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Saturday, September 22, 2007
I'll bring the pigeons
From The Georgia Straight's annual Best of Vancouver issue, which is out this week:
Best Idea To Celebrate Pierre Trudeau
Former Vancouver councillor Alan Herbert thinks there should be a statue of Pierre Trudeau somewhere in the Davie Village. Herbert, who is gay, thinks Trudeau should be honoured in the West End for saying the state should stay out of the bedrooms of the nation, long before this view became mainstream in Parliament. Trudeau is also the father of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which has been interpreted by the courts as providing equal rights for gays and lesbians. That led to same-sex pension benefits and to the legalization of same-sex marriages in Canada. Yup, we owe it all to P.E.T.. Say yes to the statue of Trudeau and no to discrimination. Who really cares that he gave the finger to the folks in Salmon Arm? And if the New Democrats and Conservatives have a problem with that, fuddle duddle 'em.
If Mr. Herbert is in earnest regarding this idea, I wonder if he is readying to browbeat his opponents. Oppose the statue and oppose the Charter of Rights! This despite the fact that there are several valid reasons to not be thrilled by this statue, which have nothing to do with homosexuality.
I'll cite one. Why put a statue of a Montrealer, who could be fairly said to have disliked the West--just ask those folks in Salmon Arm B.C. that he waved at without using all his fingers--in downtown Vancouver?
I would ask Mr. Herbert why he's not proposing a statue of a noted Vancouver gay or lesbian who did something significant for the city? I am sure that someone like that, who would be a natural subject for a statue in Vancouver, would readily come to Mr. Herbert's mind...if he puts his mind to it.
Posted by Rick Hiebert on September 22, 2007 in Canadian Politics | Permalink
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This is a clear example of tunnel vision. Sure, Pierre the Terrible might have aided the LGBT cause, but otherwise his regime was renowned for its abuses of human rights. He invaded Quebec in 1970, using the military and the War Measures Act to enforce English and corporate rule there. He deprived Albertans of their right to equality with the NEP, ironically at the same time he introduced the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. At the very, very best, he made no improvement at all in Canadian human rights. At worst, he set it back decades because of the precedents he set in 1970 and 1980. He is the Canadian version of Augusto Pinochet.
Posted by: Zebulon Pike | 22-Sep-07 4:26:12 PM
We have to live near an airport named after this control freak and traitor, ciboère !
Your statue thing is nothing.
Posted by: Marc | 22-Sep-07 5:41:34 PM
How about a statue of Svend Robinson with his pants down and holding a stolen ring in one hand? He is a B.C. boy after all. Oh, and a 14 year old teenage boy servicing him since he's the one who made the legal age of consent 14 in Canada.
Posted by: obc | 22-Sep-07 6:31:52 PM
...yeah, it used to be called Dorval Airport right?
Posted by: tomax7 | 22-Sep-07 8:58:46 PM
The guy had expropriates dozens of farmers and famillies to built Mirabel but it's Dorval that got his name. His legacy and Mirabel in today's reality: useless.
Posted by: Marc | 23-Sep-07 2:18:59 AM
...right, I was wondering how Mirabel got into becoming a white elephant.
Good farm land.
Posted by: tomax7 | 23-Sep-07 9:35:54 AM
No different that the Leftoids who honoured this murderer:
"Minnesota town ballpark puts up plaque to man who shot ex-girlfriend, then himself"
Associated Press
ERSKINE, Minn. — Family members of a woman shot to death in 2005 by her ex-fiancee, who then killed himself, were upset to learn that he's been honored with a plaque in a city softball park.
The plaque reads, "In loving memory of David DeFrang, whose love and devotion to our children is greatly appreciated.'' It was placed in Erskine's Athletic Park about two weeks ago.
DeFrang was a coach of youth basketball and baseball teams in this northwestern Minnesota town, and a longtime supporter of and worker at the city softball park, said Patty Morrison, who coordinated the effort to put up the plaque.
According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, on Jan. 23, 2005, DeFrang, 44, shot 39-year-old Tina Gerving to death with a small-caliber handgun, then turned it on himself. Gerving had broken off their engagement about two weeks earlier.
THIS IS LIKELY AN attempt to demonize gun ownership while simultaneously "honouring" this killer who was so good with children.
Posted by: obc | 23-Sep-07 11:35:41 AM
if they build it i will come... to piss on it.
Posted by: robert | 23-Sep-07 5:13:25 PM
OBC needs an ass whupping. Im here to provide! Hey listen, "OBC" ,UNLIKE you, my email here is valid, so feel free to contact me, since you are hiding behind a false one.Chicken shit. You have an enemy.
Posted by: paul | 23-Sep-07 8:41:47 PM
The powers that be would never put up a statue of comrade Pierre, but if they do here's a suggestion... make sure the thing comes with a German helmet and some assless chaps while the great dictator hides in the closet...
Posted by: sean | 25-Sep-07 12:42:34 AM
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