Small Victories; Future Struggles

'Petitions of Redress'

Let me start with the good news:

There is no longer any requirement to show ‘proof of full vaccination’ to apply for a job in the Township of Uxbridge, Ontario! It is always a pleasure to be the bearer of good news, though of course, I can't take credit for this. There is something of a moral to the story however.

A couple of months ago, a friend sent me a job application posted by the Town. It had been brought to her attention by one of her friends, who had wanted to apply but was dismayed to see the requirement below (excerpt). The Province had already repealed ‘Directive 6’ more than a year earlier so this was outrageous (we felt). We can't all be following everything of course, so it is important share information like this. The moral of the story though, is that we must act on such information. . . or what is the use of being informed?

I had asked my friend if she (or her friend) would take this complaint to Council; but people are too busy, too shy, too intimidated. . . Whatever the reason, it became clear this wasn't going to happen.

Since people don’t keep an eye on their Councils, and almost never attend, the Council Chambers are generally empty. Councillors and staff chat among themselves, and pursue whatever other business is handed to them; by developers, stakeholders, the Region, the Province and — increasingly — those UN and WEF subsidiary organizations. It does often feel as if our Councils have forgotten who they should be working for.

I've talked before about my connection with the Isle of Man. In the oldest democracy in the world, there is a feature of their thousand year-old Parliamentary process (highlighted in their annual open air gatherings) known as the ‘Petitions of Redress.’ This is direct democracy in action, and I believe we could reinvigorate our Municipal Governments by emphasizing this function (which we’re trying to do here of course).

Tynwald Day, Isle of Man. July 5th. 2012

Nothing so grand as this, of course, but direct democracy needs to be exercised, and formalized in someway — through some new feature of municipal government — or it will be gone for good. Already we’re seeing Councils that won’t grant, or won’t receive, delegations they don’t like (there is an example on this Gather 2030 post, that I cite at the beginning of my latest deputation).

An excerpt from my 2013 book, Time Enough: An Amoral Tale — Iceland’s corrupt politicians removed from office, and criminal bankers in jail, Icelanders were in the process of rewriting their constitution, and the delegation was here to witness this other Viking out door parliament. I just wish our Town Halls were so well attended.

People no longer have much faith that their representatives here (at any level of government) pay the slightest attention to their grievances; part of the reason Council Chambers are generally empty. We know people have concerns that weigh on them and issues they would like to see resolved; but if they stay away, and stay silent, it is guaranteed nothing will change. If people were to attend regularly though, and demand action, it would be that much more difficult for Councillors to ignore the people who elected them. This is a whole other story of course.

I was looking into pursuing the matter myself when our friend Tish Conlin stepped up. As a certified holistic nutritionist, this really was her field; and as the PPC Candidate for our new federal riding of York-Durham, it is the kind of issue she is driven to speak on. Since there is currently no end of issues to be addressed (or redressed), I decided to present on another subject (and I'll get to this in a moment).

A week before the Town Hall meeting (as it happens) we had the opportunity to meet with one of the Town's Councillors, to discuss a whole range of issues. Among these of course, was the question at hand: why does the Township still have a vaccination requirement for job applicants? We didn't get an answer at our meeting, but a few days later came a reply: They were still using an old job information template, we were told. As simple as that. Oddly though, the date of the decision on this still unknown. . . or not forthcoming at least (I will update if I receive any further information). I certainly can’t find a notice of this decision, unlike other Towns, such as Orangeville, that made a very public announcement (almost two years ago now) that these mandates were now rescinded.

Those who might have scanned job posts over the past year, however, wouldn't have known this, and wouldn’t have applied therefore; so clearing this up did feel like a small victory (of sorts). One might have expected those wanting to apply, to actually call in themselves, though doing so, of course, would be the same as revealing their medical status — and no potential employer has the right to this information. Some third-party needed to step in here. This really shouldn’t even have been an issue, but it gave us a story to tell, and the reason to pull together some more interesting material.

Maybe Tish will share the initial argument on her Substack. Part of this being: Since ‘Directive 6’ was repealed, Municipalities (and companies) still demanding to know the medical status of individuals, and requiring applicants to be compliant, were doing so of their own accord. They would be directly liable therefore, at some point in the future. I say ‘would,’ and not ‘could,’ because of the sheer number of lawsuits coming up now; mostly not covered by the media (no surprise there). I won't post my extensive list of lawsuits here (yet), in case Tish chooses to follow up on this herself, but feel free to message me, or leave a comment, and I will forward a list.

Back to our November 18th deputations.

Since this issue was now off the table, Tish spoke instead (mainly) on the subject of sewage treatment plant ‘biosludge’ being spread on farm land. A substitute, in the minds of some, for good old-fashion cow manure. This has become a huge public-private partnership ‘business opportunity’ in recent years, and for obvious reasons, it is a controversial practice. . . and it should be prohibited.

Here, I can simply direct you to her presentation in Council (starting around 6:30mins) and if you care to listen, I will be speaking on the subject of leaving the International Council for Local Environmental Initiates (ICLEI) and its Partners for Climate Protection Program (PCPP).

In part, I am picking up on Maggie Hope Braun's work, to advance her KICLEI initiative — that is: Kick the International Council out of Local Environmental Initiates. I'd been with Maggie and John Dunn in Peterborough, Ontario, the evening they did their key presentations on the climate fraud, June 26th, 2023. After their deputations, the three of us went for a drink at the pub down the street, The Black Horse, where we kicked around a few ideas, and Maggie shared her vision for KICLEI.

Though we had all done deputations before this, it was this evening that kicked off a concerted effort to reengage with elected representatives at the municipal level. Some of John's material I presented in my previous presentation to the Uxbridge Council on Oct 23rd, 2023. While John and I have spoken on other subjects, Maggie has remained laser-focused. Her Gather 2030, KICLEI projects are the result of this, and her successes today show what tenacity and organization can achieve.

I can't say enough about all of the folk I have seen present to Council over the past couple of years. But we need more people to step up; after all, these efforts are for everyone — I was going to say we’re not doing this for our health, but I have an interesting story to tell with respect to this. . . which I’ll share with you soon as I'm working on a following up to The ‘Hippo’ in the Room and Zombie Apocalypse. (since I’ve almost finished the book, The Indoctrinated Brain). I look forward to posting this, and in the meantime, immediately below, you will find the draft text for my presentation yesterday at the Uxbridge Town Council.

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Minute 1

Mr. Mayor, Councillors, Staff. It's wonderful to be here again. Things have changed since I spoke here last year. United Nations and World Economic Forum ‘foreign interference’ is no longer a theory. Even the incoming federal administration is using these words. They're using even stronger language actually, describing these ideas as ‘radical extremism.’ All of you have seen the C40 Mayors documents I left here previously, and those objectives – starting with Zero Meat by 2030 – are nothing less than 'extremism.' But these are the sorts of ideas being put forward now.

The Council of the Corporation of the City of Orillia, in their words ‘continues to consider its decision making under the broad umbrella of these United Nations' directives.’ Not only are these directives, ill-conceived, ill-informed and disingenuous, they do amount to ‘foreign interference’ and they have no standing here.

Minute 2

This gets to the heart of my presentation today, with respect to the Partners for Climate Protection Program (PCPP), and the United Nations' International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). As I mentioned, these unelected, unaccountable, Internationalist organizations have zero jurisdiction here. The same holds true for the Prime Minister, cited in the Orillia document as co-chair of the ‘Sustainable Development Goals advocates’ organization. The Prime Minister still holds this position, which (as with Chrystia Freeland sitting the board of the WEF) is a complete conflict of interest.

Advocating for arbitrary and voluntary objectives, does not equate to enforceable policy, especially here, when these ‘suggestions’ are funneled down to the municipal level. This is not a ‘Chain of Command’ therefore – at best, it is a ‘Chain of Suggestions.’

Minute 3

Uxbridge, joined the PCPP in 2009, under an entirely different administration. There is still potential liability however, for continuing participation in ICLEI and its increasingly controversial Local Environmental Initiatives (as you will see in the documents I'll provide). Not only this, the projected costs for continuing through the various PCPP so-called ‘Milestones’ will be of great interest to constituents and taxpayers.

According to a now unsearchable webpage, Uxbridge is already at Milestone 5 (of 5): The Monitoring Progress and Reporting Results stage. We've all noticed lots of strange electronic sensors popping up as we driver around the Region (and I'll return to this later). But let me revisit the comments of Mayor Gerri Lynn O'Connor currently posted on the PCPP page:

“The Township of Uxbridge staff did an outstanding job recognizing and addressing areas within our municipal infrastructure where improvements could be made — and were made. This not only saved huge tax dollars, but made a big difference in the environment. Our Council will continue to make investments that protect the environment and save taxpayers money.”

Minute 4

The emphasis today is on saving taxpayers money; as almost two decades have passed, and we now see these organizations in an entirely different light. Again, no one on this Council was involved with signing us on to this program, and this will make it especially easy to exit. I've provided lots of evidence for why the Climate alarmism is unwarranted, and poles show public opinion is rapidly swinging this way. I also shared with you recently other document, which shows the radical impositions these people are willing to make. All of their jobs depend, of course, on perpetuating the climate narrative.

As I mentioned in my request to speak here, we can now see that involvement with the PCPP and ICLEI will lead to further costly and restrictive programs. But now we have a precedent in the Town of Thorold. Thanks to Maggie Braun, Gather 2030 and the KICLEI initiatives. I've made mention of the KICLEI in previous correspondence – this being: ‘Kick the International Council out of Local Environmental Initiatives.’

Minute 5

I'm not here to make the Climate Change counter-argument again; however, following the recent Climate Roundtable, it seems the Region is reluctant to accept any science that counters the UN's narrative. Yet those who drafted the Region's Energy Plan state in their disclaimer that they haven't 'verified' the information they cite. . . so no new taxpayer dollars should be spent on any of these climate schemes.

We hope this time, the material provided will be received and acknowledge, and that the Region will thoroughly reexamine the material it couldn't be bothered to check last time. Of course, both the ICLEI organization and the Government of Canada [bottom of page] waived all liability for the disruptions they create should their information prove to be ‘incorrect’ or even ‘illegal’ (Again, I quote). Therefore, extra due diligence is required here. A comprehensive accounting of costs to date, and a projection of costs into the future, for meeting those Green House Gas reductions, [top of page] to 2030 and beyond.

Minute 6

The best – quickest and easiest – thing for the Town to do would be to simply exit both ICLEI and the PCPP, and to that end, there is a draft resolution here to remove Uxbridge from the PCPP. As mentioned, there is a precedent for this, and we look forward to walking you through the three simple steps of removing us from this scheme (and the costs, restrictions and potential liability that go with it).

As mentioned, we must look at the actual costs of the PCPP. Importantly, the Town need not be a member of PCPP to apply for funding through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. This from a representative from the FCM who came out to speak to the Thorold Council when they voted to leave. I hope you'll have a minute to watch this video. And, of course, you'll be familiar with the funding opportunities page on the FCM site. The Uxbridge CPCC site [page] provides two early ‘success’ stories, and I'm curious why this page hasn't been updated with the 'Milestone 5' technology.

Minute 7

I do remember the recent retrofit of a storm water pond and the downtown culvert 'flood mitigation' but most of what's been happening recently, is seems, isn't immediately obvious.

The Arena retrofit aside, much of the PCPP focus was on LED lights and data collection. Milestone 5 of the program, is where things are likely to get expensive:

Item 1. Tracking the Green House Gas reduction impact of individual measures;

Item 2. Updating the inventory; and (Most importantly, from a tax perspective)

Item 3. Engaging stakeholders and decision makers.

The Region stated it will engage in substantially more borrowing in the future (to fulfill some of these commitments presumably) and this will lead to increased taxes of course. It is important that the town's people (who would be paying for future ‘stakeholder’ public-private partnerships) know who all the existing ‘private’ players are and who the decision makers in this process were.

Minute 8

I'm fairly certain not one in one hundred people in Uxbridge knows this town is currently at Milestone 5 in the process (or even that there is a process), but given the responses to our recent canvassing efforts, we know these issues are low priority - while costs related to such hidden programs are of great concern. CBC tells us:

Canadians want urgent climate action, but cost of living stands in the way: poll

In a separate CBC article: ‘The Leger poll says only a small fraction of people listed climate change as the top issue facing Canada today, and only 40 per cent said they would make some changes to their behaviours.’ [CBC misinformation - there is a subtle but important difference between ‘worry’ and ‘prioritize.’]

I shared a list recently of U.S. states that have passed, or proposed, legislation to ban geoengineering, weather modification and aerial spraying. These things are real! And of course, there was the famous comment in 2021 from the Premier of Manitoba, Brian Pallister:

Minute 9

“This is a billion dollar rain for our AG community, so I want to thank the people in charge for making that rain available. Keep up the great work. . .”

Of course, most people only know what they see on television (and things like this don't make the evening news). I guarantee though, now that people are starting to see what is going on around the world, they will demand our governments seriously examine these other causes of 'climate change' before they consider trying to change our behaviour or ask us to pay more taxes.

A few other things that people are concerned about, that I can really only touch on here. Those LED lights are often SMART lights. I'm not sure the new lights in Uxbridge are 'enabled' to this extent, but SMART lights can also include sensors to measure emissions.

Minute 10

Sound recording is often a feature, and of course, we see more cameras and various electronic sensors installed across the Region. It would be interesting to know precisely what technology is being employed for information gathering as there are massive privacy and data security issues here.

I've touched on the dangers of EMF radiation before (as I've taken measurements myself). SMART lights and other devices connected that 'Internet of Things' all emit various kinds of raditation; all of which adds significantly to the EMF smog (that even some environmentalists are worrying about).

LED lights pose the risk of unnatural blue spectrum light (now well documented), and various other disruptive frequencies. There is an energy savings from basic LEDs of course, but what is the real cost, when consider the price of all this technology, the cost of monitoring and reporting, and ultimately, the cost of implementing new regulations and restrictions based on the data being collected?

It's time to nip technocracy in the bud, and to begin with, I look forward to discussing a resolution to exit the PCPP.

The end.

A random SMART technology, IoT image. And I completely forgot to mention the ‘drone recharging pads’. All those students at Tech ‘Universities’ are banking on this technology to move forward though, so they can get jobs and pay off their student loans (poor souls) while implementing the technocratic dream of ‘surveillance capitalism.’ There’s lots more to say on all of this of course, but in this scenario (as you’ll have guessed) I’m the guy not radiating bluetooth (speaking of Vikings) ;-)

There were no questions on all of this from Council, but we’ve come to expect this of course. Again, you can watch the full video recording of the November 18th meeting here.

And where do we go from here? Did any of the Councillors take anything Tish and I presented to them seriously? We will be following up, and then we’ll do what we always do: we’ll talk to the people again. As Tish also touched on this subject, we’ll start by circulating the Gather 2030 survey to assertain public opinion on the Partners for Climate Protection Projects. . . and so I might as well begin here:

www.kiclei.ca/survey There is also a petition at: www.kiclei.ca/pcp-petition

Please take a couple of extra minutes, if you would, to fill these out — and share.

Thank you again for your interest and support,

David