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Nov. 8, 2010

Ernie Hilts — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 01:17:49 +0000

Canadian-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), G20 masked police, HST failing in B.C., Bruce Power’s shipment of nuclear waste through Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway. Features clips of interviews with: Peter Julian, NDP International Trade Critic; and Maude Barlow, chairperson for Council of Canadians.

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Open letter: http://canadians.org/trade/documents/CETA/joint-letter-1010.pdf
Comic: http://www.canadians.org/trade/documents/CETA/CETA_ten.pdf
G20 – Voices of the People: http://rootsmedia.ca/2010-07/219-g20-voices-of-the-people-the-peoples-summit
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Maude Barlow & Ernie Hilts

Roots Broadcast #6 – April 30th

Ernie Hilts — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:56:24 +0000

Safely abandoned.

Lesbian left-out.

Protecting water.

Aboriginals attacked.

This broadcast covers a Vancouver hospital’s plan for abandoning babies; Rahul Singh’s GlobalMedic’s service; Sears warehouse workers lock-out; PEI senior’s prescription break; BC HST NDP petition; lesbian school photo blues; Ontario Water Conservation Alliance ideas; and the April 22nd Aboriginal HST protest.

Roots Broadcast #5 – April 16th

Ernie Hilts — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:33:02 +0000

Stop playing in the sand box.

Post-9/11 security.

Illegal taxation.

This broadcast covers Aboriginal legal action against tar sands; Grassy Narrows mercury poisoning; RCMP’s new submachine guns; product safety with children; Re:Sound music licensing; film pirate Geremi Adam; Israeli attacks in Canada; governmental hacking; Obama’s privatization of space exploration; eco-destruction and economic fear; April 22nd Aboriginal HST protest.

Roots Broadcast #3 – March 19th

Ernie Hilts — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:11:06 +0000

Boiling off prorogies;

Bloody Bangkok;

Coughing and weezing;

Getting in the swing of things.

This broadcast covers the prorogation of Canadian Parliament, and Jack Layton’s motion to prevent minority Prime Minister Stephen Harper from acting as a “king.” Today’s broadcast also looks into the torture of Afghan detainees, the Province of Toronto, bloody protesting, and health concerns relating to diesel trains. Stay tuned to RootsMedia.ca for bi-weekly broadcasts, with new segments.

Roots Broadcast #1

Ernie Hilts — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:41:50 +0000

Are your tax dollars funding child abuse?

Not a goose or Snowbird, mushroom?

Would you dare?

Mom’s story

#1 http://rootsmedia.ca/2009-10/86-rally-4-accountability
#2 http://rootsmedia.ca/2009-10/142-police-brutality-western-universit
#3 http://rootsmedia.ca/2009-10/144-balloon-boy
#4 http://daretoremember.com
#5 http://rootsmedia.ca/2009-10/118-families-share-stories

Police beat

Ernie Hilts — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:08:03 +0000

Students at Western University in London, Ontario, are questioning the training of their campus and city police. On Wednesday, six police officers brought down and beat a student with a baton, kneed him, and punched him around 30 times. The question of police brutality is in the air; what are your thoughts?

Rally 4 Accountability

Ernie Hilts — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:31:29 +0000

Andrea Horwath

In front of the Ontario legislative building, at Queen’s Park, on Monday was a “Rally 4 Accountability” to have an Ombudsman oversee the Children’s Aid Society. Andrea Horwath, MPP and leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, introduced Bill 93 in 2008 to provide external investigations of allegations against the Children’s Aid Society.

The Ombudsman will be able to investigate the publicly funded system, where child abuse and misuse of funding is said to be ramped.

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Many spoke out against the C.A.S. describing their own horror-filled stories. From an Archbishop’s children being held hostage between the truth of his case and the credibility of the C.A.S.; to the story of a 17 year-old youth having to take care of other foster children while the foster parents are out spending funding on dinners for themselves, instead of providing proper food and adequate winter clothing for the children. Another youth described the neglect he endured when needing a hip replacement.

In an audio recording a mother describes her daughter being sexually abused by a boy who shares the same bedroom. (Click here to listen to this audio recording and hear other stories.)

Many of the people there are being sued by the Children’s Aid Society for defamation. Watch the videos and listen to the broken families, then decide for yourself how credible the Children’s Aid Society is.

After the rally, some of the group walked to the office of the Minister of Children and Youth Services. RootsMedia.ca was there for part of the meeting, and hopes to obtain the following audio recording.

Tuesday, the day following the rally, Deb Matthews resigned as Minister of Children Youth Services. The group who walked into the office did not meet with Matthews herself, but met with a couple from communications and also the policy advisor.

The former Minister’s workers listened, and stressed that they need to have continued input from the families.

View raw video of speeches, and the spontaneous surprise visit to the Minister’s office, on RootsMedia.ca’s YouTube channel; don’t forget to subscribe! The video is uploading, come back to this post for links to videos, and how you can get involved.

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Jack Layton on HST

Ernie Hilts — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:12:41 +0000

Jack Layton, Leader of the NDP, speaks-out against HST in the House of Commons: