm]

Do you know of any people planning to protest in the southern Ontario area?

[KanMan]

Contact Jacob Hunter at [email protected]

[DaBudhaStank]

Sounds like a good idea, just pointless. Not to discourage anyone from protesting, I'm just a firm believer that that the people we're protesting against couldn't care less about what we have to say, and nothing will change. But that's just me.

[worm]

Sounds like a good idea, just pointless. Not to discourage anyone from protesting, I'm just a firm believer that that the people we're protesting against couldn't care less about what we have to say, and nothing will change. But that's just me.

Why pot is still illegal.

[Nailhead]

Sounds like a good idea, just pointless. Not to discourage anyone from protesting, I'm just a firm believer that that the people we're protesting against couldn't care less about what we have to say, and nothing will change. But that's just me.

Pointless? Showing your physical support to the media is pointless? The whole purpose of a major protest is to draw interest toward your fight and gain support for the general public. That is how laws are changed, I can hardly see how this would be pointless. Hell, I'm American but I even feel like protesting this! lol

[TryptamineScape]

yeah I got excited until I saw it was Canada...why do we not do shit in America?