Wednesday, January 27, 2010

lets keep Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament going!!.

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Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament
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Find out about activities/rallies in your communityvisit www.noprorogue.ca orhttp://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=227662474562&index=1A group for Canadians to voice their concerns about prorogation and work towards making a better Canada.On December 30th, Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogued parliament, effectively shutting down our democratic institutions for the sake of political expediency. The group started with a very simple idea: Canadians contacting their Members of Parliament and requesting that they return to Parliament Hill on January 25th when parliament was supposed to resume. What a difference we've made. Many MPs have listened and they will be returning to serve the interests of the Canadian people.What do we do now? We need to keep the pressure on the Prime Minister and our MPs to recognize that there needs to be changes in Ottawa. First and foremost: prorogation. As it stands, the decision to call prorogation is at the sole discretion of the Prime Minister. While proroguing is typically done to signal the end of the parliamentary session, this most recent case has shown that the power can be abused. If you've already written to your MP, do it again and let them know what kinds of changes you want to see. Should we impose limits on when prorogation might be called? Should it be put before a vote in the house of commons? Don't be shy, you can find your MP's contact information here:http://canada.gc.ca/directories-repertoires/direct-eng.html#mpWe've built tremendous momentum over the past few weeks, Ottawa is watching and listening. This is our chance to re-write the rules and bring about serious change in the way our country is run. Write your MP, get involved locally and become a politically engaged Canadian!SAMPLE LETTERDear ,As you are aware, the majority of Canadians are opposed to this previous prorogation of our government. I am writing to you to request that you and your colleagues in Parliament Hill take immediate action in addressing this issue. I would like to see legislation introduced limiting the power of the Prime Minister to ensure that this doesn't happen again. I thank you very much for your time and look forward to updates on your progress. Sincerely, POSTING GUIDELINESThese guidelines were drafted up in reference to the Facebook terms of use.1. No spamming: The wall changes over quickly, and you are invited to repost occationally, but please do not spam it with identical messages.2. No advertising: This group is non-partisan, so no solicitations for donations to political parties. Feel free to encourage people to donate, but do not specify a political party. Advertising includes posting advertisements in the video forum, but you can post links to ads for the purpose of comment.3. No obscene/hate messages: Please refrain from posting obscene material or especially hateful or threatening messages about any individual or group.If you see messages that violate these guidelines, please use the report function, which will allow the neutral, third-party Facebook administrators to evaluate. The group administrators also reserves the right to delete material which violates these guidelines. Effort will be made to contact posters before a deletion is made, but cannot in each case.LIGNES DIRECTRICES DE PUBLICATIONCes lignes directrices ont été rédigées en référence aux termes d'utilisation Facebook.1. Aucun spam. Le babillard change rapidement et vous êtes invités à republier occasionnellement. Par contre, s'il vous plait ne faite pas republier avec un message identiques.2. Aucune publicité. Ce groupe est non partisan, alors aucune solicitations pour des donations aux partis politiques est tolérées. Sentez-vous libre d'encourager des gens à donner mais sans spécifier un parti politique. La publicité inclut des publication dans le forum vidéo mais vous avez droit de publier des liens vers des publicités pour fin de commentaire.3. Aucun message obscène ou haineux. S'il vous plait, retenez-vous de publier du contenu obscène,particulièrement haineux ou des messages de menace au sujet d'un individu ou un groupe.Si vous voyez des messages qui violent ces lignes directrices, s'il vous plait, utiliser la fonction de signalement qui permettra à un tiers partie neutre, l'admistrateur Facebook, d'en évaluer la pertinence. L'administrateur du groupe se réserve aussi le droit de supprimer le contenu qui violent ces lignes directrices. Des effort seront fait pour contacter la personne ayant publier un tel contenu avant une suppression dans le meilleurs des cas sans obligation de notre part. (read less)
Find out about activities/rallies in your communityvisit www.noprorogue.ca orhttp://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=227662474562&index=1A group for Canadians to voice their concerns about prorogation and work towards making a better Canada.On December 30th, Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogued parliament, effectively shutting down our democratic institutions for the sake of political expediency. The group started with a very simple idea: Canadians contacting their Members of... (read more)
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