Holistic Political Chat

Why is saving a life a problem for town council members?Why is preventing a drug overdose such an abhorrent action that By-Law enforcement officersmust be called to threaten local businesses and property owners with onerous fines? Overdose prevention is about caring.Caring for the addicted and those suffering from mental health is not a burden. It’s an act ofcompassion.However, it does become a burden when the bodies of overdose victims are found in the streetsas they have been and will continue to be found, daily, in places like Toronto and Vancouver. Last Monday, I had the privilege of attending an event in the Concert Hall at Victoria hall thatsurely impacted the lives of those who attended. The evening event included a film and a discussion followed hosted by & MomsStop the Harm led by Missy Mclean whose goal is tokeep people alive.In the documentary, Love in the Time of Fentanyl, a group of misfits, artists, and drug usersreveal what it is like to operate a renegade safe injection site in Vancouver’s DowntownEastside. It is an intimate portrait of a community group fighting to save lives and keep hopealive in a neighbourhood ravaged by the overdose crisis.On the front lines since 2016, the movie is a deep look at the men and women who volunteertheir time and significant emotional energy so that the people of the lower east side of Vancouveraren't simply left to fade away. Indeed, they have saved tens of thousands of lives.Along the way, they watched new acquaintances and friends succumb to their addictions.However, they proudly point out that not one life was lost at any of the sites they've operated.A fact that volunteers who operate a similar service in Peterborough and now, here in ourcommunity, can say, too.The rawness of events depicted in the movie and the talk afterward was enough, I thought, tocrack even the hardest opponent of OPS.Recently, a local group, Tweak Easy, was threatened with a massive fine for wanting to operatea temporary shelter for the safe injection or inhalation of non-prescription drugs. The suggestedtime of operation was one night for three hours. But as stated at the top of this article, By-Lawenforcement officer threatened a property owner with heavy fines if the temporary shelter wasset up.One night a week for three hours doesn't seem like a lot of time, to me, and it isn't, but as onewoman in the audience put it, that's three hours a parent won't have to worry about their childalone on the streets. That three hours could mean a single night's sleep for a worrying parent.It's one night when an overdose can be prevented.Remember, in the movie, in Vancouver, and Peterborough, the Overdose Prevention Siteshave been 100% successful in keeping users alive.This makes me wonder, why the Town of Cobourg or any municipality would try so hard to shutthese places down.Local Activist Groups that are making a differenceThe town hall event was presented by Moms Stop the Harm a grassroots group of localvolunteers led by Missy Mclean, and the Greenwood Coalition, a longstanding communityorganization dedicated to walking alongside those in the margins. As well, Tattoos ForTrauma is a local organization that advocates for and brings awareness to issues affecting men'smental health and Tweak Easy “a grassroots community providing low-barrier harm reductionand radical community love.” which encourages safe drug use, were involved.Additional Information on the MovieLove in the Time of Fentanyl had its World Premiere at the 21st DOXA Documentary FilmFestival.

With the constant rage farming and the Mnaufatured Outrage are we being manipulated like Ants in A Jar?And if so, Wh's shaking the jar?Also, in this episode I briefly touch on the issue of Of OPS or Overdose Prevention Sites.

Maybe we should sue the government for fraud.Maybe we should launch a class action to get the money they’re currently sitting on back into the services they’ve willfully underfunded.What we are seeing right now with the whittling away of services and the imposition of new fees, is nothing less than the death of our universal healthcare system by 1,000 cuts.If we keep going like this we could soon be – healthcare delivery-wise – the 51st state.

CHECK OUT THE INTIMATE LIVES OF INSECTS IN BUG SEX PREMIERINGFRIDAY, MARCH 10 ON THE NATURE OF THINGSBug Sex premieres Friday, March 10 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC and CBC GemThere is 10 quintillion of them on this planet and their numbers keep growing so they must beup to something, right? They are. But how do bugs actually mate? In this new documentary,filmmakers use cutting-edge camera technology –and a healthy sense of humour--to takeviewers into the little-known and rarely-seen world of insect sexual activity. What the bugs dois surprising, sometimes borderline tender or even shockingly brutal. Bug Sex premieres on TheNature of Things, Friday, March 10 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC and the free CBC Gem streamingservice.Why should the sex lives of bugs interest us? “If human beings ceased to exist, the planetwould continue just fine,” director Andrew Gregg. “But eliminate all the insects and arachnidsand the world’s ecology would collapse.” He notes that seeing how insects breed and go toincredible lengths to ensure their genes carry on is a window into how evolution works.With intriguing visuals, Bug Sex looks at how a wide variety of spiders, crickets and flies breed,everything from black widow spiders to Pacific field crickets. Viewers will be astonished at themating habits of fruit flies and at what the male black widow spider sacrifices for the sake of asexual union. Then there is the kinky behaviour of the wolf spider with its sexual cannibalismand just wait until you see the courting technique of dance flies! “Looking at the bug world islike stepping into an alternate reality that exists all around us,” Gregg notes.To guide viewers into this world, Gregg assembled a number of insect biologists, and he feelsthat now with more women scientists in the field, there is a greater understanding of the femalehalf of the insect population. He points out that many bug scientists are actually partneredcouples who share a mutual interest. Like biologists from the University of Toronto, MaydianneAndrade and her husband Andrew Mason, who we join as they observe monster haglids in Alberta.“We are both interested in the libido of bugs,” Dr. Andrade explains.Joining them in this documentary are Marlene Zuk and her husband John Rotenberry as theyseek field crickets in Hawaii, and on Vancouver Island, we find Catherine Scott and partner SeanMcCann looking out for black widow spiders. Bug Sex even ventures to Uruguay where soloscientist Anita Aisenberg explores the unconventional mating rituals of wolf spiders.Darryl Gwynn explores the machinations of tree cricket courting and then the intricacies of howthey actually get it together. “Insects are so diverse,” he says. “And as the years go by they arecoming up with more and more novel systems, new insect systems that do bizarrely differentthings.” Is it possible that insects derive any pleasure during their couplings? Dr. Lisha Shao atthe University of Delaware provides evidence that the lively and intoxicated fruit fly is actuallyhaving a good time.Bug Sex is a unique opportunity to glimpse into the fascinating and hidden world of the tinycreatures that are all around us. It is an invitation to be a bug voyeur!*****************Bug Sex is written and directed by Andrew Gregg and co-produced with Deborah Parks. It ismade by Red Trillium Films in association with CBC.For CBC: Sally Catto is General Manager, Entertainment, Scripted, and Sport; Jennifer Dettmanis Executive Director, Unscripted Content; Sandra Kleinfeld is Senior Director, Documentaries;Sue Dando & Lesley Birchard, Executives in Charge of Production.

This episode is titled Liberty Fraternity & good government which happens to be the Motto of Canada.I'm running thru a list of accomplishments, Status Quo & failures of the Trudeau government.Hope you enjoy It and remember sept 30th is TRC day in Canada. #EveryChildMatters

My Guest is Jerry Levitan who in 1969 at the age of 14 snuck into the King Edward Hotel in Toronto to snag an interview with John Lennon. An interview that led to a lifelong friendship &initiated a meeting between PM Pierre Trudeau & John Lennon. Jerry is a Toronto Lawyer, Actor, Musician & now a politician who recently ran in the Ont Election for the riding of Davenport as an OLP candidate. We Discuss his run & his life.

In this episode I talk about the arrest of Caryma Sa'd a lawyer & political cartoonist who was attending the PC event in Hamilton on the 26th of May. The complete lack of accountability of the Ford regime re COVID19 & how the Ontario Corporate MSM appear to have given this Premier a pass for 4 years of failure & negligence. Is Ontario headed for another Ford Govt, will it be a majority government & why can't progressives who make up 60%+ of Voters defeat this Incumbent?Is vote splitting a real problem & how do Voters overcome it to defeat this Government? Also thanks to my sponsors "All Creatures Great & Small" & "Spark Smart Toys for Cool Kids" in the Heart of Downtown Cobourg.

Many in Ontario have expressed a desire to return the Incumbent power to protest Justin Trudeau & why this isn't imho a good plan.