Is it time for a National "Shame the Cons" campaign?!?

[Analme]

[h=2]This was posted by I'MSOGgy on 2 other boards and I think it's a brilliant idea that needs to be posted, tweeted, facebook'd everywhere.




Is it time for a National "Shame the Cons" campaign?!?[/h]

With the Justice Committee meetings all wrapped up, and a two month lull ahead of us 'til Parliament sits again ... it's time for an in-your-face campaign to raise awareness.

To date, the approach has been to argue the constitutionality of the new Bill ... it's time to shift focus, and start an overwhelming poster campaign, to Shame the Conservatives, for the deadly environment that they're trying to create.

This industry has long been subject to "Shame the Johns" campaigns ... a play on those words, "Shame the Cons", seems fitting.

The Conservative Government has shown no concern about, and has turned a blind eye to, the deadly environment this new Bill will create.

In the end, it's a Nationalization of the same social experiment that the Vancouver Police Department conducted in the 1990s.

It was that VPD "experiment" which created the killing fields that Robert Pickton used to hunt his prey.

Posters should be plastered everywhere (bus stops, schools, churches, construction sites, fences, malls, telephone poles ... everywhere), with particular focus in Harper's and MacKay's home ridings.

It's time that Harper and MacKay be forced to explain to their children why they have introduced a law that lead to the killing of Canadians, in Canada.

Perhaps SPOC will pick up on this (or a similar) idea, as they have the National contacts to conduct such a campaign ... after all, it was SPOC's legal challenge that opened the door for Bill C-36

It should be easy enough to create posters, in an electronic format, that *anyone* can print, and plaster somewhere ... everywhere.

The campaign would need to be as shocking and offensive as the outcome of the Bill itself.

Here's a suggestion:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prime Minister
Steven Harper
and
Justice Minister
Peter Mackay
want to
Abolish Prostitution
and
have introduced legislation that will create the same environment that allowed Robert Pickton to
Murder Sex Workers
on a National scale
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------​

I have an idea for the perfect (and offensive) website name ... but I'll keep that to myself, for now, as it's currently not registered anywhere.​

 

[Al Bumin]

Analme, are you a Liberal supporter :unknw:

 

[Analme]

Analme, are you a Liberal supporter :unknw:

I'm a supporter of common sense government which this group seriously is lacking of.

 

[Art Mann]

I'll respond to this thread as I have elsewhere:

There's more than one issue that warrants a shame campaign

Just a few reasons why it's time for Stephen Harper and his merry band of liars and thieves to be replaced...

• Harper's Chief of Staff personally repaid $90,000 Conservative Senator Mike Duffy defrauded from taxpayers, closed off investigation and refused to give details….with RCMP finding all trails lead back to Stephen Harper’s office.
• $3.1 billion in anti- terror funding not accounted for; using taxpayer dollars to fund partisan; personal attack ad.
• $113 million spent on bogus 2013 Economic Action Plan ads would have funded over 11,000 student summer jobs.
• Found guilty on three separate occasions of election fraud and campaign financing violations.
• Allowed XL Foods meat processing plant to continue to process and distribute tainted meat for 3 weeks after U.S. stopped importing for the same reason.
• Overspent those cabinet-approved ad budgets by $128-million — more than 37 per cent…..all the while cutting funding to important government programs.
• Shut down Committee investigating F-35 purchase scandal; John Baird awards $1million grant to his friend.
• Conservative campaign staff proven to be behind Guelph Robocalls.
• Lied to Parliament and the Canadian public about the true cost of the F-35's, Auditor General proves fraud and incompetence in Government's F-35 purchase.
• Increased the size of the federal public service by 32,000 employees. (not including RCMP and uniformed military personnel).
• Increased government spending by 30% to a record $276 billion.
• Largest deficit in Canadian history.
• Industry Minister Christian Paradis stays in Cabinet after being found in violation of the Conflict of Interest Act.
• First Government in Canadian History to be found in Contempt of Parliament.
• Fake election phone calls in 34 ridings.
• Fake Citizenship ceremonies.
• Tony Clement's $50 million Gazebo fund.
• Misleading Parliament on what the Gazebo Fund was supposed to be used for.
• In And Out, Income Trusts.
• Security Leaks.
• Cadman Affair.
• Taxes Used To Promote Conservative Party.
• Unregistered Firearms.
• Lisa Raitt Dissing Health Minister.
• Listeria Outbreak.
• Enlarging Fort PMO.
• Transparency Lies.
• Accountability Lies.
• Afghanistan.
• Secrecy.
• CRTC Meddling.
• Rona Ambrose Ineptness.
• Killing Off International Aid.
• Outsourcing Policy Research.
• Anti-Intellectualism.
• Fixed Election Date Broken.
• Advertising Budget Doubled.
• Support role the RCMP played in defeating the Martin Liberals and putting the Con-Reform Party into a minority government.
• Wheat Board Muzzled.
• Caucus Muzzled.
• Ontario Ignored.
• Cancelled National Childcare.
• Fired Nuclear Watchdog Linda Keane.
• Fired Head of Military Police Inquiry.
• Fired Veteran's Omsbudsman.
• Had Firearm Long Gun Mountie removed.
• Eviscerated Long Form Census To Keep Facts From The People.
• Climate Change Embarrassment On World Stage.
• Trashed Diplomat Richard Colvin For Doing His Job.
• Prorogued Parliament Twice In A Year.
• Took $38.2 billion Liberal Surplus, and ran it into 53 Billion Dollar Deficit.
• Screwed Up G8 and G20 Meetings ... and there is still more!

Full disclosure:
Not my list, I copied this from another post (maybe even here) in late winter. Figured it could be a handy reminder sometime.

 

[SQUISH]

I'll respond to this thread as I have elsewhere:

There's more than one issue that warrants a shame campaign

Just a few reasons why it's time for Stephen Harper and his merry band of liars and thieves to be replaced...

• Harper's Chief of Staff personally repaid $90,000 Conservative Senator Mike Duffy defrauded from taxpayers, closed off investigation and refused to give details….with RCMP finding all trails lead back to Stephen Harper’s office.
• $3.1 billion in anti- terror funding not accounted for; using taxpayer dollars to fund partisan; personal attack ad.
• $113 million spent on bogus 2013 Economic Action Plan ads would have funded over 11,000 student summer jobs.
• Found guilty on three separate occasions of election fraud and campaign financing violations.
• Allowed XL Foods meat processing plant to continue to process and distribute tainted meat for 3 weeks after U.S. stopped importing for the same reason.
• Overspent those cabinet-approved ad budgets by $128-million — more than 37 per cent…..all the while cutting funding to important government programs.
• Shut down Committee investigating F-35 purchase scandal; John Baird awards $1million grant to his friend.
• Conservative campaign staff proven to be behind Guelph Robocalls.
• Lied to Parliament and the Canadian public about the true cost of the F-35's, Auditor General proves fraud and incompetence in Government's F-35 purchase.
• Increased the size of the federal public service by 32,000 employees. (not including RCMP and uniformed military personnel).
• Increased government spending by 30% to a record $276 billion.
• Largest deficit in Canadian history.
• Industry Minister Christian Paradis stays in Cabinet after being found in violation of the Conflict of Interest Act.
• First Government in Canadian History to be found in Contempt of Parliament.
• Fake election phone calls in 34 ridings.
• Fake Citizenship ceremonies.
• Tony Clement's $50 million Gazebo fund.
• Misleading Parliament on what the Gazebo Fund was supposed to be used for.
• In And Out, Income Trusts.
• Security Leaks.
• Cadman Affair.
• Taxes Used To Promote Conservative Party.
• Unregistered Firearms.
• Lisa Raitt Dissing Health Minister.
• Listeria Outbreak.
• Enlarging Fort PMO.
• Transparency Lies.
• Accountability Lies.
• Afghanistan.
• Secrecy.
• CRTC Meddling.
• Rona Ambrose Ineptness.
• Killing Off International Aid.
• Outsourcing Policy Research.
• Anti-Intellectualism.
• Fixed Election Date Broken.
• Advertising Budget Doubled.
• Support role the RCMP played in defeating the Martin Liberals and putting the Con-Reform Party into a minority government.
• Wheat Board Muzzled.
• Caucus Muzzled.
• Ontario Ignored.
• Cancelled National Childcare.
• Fired Nuclear Watchdog Linda Keane.
• Fired Head of Military Police Inquiry.
• Fired Veteran's Omsbudsman.
• Had Firearm Long Gun Mountie removed.
• Eviscerated Long Form Census To Keep Facts From The People.
• Climate Change Embarrassment On World Stage.
• Trashed Diplomat Richard Colvin For Doing His Job.
• Prorogued Parliament Twice In A Year.
• Took $38.2 billion Liberal Surplus, and ran it into 53 Billion Dollar Deficit.
• Screwed Up G8 and G20 Meetings ... and there is still more!

Is that it ?


:biggrin2:

 

[Cardinal Fang]

I'll respond to this thread as I have elsewhere:

There's more than one issue that warrants a shame campaign

Just a few reasons why it's time for Stephen Harper and his merry band of liars and thieves to be replaced...

• Harper's Chief of Staff personally repaid $90,000 Conservative Senator Mike Duffy defrauded from taxpayers, closed off investigation and refused to give details….with RCMP finding all trails lead back to Stephen Harper’s office.
• $3.1 billion in anti- terror funding not accounted for; using taxpayer dollars to fund partisan; personal attack ad.
• $113 million spent on bogus 2013 Economic Action Plan ads would have funded over 11,000 student summer jobs.
• Found guilty on three separate occasions of election fraud and campaign financing violations.
• Allowed XL Foods meat processing plant to continue to process and distribute tainted meat for 3 weeks after U.S. stopped importing for the same reason.
• Overspent those cabinet-approved ad budgets by $128-million — more than 37 per cent…..all the while cutting funding to important government programs.
• Shut down Committee investigating F-35 purchase scandal; John Baird awards $1million grant to his friend.
• Conservative campaign staff proven to be behind Guelph Robocalls.
• Lied to Parliament and the Canadian public about the true cost of the F-35's, Auditor General proves fraud and incompetence in Government's F-35 purchase.
• Increased the size of the federal public service by 32,000 employees. (not including RCMP and uniformed military personnel).
• Increased government spending by 30% to a record $276 billion.
• Largest deficit in Canadian history.
• Industry Minister Christian Paradis stays in Cabinet after being found in violation of the Conflict of Interest Act.
• First Government in Canadian History to be found in Contempt of Parliament.
• Fake election phone calls in 34 ridings.
• Fake Citizenship ceremonies.
• Tony Clement's $50 million Gazebo fund.
• Misleading Parliament on what the Gazebo Fund was supposed to be used for.
• In And Out, Income Trusts.
• Security Leaks.
• Cadman Affair.
• Taxes Used To Promote Conservative Party.
• Unregistered Firearms.
• Lisa Raitt Dissing Health Minister.
• Listeria Outbreak.
• Enlarging Fort PMO.
• Transparency Lies.
• Accountability Lies.
• Afghanistan.
• Secrecy.
• CRTC Meddling.
• Rona Ambrose Ineptness.
• Killing Off International Aid.
• Outsourcing Policy Research.
• Anti-Intellectualism.
• Fixed Election Date Broken.
• Advertising Budget Doubled.
• Support role the RCMP played in defeating the Martin Liberals and putting the Con-Reform Party into a minority government.
• Wheat Board Muzzled.
• Caucus Muzzled.
• Ontario Ignored.
• Cancelled National Childcare.
• Fired Nuclear Watchdog Linda Keane.
• Fired Head of Military Police Inquiry.
• Fired Veteran's Omsbudsman.
• Had Firearm Long Gun Mountie removed.
• Eviscerated Long Form Census To Keep Facts From The People.
• Climate Change Embarrassment On World Stage.
• Trashed Diplomat Richard Colvin For Doing His Job.
• Prorogued Parliament Twice In A Year.
• Took $38.2 billion Liberal Surplus, and ran it into 53 Billion Dollar Deficit.
• Screwed Up G8 and G20 Meetings ... and there is still more!

Full disclosure:
Not my list, I copied this from another post (maybe even here) in late winter. Figured it could be a handy reminder sometime.

Kinda nit-picking aren't we Art? :biggrin2:

 

[User-E]

John Ivison: Prostitutes mulled exposing Conservative clients after ‘palpable’ hypocrisy over C-36

Who’d have thought that hookers have more integrity than some politicians? A great many of you probably — and you’d be right.

Honourable members may or may not be more prone than the average person to seeking comfort in the arms of representatives of the oldest profession.

They certainly have more opportunity than most, being away from home and spouses for long periods of time. Some of the current cohort have succumbed to temptation and are well known to local prostitutes, according to the sex workers themselves.

“This is Ottawa, so of course people are talking. I’ll leave it at that,” said Frederique Chabot, a representative of POWER (Prostitutes of Ottawa/Gatineau Work, Educate and Resist).

Some of those MPs are Conservatives, who are also in favour of criminalizing the purchase of sex — a position that would appear to require a considerable degree of moral contortion to reconcile.

Sex workers who participated in this week’s justice committee hearings into the new Conservative bill on prostitution say the feeling of hypocrisy was “palpable.”

Ms. Chabot says there was anger at the harshness of the legislative process. She said there has been discussion of using the political kryptonite at their disposal by divulging the names of MPs who are regular clients. “That tactic was brought up but was shut down by some pretty strong voices who said they could not stand being part of a movement that would want to do this,” said Ms. Chabot. “We have some integrity.”

Emily Symons, chair of POWER, said it is tempting to reveal the names of MP clients who are in favour of C-36, but she said she would be surprised if current sex workers would risk doing so. “It would be career suicide for them — no one would want to use their services,” she said. “Discretion is essential in the sex industry and the only time clients would be outed is to protect other sex workers.”

She said a sex worker who released a list of MP clients would be “literally martying herself for the movement.” But she said it is possible that a retired sex worker might take it upon herself to name names.

Some MPs familiar with the unlicensed stews of the capital may have had a nervous night after I tweeted speculation Tuesday that a list of client names is being collated.

The concept provoked much mirth from opponents of the Tory bill, with one correspondent hoping that the list included performance reviews.

POWER put out a Tweet saying it is not compiling a list of MP clients but Ms. Symons said she has heard a sex worker on the West Coast is talking to her contemporaries about gathering names. Yet, while the Ottawa group is not actively gathering names, it would not take much effort to do so. “They know which MPs are clients,” said one person familiar with the industry.

The message is probably already winging its way to Conservative MPs from the Prime Minister’s Office — from now on, the only guilty pleasures available in Ottawa are ABBA records and Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Therapy.

 

[Excel]

John Ivison: Prostitutes mulled exposing Conservative clients after ‘palpable’ hypocrisy over C-36

Who’d have thought that hookers have more integrity than some politicians? A great many of you probably — and you’d be right.

Honourable members may or may not be more prone than the average person to seeking comfort in the arms of representatives of the oldest profession.

They certainly have more opportunity than most, being away from home and spouses for long periods of time. Some of the current cohort have succumbed to temptation and are well known to local prostitutes, according to the sex workers themselves.

“This is Ottawa, so of course people are talking. I’ll leave it at that,” said Frederique Chabot, a representative of POWER (Prostitutes of Ottawa/Gatineau Work, Educate and Resist).

Some of those MPs are Conservatives, who are also in favour of criminalizing the purchase of sex — a position that would appear to require a considerable degree of moral contortion to reconcile.

Sex workers who participated in this week’s justice committee hearings into the new Conservative bill on prostitution say the feeling of hypocrisy was “palpable.”

Ms. Chabot says there was anger at the harshness of the legislative process. She said there has been discussion of using the political kryptonite at their disposal by divulging the names of MPs who are regular clients. “That tactic was brought up but was shut down by some pretty strong voices who said they could not stand being part of a movement that would want to do this,” said Ms. Chabot. “We have some integrity.”

Emily Symons, chair of POWER, said it is tempting to reveal the names of MP clients who are in favour of C-36, but she said she would be surprised if current sex workers would risk doing so. “It would be career suicide for them — no one would want to use their services,” she said. “Discretion is essential in the sex industry and the only time clients would be outed is to protect other sex workers.”

She said a sex worker who released a list of MP clients would be “literally martying herself for the movement.” But she said it is possible that a retired sex worker might take it upon herself to name names.

Some MPs familiar with the unlicensed stews of the capital may have had a nervous night after I tweeted speculation Tuesday that a list of client names is being collated.

The concept provoked much mirth from opponents of the Tory bill, with one correspondent hoping that the list included performance reviews.

POWER put out a Tweet saying it is not compiling a list of MP clients but Ms. Symons said she has heard a sex worker on the West Coast is talking to her contemporaries about gathering names. Yet, while the Ottawa group is not actively gathering names, it would not take much effort to do so. “They know which MPs are clients,” said one person familiar with the industry.

The message is probably already winging its way to Conservative MPs from the Prime Minister’s Office — from now on, the only guilty pleasures available in Ottawa are ABBA records and Ben & Jerry’s Chocolate Therapy.

Should be shocked but for some reason I am not.