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Posted: 03/ 25/ 03 11:28 pm Post subject: Freedom Rallies Across Canada

Freedom Rallies Across Canada

I felt it would be beneficial to start a main thread for rally information as so many events are spontaneously being organized.

Please post information here for any rallies that we have missed.

Many thanks to roadtofreedom for compiling and emailing this information.

Here is a list of Freedom Rallies being organized across Canada in support of U.S. and Allied efforts in Iraq and for the liberation of the Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein.

*Note we have included contact information because it seems that dates and times change but this is the latest information as of 12:00 AM March 25, 2003. For further information contact rally organizers.

Please make sure to visit the web posted information. You will be able to find rally information being posted and updated on the Free Dominion website: http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=9

Freedom and Liberty Rally

Saturday, March 29, 2003, Ottawa, Ontario
Date: Saturday March 29, 2003
Place: Parliament Hill
Time: 12:00 noon
Details: Come out and show your support for Operation Iraqi Freedom! Bring flags and signs!
For more information, email Deb: jodin4029@rogers.com
http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10090

Rally For Freedom
Sunday, March 30, 2003, Vancouver, British Columbia
Time: 2:00 PM
Where: Outside the American Consulate, 1075 West Pender Street
Further Info: freedomforum@shaw.ca
Details: Come out and show your support for our Allies, the United States of America,
and for freedom itself on Sunday March 30th @ 2pm, at the American Consulate in Vancouver.
PS: Don't forget to bring your American and Canadian Flags or Homemade signs and meet us down at the Consulate THIS Sunday at 2pm!!!
http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10193

Friends of America Rally

Friday, April 4, 2003, Toronto, Ontario
Where: Nathan Philips Square
Time: 12:00 Noon (Time could be changed)
Details: More details will be forthcoming as our speakers are lined up. Please support this important event.
Contact: If you are interested in participating in this rally or in its planning, please contact Georganne Burke at georganneb@sympatico.ca or call 416-816-3412.
http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10178

Freedom Rally - Calgary, Alberta

Date and Time TBA
http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=9

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 12:30 am Post subject:

Received via email...

Toronto

Freedom takes courage!
Stand With America and the Free World
Against Terrorism and for True Peace!
RALLY FOR AMERICA

FRIDAY APRIL 4, 2003.
12:00 P.M.
Nathan Philips Square

Those who disagree with the official position of the Canadian government on the war in Iraq are asked to join us for a peaceful rally to show support for American efforts to eradicate tyranny.

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 1:28 am Post subject:

Connie will be attending the Ottawa rally and we will both be at the Toronto rally. We're looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 2:41 am Post subject:

12 PM on a Friday?

Am I the only person who seems something wrong with that?

Besides, it's being advertised on the OPCYA listserve as Sunday at 12.
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Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 3:03 am Post subject:

Georgeanne Burke called me today to make sure we had the most current information. The above post is accurate. The time, date and location have changed since news of this rally started to circulate.

We are keeping abreast of the latest news on these rallies, and posting reports on this thread as we get them. Perhaps you should let others know that they can get the most accurate, up-to-date information at Free Dominion.

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 8:22 am Post subject:

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Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 9:48 am Post subject:

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--Greg McNeely

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 1:57 pm Post subject:

Posted on Free Republic

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/875844/posts?page=1
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"If Martin doesn't surprise us by becoming a principled leader, then at least we can be comforted that he is preparing his lips for a whole lot of American butt kissing."

--Greg McNeely

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 2:03 pm Post subject:

United We Stand
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"If Martin doesn't surprise us by becoming a principled leader, then at least we can be comforted that he is preparing his lips for a whole lot of American butt kissing."

--Greg McNeely

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 8:41 pm Post subject:

Lets get the date and time for the Calgary Rally!
Contact:

breeze9@telusplanet.net

For Liberty,
Gail Parker

Freedom takes courage!
Stand With America and the Free World
Against Terrorism and for True Peace!
RALLY FOR AMERICA

Those who disagree with the official position of the Canadian government on the war in Iraq are asked to join us for a peaceful rally to show support for American efforts to eradicate tyranny.

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 11:15 pm Post subject:

Canadians plan giant 'Rally for America'
Group unhappy with Ottawa's response to U.S. crisis

Christie Blatchford
National Post
Wednesday, March 26, 2003

http://www.freedominion.ca/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10216

TORONTO - When real estate developer Richard Diamond boarded his flight in Montreal last week, he had no idea of the forces he would soon unleash.

Mr. Diamond was there attending a family function, and en route back to his Toronto home, settled down to read his newspaper.

What he found -- a story about the booing of the U.S. national anthem the night before at a National Hockey League game between the Canadiens and the New York Islanders -- made him so heartsick that he began making furious phone calls when he landed.

Within a few days, the 42-year-old Montreal native had on his hands a genuinely burgeoning grassroots movement that will next week culminate with a noontime "Rally for America" at Toronto City Hall, designed both to give voice to those unhappy with the federal government's handling of the Iraq crisis and to show simple support for Americans.

As 33-year-old Josh Cooper, one of the first people Mr. Diamond called, said yesterday, "We're not a political group. We're not a religious group. We're not pro-war. We're not anti-war. We only want to show support for our friends in America."

Mr. Diamond appears to have touched a nerve: Within days, he had so many supporters -- Jewish, Christian and Muslim -- he kept having to find larger and larger meeting rooms, and donations were flowing in even before the group, now formally called Friends of America, yesterday set up its bank account or its Web site, www.friendsofamerica.ca.

At an executive meeting yesterday, among those at the table were Mr. Cooper, a golf camp owner who is running for the Canadian Alliance nomination in his Thornhill riding next month; Ray Heard, a senior Liberal and Bay Street executive; lawyer Andrew Muroff, 35, who was born and raised in the border city of Windsor and is licensed to practise in Michigan; a 32-year-old woman named Melony Jamieson who announced herself as proud "10th-generation Canadian" and who was one of the movers and shakers behind Nelson Mandela's visit to Toronto -- and two Americans now living in this country.

As Mr. Diamond told the meeting yesterday, organizers considered calling the group "Canadian Friends of America," but decided that would defeat one of their central purposes -- to frankly acknowledge and celebrate the close web of intimate ties, as evidenced by the connections of those at the table, that bind together the people of both nations.

As Mr. Cooper's stepmother, Helen Cooper, said quietly, "The fact that Americans live among us should make us more sensitive, not less. What about all the vacations we have in one another's countries? What about all the fishing trips they make to our lakes, the golfing trips we make down there? What about all the good times we've shared? The traditions, the loyalty, the shared civility and the ability to listen to one another?

"All that is eroding," Mrs. Cooper said. She is a teacher, rued the degraded quality of the Iraq debate and reminded her fellow organizers, "As violently as everyone feels about the [Liberal] government, let's make this thing civil."

For Cherry Tabb, president and CEO of the Herzig Eye Institute, joining the group was personal.

Her 29-year-old brother, James, is a captain with the 82nd Airborne, assigned to service in Afghanistan, last she knew, though she suspects he may now be in Iraq. "That's what hooked me," she said. "There's a lot of emotion attached to this for me."

One of the group's unofficial slogans -- "the voice of the heretofore silent majority" -- means for Ms. Tabb "being able to give meat to that voice. I want to send a message to the current [Canadian] government that they are misrepresenting many people and to the U.S. government that Canadians are being misrepresented."

Ms. Tabb, who is married to a Canadian and a landed immigrant, said she just recently hung her U.S. flag at her home, and was wondering, only half-seriously, if she would soon find "eggs on my window."

That sort of tentativeness had no place at yesterday's meeting. As speaker after speaker said, "We're proud of our relationship with the United States."

Mr. Cooper said he was most embarrassed by the anti-American tone in the country. It's one thing, he said, for Canada to decide not to send troops to fight alongside Americans. "So send field hospitals then," he snapped. "Send medical aid. Send a message of support to our friends."

The rally, which Mr. Diamond hopes will be kicked off by undetermined celebrity speakers and the playing of the Canadian and American anthems and the raising of both flags, begins at noon on April 4 at Nathan Phillips Square.

The fever appears to be spreading. Georganne Burke, who was born in Syracuse, N.Y., said Niagara Falls is planning its own rally on April 12.

In Alberta, a group is taking out an US$18,000 advertisement to tell Americans what the Prime Minister will not: "We support the U.S.A." The group of about a dozen citizens led by High River, Alta., resident Richard Wambeke is putting a quarter-page announcement in USA Today next week.
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"If Martin doesn't surprise us by becoming a principled leader, then at least we can be comforted that he is preparing his lips for a whole lot of American butt kissing."

--Greg McNeely

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 11:17 pm Post subject:

http://www.wesupporttheusa.ca

Online petition website supporting the USA.
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"If Martin doesn't surprise us by becoming a principled leader, then at least we can be comforted that he is preparing his lips for a whole lot of American butt kissing."

--Greg McNeely

Posted: 03/ 26/ 03 11:40 pm Post subject:

Calgary

Media advisory
March 26, 2003

RALLY FOR AMERICA

All Calgarians are invited to show their support 3 p.m. this Sunday, at the University of Calgary.

Hundreds of Calgarians will rally in support of our nation's best friend and ally on Sunday.

A non-partisan "Rally for America" will be held at MacEwan Hall, at the University of Calgary. Admission is free.

Keynote speakers will include Myron Thompson, MP, whose son is serving with the U.S. military in Iraq.

Other speakers will include community leaders and well-known media commentators.

Doors open at 2:30 p.m., and the rally will formally begin at 3 p.m.

Calgarians are encouraged to bring their own Canadian and American flags, as well as home-made signs to express their support for the United States in their hour of need.

--end--

For more information, please contact:
email: peggy@jasonkenney.com
phone: 403-225-3480

Posted: 03/ 27/ 03 1:57 am Post subject:

Free Iraq!
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"If Martin doesn't surprise us by becoming a principled leader, then at least we can be comforted that he is preparing his lips for a whole lot of American butt kissing."

--Greg McNeely

Posted: 03/ 27/ 03 3:46 am Post subject: Calgarys anti war fanatics?

Hello all I am in Calgary and I was at the recent so called peace rally on Sat and would like to share with you what happened. I have written a editorial for the paper and I will print it here for you.
I must state here that not all Arabs and Palestinians are like those that attacked us on Sat. However some are and its wrong. If any of use were to treat them as they had us there woukld be cries of racism and such.
So here it is

PEACE IN THE PEACE MOVEMENT?

Being new to Calgary, after having just arrived from BC, I thought I would see what a local anti-war rally was like here.
I had no idea that attending such a rally would actually put my very life in danger, but it did.
I went down to Olympic Plaza with my small US flag in hand to hopefully find some other liked minded people. Less than 100 feet away from the anti-war protestors a small group of 6-8 people were gathered with other US flags. Amongst them a family of 4 Latin Americans with their kids and a few other adults.
From the very get go, those arriving to protest, hurled insults at us telling us to, “go back to the USA” and other expletives. It was not till I attempted to politely engage some of the protestors of Arab decent did it really begin to get stormy.
My simple question regarding giving the people of Iraq the same right to protest as we have here was met with a thundering “F*** off“. The rage of those I was talking to grew more hostile, as I tried to seek an answer to my question. Seeing that it was futile, I returned to our small circle of US supporters.
The protestors marched around town and came back to the Plaza with what seemed like a pumped up rage against our small group. As the anti-war parade marshal’s tried to keep the mob of mostly, Arab, and Palestinian youth separated from us, it seemed they were failing. In a instant it all became clear. As they chanted Allah Akbar and tried to get closer to us a Palestinian man yelled to me, “I bet you are a Jew” and then did a slit my throat gesture. The others joined in and taunted me and tried to get closer. After watching Hamas rally’s on TV it seemed surreal as they chanted, “down down USA and burned a US flag. A young Arab youth screamed over and over, “Bush and Hitler both the same only differences is the name” as many others joined in.
We became literally surrounded by the mob with little Police to help us. We were spat on kicked and threatened. All for having a US flag. I ran for my life, terrified across the street, at the advice of local Police and into a friend’s car.
That freedom, that so many are waiting for in Iraq, was snuffed out for us that day in a cloud of mob hysteria. Then it hit me! Those who were at that rally for the most part, were not interested in peace at all, or freedom for Iraqis. Rather there hatred for the US and Bush overshadowed any pretence of peace. It was a sad an scary day indeed and I hope it never repeats itself, ever again.

Some of us are still going to gather this Sat at Olympic Plaza in Calgary at 10am to wave flags for the free liberation of Iraq.
This is in no way a competetion with the Sunday activity but in solidarity with it.
We in the CFFFI Calgarians for a free Iraq fully support the Sat activity and will promote it and help build it.
shalom
Micheal
luke221@hotmail.com
take a look at this as well http://www.iprospect.org.uk/index.html

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