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Senior BC Caucus Member Jenny Kwan Issues Statement
Do people really believe that other James gang MLAs are not considering jumping ship as well. All it will take is for 2 or 3 more defections and their will not even be a leadership review - we'll go straight to leadership contest.
This BS caucus meeting sounds like more of the same - another witch hunt by the James gang. It will only backfire on them.
"15.02 Subject only to the authority of the Convention and the provisions of this Constitution, the Provincial
Council shall be the governing body of the Party between Conventions.
15.03 It shall be a specific responsibility of the Provincial Council to amplify, extend and add to policy
decisions enunciated by the Convention and that such amplifications or extensions not be inconsistent
with existing Convention policy."
The basic problem in the provincial ndp is in the quote above from their constitution. All power to set all agendas rests with the provincial council. MLA's are just tools who can only say and do what they are told to say and do.
I have not the time to study the election rules. There are probably a bunch of moral hazards among them. Presumably a "slate" put forward by a well organized sub grouping can take over the party by becoming the majority of the executive.
And it seems that only the ndp members who can afford to travel have a vote. What about NDP members in care homes? Where is their right to vote?
"b) Election of Executive
The Provincial Executive, except for the Leader, shall be elected at a provincial Convention. All
votes, where required, shall be a secret ballot of accredited delegates present during the time set aside
for balloting, in the following manner:
The President and Treasurer each shall be elected on a separate ballot.
The Labour Vice President elected by Labour delegates at Labour Caucus at Convention.
Six Vice-Presidents, elected on a single ballot.
Four Members at Large, elected on a single ballot.
Two Regional Representatives shall be nominated at Convention from each of the eight regions
defined by Provincial Council. Only accredited delegates to the Provincial Convention are eligible to
participate in the nomination of representatives from their region. The candidates nominated at the
regional meeting will be designated on the ballot, which will be open to other candidates from the
I got it wrong on the 90 day provincial council election thingy, sorry. Trying to read too much stuff.
Brian White wrote:I think that in BC NDP rules there has to be a provincial council election within 90 days of a leadership race so probably 7 years without a contest helped some council members grow some pretty long teeth.
That is just wrong in so many ways. Provincial council is not elected at one event or one time. Instead it membership is delegated from a number of bodies:
Provincial Constituency reps (chosen at constituency AGMs)
Provincial Executive (chosen at Provincial Convention as well as a few dedicated positions)
Caucus Representatives (chosen by Caucus)
YND, Labour, and Women's representatives
All of these groups operate on their own timelines which are not altered by leadership changes.
JKR wrote:Centrist wrote:A snap election is also possible. The Lib leadership date is February 26 and the next fixed election date is May 12, 2013. The new Lib leader may wish to seek an immediate new mandate and, if that's the case, the Libs need only reconvene the legislature and amend the relevent statute to move up the election date to, say, May 12, 2011.
OTOH, I have not read the legislation but, according to a BC political columnist, that fixed date of May 12, 2013 is the "last election date" possible. IOW, an earlier election date won't contravene the relevant statute.
I think Harper proved that a new Liberal Premier could contravene a fixed-date election law by going to the Lieutenant Governor and having him call an election. That would leave the NDP fighting an election represented by James, a damaged lame-duck leader.
Christy Clark must be salivating at the prospect of this happening in the Spring.
Why would they contravene the law when they have a majority and can just change it? Of course they will look like total opportunists either way.
Because the fixed elections law was their major reward to those members of the old federal Reform Party voting bloc who threw their support to the Campbell Liberals in 2001. Also, they wouldn't be likely to repeal the law because it was done specifically as payback to the NDP for winning the 1996 election by delaying it until the last possible moment. The Campbell Liberals believed they were simply entitled to come to power in 1995, no matter what.
From the looks of how things are shaping up, Carole will be staying and I suspect that several MLAs will leave caucus and form an independent NDP caucus:
Quote:The Leader of the B.C. New Democratic Party has laid the groundwork for expelling dissident members of her caucus this weekend.Carole James, faced with open calls for her resignation from members of her caucus, has convened an emergency meeting with both her MLAs and the party's top brass where she promised the rebellion involving one-third of her caucus will be put down.
"Every MLA will be held accountable for their behaviour," she told a news conference on Thursday.
Ms. James would not say what will happen if the 13 known dissident MLAs won't recant, but party insiders say she is prepared to dump caucus members who will not agree to support her.
"They have to discuss the terms of what it will take for people to stop fighting and come out united," one source said. "Accountability is code for, you are in or you are out."
Caucus chair Kathy Corrigan said MLAs will face repercussions if they don't show up, and she promised "decisions will be made" to deal with those who won't support the leader. "This is a group of people who are not supporting the democratic process the party has in place. This is an affront to the party."
"It is time to say enough of this kind of behaviour," Ms. James said. "It's not about being best friends around the caucus table. It's about making sure we have a common direction and a common vision and a common goal."
Since when had a party leader faced this level of open rebellion and decided fuck it, we're going to stay on anyways? That news confrence today made me think they graduated from the Bill O'Reilley school of political posturing.
The "loyalists" keep throwing around the word Democracy, and the fact that the rebels need to respect the "democratic will" of the party, but their version of democracy seems almost North Korean. I was joking when I referred to James as neither dear nor glorious leader, but I'm starting to wonder if her supporters are that deluded to believe she is really supported by 84% of the party. I wonder if those who support Carole James actually believe that the Provincial Council vote represents 84% of the membership of the party? Let alone 84% of the NDP voter base? If they do they've got to be some of the most politically brain dead people around. Either that or they need to share what they've been smoking.
I mean honestly, reading Centrists link made me think that they're going give the rebels a spanking at the meeting if they don't show up and recite a loyalty pledge or something. Kathy Corrigan's comments were almost Monty Python-esque in their absurdity. If the "loyalists" want a sure fire way to encourage more descension, this is it.
No, Van. It's not a spanking. It's not funny. She's kicking them out, she's ejecting them. She's going to remove 40% of her caucus.
The only precedent there has ever been in Canada, EVER, for something like this is the DRC-Alliance split, and even THAT only involved 20% of the caucus.
To reiterate, James has two options: Call a convention, or send the party back into the wilderness.
I've noticed something. At this press conference, Carole had 13 MLAs stand behind her in support, another 3 were contacted by phone. Obviously Carole was trying to show as much strength as possible. Interesting thing is, not every single non-dissident was behind her: To do the math.
34 MLAs left
16 MLAs openly support Carole
13 MLAs openly oppose Carole (not including Bob Simpson), leaving
5 MLAs undecided
Mathematically speaking, she could be taken down ... by a majority of one.
Carole is just digging her own political grave with those strong arm tactics. If Keith Baldry, Bill Good and Vaughn Palmer are her strongest advocates now she's in more trouble than she and her backers can admit.
Here's something for those who think the 84% support in Council translates into support from members.
Should Carole James resign as leader of the B.C. NDP? 84% (480) Yes 16% (91) No
What a flippin' clown this moron is. The BC Liberals sure seem, to have a lot of pimps in the mainstream press. Yup, that's our leader Carole James who he is supporting who would rather destroy the BC NDP that accept the fact the jig is up.
Give it up Carole, your best before date has expired.
Wouldn't it have been better to wait a year for the scheduled leadership review?
Is the rush to depose James ASAP worth all of this?
Why the rush?
Wouldn't it be better to follow the prescribed format and wait till the fall of 2011 for the leadership review and possible subsequent leadership convention?
We've been waiting 7 fuckin' years for a leadership review, and the only reason James is still leader is that she has manipulated things to avoid one for that long.
And no, we need one asap, so that right after the Liberals decide who their leader is, we can decide who will replace James.
The reason being that the Liberals may well change the legislation and call an election immediatley following their vote in Febrauary for their new Leader.
The wikipedia entries for carole james and Jenny kwan tell a story. James story ends with the 2005 election! and has no outside links!!!
(Just like her leadership and trigger happy provincial council) and Kwan's has links to todays developments! (Perhaps outside links on Caroles page are censored?)
If people really cared, and if James was a leader worth caring about,
do you REALLY think her wikipedia entry would end with her 2005 election result?
I have edited entrys in wikipedia. But the NDP top brass cannot get round to updating James entry. WOW
Edited to add. Wikipedia has a history and discussion tab so you can see how often people edit James wikipedia entry. Check them out and you will see the leader that nobody cares about.
James was never in a position to manipulate the process by herself. THE NDP as an organization set the Fall of 2011 as the date of the leadership review.
If people feel that James has wrongly avoided a leadership review for 7 years they should have spoken up sooner before the date for the leadership review was set for the fall of 2011. Once it was set for the fall of 2011, people should have abided by it.
The entire NDP caucus and upper echelon are collectively responsible this fiasco. The fact that this could have occurred says a lot about the NDP.
Whatever happens, a review must take place to insure the NDP's apparent deep seated disfunctionality is repaired.
And no, we need one asap, so that right after the Liberals decide who their leader is, we can decide who will replace James.
The reason being that the Liberals may well change the legislation and call an election immediatley following their vote in Febrauary for their new Leader.
The fear of losing the next election is not worth jettisoning ones morals and ethics.
The setting of the leadership review was democratically agreed upon using the rules the NDP has established for itself. Changing rules midstream out of the fear of losing the next election is not the ethical thing to do.
That being said, I hope James resigns for the sake of the party.
If all the NDP's MLA's all stick to their guns, this could get ugly.
The MLA's who put the party first and compromise will be the true winners here.
[The mother who is willing to give up the baby, is the baby's mother - Judgment of Solomon]
The NDP 'as an organization' has only done what Jame's big union backers (Sinclair mostly) wanted all along, which is unilaterally remove the established standard of post-election (losing) reviews before bringing it back in years later in response to calls for a full convention in 2009. A mere 'review' is not enough, it's too easily stage managed. As Jenny said we must have a full leadership convention, which alone allows for OMOV. The BC Liberals could also call for an election Before the scheduled review, despite their BS promise for set election dates, which the James gang and their NDp friendly media cheerleaders might be hoping for too. There are layers and layers behind this, which is why the old nineties crew is running so scared.
Former MLA Corky Evans has written this letter and given us permission to share it: _ _ _
I think that the current, and very public, troubles inside the NDP must be hugely confusing to citizens. In order to try to help folks better understand the debacle I am inclined to try and offer some history about how political parties function in times of stress and how mine (and ours) has functioned over the last few weeks.
Leadership, in any Party, is not a right. Every Leader understands that they serve the Party they lead. Power, of course, is addictive and extremely difficult to abandon. This is true in all institutions from the family to a community group to a company to a political party. Power is also isolating. When we have power we have a position of status and we tend to be surrounded by people who support our status and may even benefit from our position by virtue of their wages or their ambition. Surrounded, as we are by such people, we lose contact with the views of the citizenry at large and need the intervention of others, outside our circle, to tell us what is really going on.
Political parties resolve these contradictions, at least in a democracy, in various ways. One of the most straightforward methods available to help a Leader understand what is happening outside their circle is to have some of the elected people they work with simply go and tell them how things look out on the street. These interventions are universally "in confidence" and, to my knowledge, have rarely ever been discussed outside of the circle of people actually involved in the discussion. An MLA who meets with their Leader to suggest that the Leader needs to consider moving on in life has to be tremendously brave. The Leader does not have to agree with them and can make their life difficult in future. Obviously, the discussion works best when the Member is trusted by the Leader so that the Leader can believe that the Member is not acting out of ambition or malice.
The Leader can, of course, decide to accept the advice of the Member or decide the Member is wrong and stay on. Regardless of the outcome, however, we who were not in the meeting never hear about the exchange because it is never in the best interest of the Party to have their internal discussions made public.
In 1986, when I was a candidate and prior to the election, I was asked to sign such a letter to Bob Skelly, suggesting that he resign as Leader. I declined, but others (I believe) signed the letter and (I believe) MLA's delivered it. If such a letter and meeting actually happened, Bob Skelly, as was his right, chose to disregard the letter and the request to step down. I have never seen the letter and do not know who the MLA's were, as it has always been treated as an "in confidence" occurrence. I know none of this to absolutely true because, correctly, none of it has been discussed with me by any of the participants.
Same thing with Mike Harcourt. (I believe) a group of MLA's visited Mike to discuss their wish that he resign in order to make the Nanaimo "bingogate" scandal go away for the good of the Party. He chose to take the advice but, because it was a private meeting, I do not know if such a meeting took place or who went to see him or what they said. I was part of that government and I do not know, and have not asked, what private communications took place prior to Mike's resignation.
Same thing with Glen Clark. I believe MLA's suggested to Glen that he resign. Glen (as was his right) chose to resist the request and then was forced to step down by virtue of actions by the Attorney General. As with both Bob Skelly and Mike Harcourt, private discussions with Glen by MLA's who (may have) asked him to resign remain "in confidence" to this day. I was part of that government and I do not know, and have not asked, what private communications took place prior to Glen's resignation.
For all I know, similar meetings have taken place between Socred MLA's and Bill Bennett Jr.and/or Bill Van derZalm, and Liberal MLA'S and Gordon Wilson, and/or Gordon Campbell. The point being that MLA's of all Parties have always had the right to request of their Leader that they resign or submit to a Leadership review and those discussions have always been, and should always remain, private. The Leader can decide to step down or decide to remain in office. Everyone involved, however, always understands the assumption of "confidence" involved in the process. It is also important to understand that when these kind of private meetings have happened in the past, they are most likely to happen with Members who personally like the Leader. Members who wish to personally replace the Leader or have antipathy for Leader do not attend because their motives would be suspect. These are private meetings to discuss a private issue raised in the best interest of the Party in question, not the personal feelings or ambitions of the people in the meeting.
Precisely in keeping with this historical tradition, a group of New Democrat MLA's came to the conclusion a few weeks back that it was time to hold a Leadership convention.
A small group of those MLA's took a letter signed by the others and themselves, to a private meeting with their Leader. Both the letter and the meeting were private. It was assumed that they would always remain private, because that is the way that it has always been done.
In keeping with historical tradition the Leader had the absolute right to consider their intervention and decide to take their advice or reject it.
For the first time in history (that I know of) Carole James chose to respond in a different, and utterly unpredictable manner. She advised others in her Caucus and staff what had happened and named the MLA's who had come, in confidence, to see her and then proceeded to turn the upcoming Provincial Council meeting into an opportunity to divide the signatories of the letter, and their supporters, from the rest of the Party.
The Provincial Council of the NDP is a wonderful institution. Alone (as far as I know) the NDP understands that democracy inside the Party requires that constituencies have the right to run the Party and oversee it's activities. In spite of the huge financial costs involved the NDP representatives of every constituency in the Province come together a few times a year to debate issues and hear reports from their committees and their Leader and to meet with their MLA's.
I was honored, recently, to have been elected as a delegate to Provincial Council by the constituency of West Kootenay. A meeting of the Provincial Council was scheduled to occur a few days after the meeting between Carole James and the MLA's who had asked her to consider calling for a leadership convention. .
As we walked into the hotel the morning of the Provincial Council meeting, staff members stood in the hallway outside the meeting room and gave yellow scarves to everyone EXCEPT the folks they knew had signed or delivered the letter, and a few of the rest of us they figured might support the 13 signatories. The result was surreal. It was also the most divisive thing I have ever witnessed in our Party. The MLA's who had NOT signed the letter asking Carol to resign were identified, in front of their peers and the Press, as Loyal and Good. Thus, the folks WITHOUT yellow scarves were immediately and publically identified as Disloyal and Bad.
It was awful. It was so unprecedented and unexpected (deriving, as it did, from a respectful and private meeting that everyone involved, except Carole, had intended to remain Private regardless of how she decided to respond) that none of us knew how to react, or feel, or think.
The meeting opened, as they all do, with a reading of the Party's Harassment Policy. If I, or any of us, had had our wits about us, we would have responded by pointing out that the scarves, themselves, constituted Harassment of the worst kind. I am sorry to say that this appropriate response didn't occur to me until some days later.
I think it fair to say that some of the present trauma can be said to have begun with the expulsion of Bob Simpson from the NDP Caucus. To many of the constituency associations in the Province, Bob's expulsion constituted a symbol of the erosion of democratic principles that allow members of the Caucus or the Party to express their thoughts. Thus, constituencies (including the one I had come to represent) had sent in motions urging the reinstatement of Bob Simpson.
The motions urging the Leader to reinstate Bob Simpson were declared unconstitutional. It was determined, by the President, that the Party had no constitutional right to comment on that issue. This change to the agenda was simply wrong. Nobody in that room had wanted to "instruct" the Leader how to do her job. The motion simply said the Leader be "urged" to reinstate Bob Simpson. The Party has the right to "urge" the Leader to do anything they want. We could "urge" the Leader to stand on her head for an hour a day if we wanted, and she has the perfect right to ignore the advice if she sees it as wrong thinking or not in the best interest of herself or her Caucus or her Party. It is certainly unconstitutional for members of Provincial council to "instruct" or "demand" that the Leader take some action. It cannot, however, be unconstitutional to simply give advice. If advice from the members is unwelcome or unacceptable, then what is the Party for except to function as an electoral machine?
I can only guess that the President and the Executive did not want to have the motion concerning Bob Simpson to see the light of day so they declared it Unconstitutional and then voted down a challenge of the Chair, to make their judgment stick.
Yesterday, Jenny Kwan asked publically that her Leader call a Leadership Convention. She suggested that if Carol wants to keep her job that she ask for a mandate to do so in a "one member, one vote" open forum. I cannot imagine (and I have tried) how this difficulty, could be resolved otherwise.
Carole James has done something I never heard of before, which is to publicize and castigate MLA's who, rightly or wrongly, thought they were acting in confidence and in the best interests of their Party. She could have told them they were wrong and stayed in her job. That has been done before in parliamentary democracies, probably hundreds of times. She could have accepted their advice and stepped down as Leader, perhaps while remaining as an MLA. That, too, has happened before, probably hundreds of times. Instead, she chose to do something that I have never heard of before (no doubt there is some historical precedent somewhere, although I don't know about it and I can't imagine that it turned out well) and publicly attacked those who came to her in confidence.
I don't care if Carole wants to keep her job or not. Neither do I think this trouble is "about" Carole personally. I have, as probably every citizen does, thoughts about her leadership skill and style and believe they are irrelevant to the discourse. This is now about the democratization, or not, of how we do politics. It does not appear to be an issue that is limited to the NDP or even to B.C. I have heard similar thoughts about the erosion of democratic process and about the centralized control of political parties of late from members of the B.C. Liberal Party, the Federal Liberal Party, and the Alberta Conservative Party. It could be that this is a moment in our history when the political process is broken and reform and renewal are on the horizon.
As a New Democrat, I am heartsick at the troubles and I fervently wish Carol James had not orchestrated the public division of her Caucus. As a citizen, I am hopeful that the democratic process in Canada is being reborn. As her friend and supporter, I will go where Jenny Kwan goes, come what may.
Corky Evans
Sad to say, but I know a historical precedent.
And I'm pretty reluctant to get into it. But maybe its useful. But I'll do it in the succesor thread.
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You may have read in the news today a story about a woman emailing her stepson's fiancé to give her some etiquette pointers. If you haven't seen the story, click here to read.
This is an interesting case. I completely agree with what Mrs Bourne, the mother-in-law, says. All of her points are technically correct. It is the way in which it was handled that, sadly, lets her argument down.
Doing the job I do I am constantly looking at how people behave and making mental notes and observations (although, I should just say, not as often as people think – I do switch off socially, honest!) But if I dared to tell people my thoughts and highlight which rule they had just breached I would lose a lot of friends very quickly. It's what I like to call 'the politeness paradox': it's rude to tell someone that they are being rude (even though in the long-term it may benefit them).
The tone of Mrs Bourne's email was probably the definition of bluntness and there was no softening of anything. This may be down to a generational difference. Older members of my family will sometimes say things to a younger generation that is not considered politically correct, or that is (on the surface) quite cutting and nasty. Nine times out of ten they are not meaning to come across like that, it is simply that they were brought up (rightly or wrongly) in a much more direct and 'speak your mind' way (partly as there were fewer laws and social codes telling them otherwise).
I would be very surprised if the accused of Mrs Bourne's email (Heidi Withers) decides to marry her fiancé now that this has become a national news story and she seems to come out of it badly. That said, Mrs Bourne hardly comes out smelling of roses. I think it's six of one and half a dozen of the other.
A hard one to call as to who is right and who is wrong. Who do you think is right?
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"It's been a long process," the defenseman said on a conference call Monday. "With the setback of the injury, we were going to wait. It's been pushed back, but I think that obviously I wanted to be in Washington and they wanted me back."
The Capitals should have wanted Green back, because they needed him. As I wrote just hours before Green was signed, he is one of their best defensemen and, when healthy, is one of the best puck-moving rearguards in the entire NHL.
"Since Green signed his four-year contract before the 2008-09 season, only five defensemen have collected more points than Green's 180 – Nicklas Lidstrom, Dan Boyle, Shea Weber, Duncan Keith, and Zdeno Chara. Only one, Weber, has scored more goals. That is without doubt elite company, and though Green is by no means in the same class as these defensemen at this current moment, it shows just how good he has the potential to be.
His defense is improving. Not only has Green visibly been better at blocking shots, holding coverage in his own zone, and making plays on the body, but he has been the Capitals' best possessor of the puck on the blue line each of the last four seasons – despite the fact that his offensive zone start percentage decreased in each of those four seasons. That is definition improvement, and even if you don't believe in 'fancy stats,' he has yet to have a plus-minus season in the red since becoming a regular. He's not great defensively, but he is better."
Still, the signing is undoubtedly a risk. A big risk. When you look at the last two season's of Green's career, he has suffered with bad injuries – a bum ankle, a concussion, and an abdominal injury, to name a few. Committing this type of money and term to a player with that type of recent injury history is scary. But for his part, Green feels as though he is through with consistently being hurt and is ready to work harder than ever to return to his old form – that of one of the premier offensive defensemen in the NHL.
"I think they [the Capitals] know what I'm capable of," he added. "It's been unfortunate the last couple years that I've suffered from injuries but I think I'm over them now, I think I've got them all out of my system. I think that as happy as I am that they're happy and they know that I'm committed to the hockey team and doing whatever I can to be the best that I can. "


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OTTAWA — An elderly priest and former school board trustee shuffled into an Ottawa courtroom in shackles and blue plastic jail booties to make a first appearance on a sex charge Thursday.
Father Jacques Faucher of Gatineau, 76, was charged Wednesday with gross indecency and indecent assault on a male for a "series of inappropriate contacts" with the boy that are alleged to have occurred between 1971 and 1973.
The Crown consented to his release Thursday on a $6,000 bond and several conditions, including that he not communicate with his accuser and three others. Faucher was also ordered to reside at an Aylmer address and stay away from schools, parks, pools, playgrounds or any other places children may be present, including the children's section of public libraries. He was not allowed to be with anyone under 16, except for family members, unless under the constant supervision of the child's parent or guardian.
Dressed in a dark sport coat and striped polo-style shirt, the bald Faucher stood quietly in the prisoner's box with his arms behind his back before turning to survey the media gathered in the court. He later sat down and crossed his arms in front of him, staring straight ahead.
When Faucher asked about his computer, Justice of the Peace Julie Lauzon told him he couldn't have it. She also banned him from using the Internet or having any electronic devices or cameras that could hold pictures or movies.
He was released to a female family member. His next court appearance will be March 12.
In a statement released Thursday, the Archbishop of Ottawa, Terrence Prendergast, announced Faucher's suspension.
"On learning that Fr. Jacques Faucher has been charged with criminal misconduct in relation to a minor, I want to advise our Catholic faithful, and the wider community, that I have suspended him from all ministry and prohibited him from representing himself as a Catholic priest," Prendergast said in a written statement.
Police say the investigation, which began in November 2012, is ongoing and detectives are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Faucher, who grew up in Ottawa, was ordained in 1960 and served in a number of Ottawa parishes over the course of his career.
Highlights of that career were written up in the Spring & Summer 2010 issue of Catholic Ottawa, the newsletter of the Archdiocese of Ottawa, to mark Faucher's 50 years as a priest.
It recounts that he studied theology in Paris before coming back to Ottawa and serving in the parishes of Notre Dame-des-Anges, Saint-Louis-Marie-de-Montfort, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc, and Christ-Roi.
Faucher also taught at the Grand Séminaire, the newsletter said, and was "actively involved in the field of education, notably teaching catechism in several high schools."
The priest also served as a trustee on the Ottawa Board of Education.
In 2011, he published a memoir about his life growing up in Lowertown titled Sur Les Chemins De Ma Mémoire: Un echo de la Basse-Ville d'Ottawa.
In it, he describes the walks he took as a child around Lowertown with his Grandfather, Leopold Beaudry. The two went many times to the Château Laurier where Faucher describes the vast lobby, bathed in lamp light and crystal chandeliers.
"To my child's eyes, this place could evoke the dream of Cinderella's Castle. At seven years old, nothing can be better than being carried away on the wings of imagination."
The book opens with a quote from Brazilian novelist Lya Luft "Childhood is the ground on which we walk all our life."
Faucher has been lauded for his work in helping to establish Daybreak, a non-profit organization that provides transitional, minimum support housing for low-income men and women.
In a story about Daybreak that ran in April of last year, Faucher told the Citizen about the effort 30 years earlier to address the slums that were housing people with disabilities — "the invisible poor, we called them," Faucher said.
Faucher has also put time into the Catholic Immigration Centre, the Rooming Houses Ecumenical Corporation for low income people, the United Way of Ottawa, the Club Richelieu, Cooperative Radio-Ville Marie Outaouais and the Anglican/Roman Catholic Canadian Dialogue.
Police ask anyone with information about the alleged incident or other incidents to contact the Ottawa Police Service Sexual Assault/Child Abuse Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5944 or phone Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS) or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Virginians need to finalize their preparations for Hurricane Sandy "right now." State officials also advised to not underestimate the lasting effect that the storm could have on the region.
McDonnell echoed the remarks he made yesterday, advising Virginians to prepare for extended power outages and colder temperatures after the storm passes by getting blankets out of storage.
"Outer bands of the storm have been in Hampton Roads for 24 hours," McDonnell said in a news conference Sunday afternoon. "Stay tuned to local news and monitor for conditions. If you lose power, please know where your shelters are."
"If you lose power, don't use candles and remember generators should be kept outside. Carbon monoxide is a silent killer," said McDonnell on the news call. "Make sure you keep your refrigerator and freezer closed. We ask people to continue to work together."
State agencies said that the storm models they have been planning for since Friday are still in effect, McDonnell said, adding to expect heavy wind and rain and moderate to severe flooding.
McDonnell said the latest 2 p.m. National Weather Service update called for the Interstate 95 corridor to see up to see 6 inches of rain and sustained winds of 30 mph, and gusts of 35-55 miles per hour.
McDonnell said that the Northern Virginia area could expect "48 hours plus of rain and heavy winds."
"The problem that we face is downed trees, power lines and tidal flooding," McDonnell said. "This is going to be a long haul. People are going to have to be patient. Be a good neighbor."
State, federal offices will decide closures today
McDonnell said President Obama advised that by 5 p.m. today the federal government will make a decision if the government offices will be open or closed tomorrow.
McDonnell said the state will make a decision soon thereafter about state offices.
Dominion calls in extra crews
McDonnell said Dominion Virginia Power has commitments for over 2,000 employees from other companies from other states to come in and assist Virginia with what is expected to be extensive power outages.
Rodney Blevins, vice president of Dominion Distribution Operations, said that customers in the Hampton Roads area were already experiencing power outages from the early effects of Sandy.
"We certainly expect the weather conditions to deteriorate," Blevins said. "Additional crews will receive training on safety procedures and we will continue to pursue getting more."
Blevins stressed having the Dominion phone number and website handy in case you need to report an outage.
Dominion's phone number is 1-866-DOM-HELP or 1-866-366-4357 To report outages online visit: www.dom.com.
State agencies prepared for storm
"Limit your travel on the roadways until this weather has passed," Greg Whirley, commissioner of highways said. "We don't want you out there in the conditions that could be coming up. You can expect that there can be flooding."
Whirley said traffic conditions can be checked via telephone by dialing 511.
McDonnell said to also dial 211 which will provide storm-related information as well as visiting http://www.vaemergency.gov/ on a computer or smartphone, as power allows.
Virginia State Police has "significantly beefed up their personnel" McDonnell said. McDonnell said every trooper in the state is on standby and the state police swift water rescue team is on standby for areas of high water.
"This is a unique event, we really don't know what the impacts are going to be. Four days of high winds and heavy rain," said Michael Cline, State Coordinator for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. "This is going to be very different from a hurricane. People need to be prepared for changing situations and changing impact of the storm."
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In paragraph #4, I think you meant to say "generators".
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Why shouldn't we use candles? What do we use then?
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3:00 pm on Monday, October 29, 2012
I'd recommend flashlights or LED camping lights. It's safe to say that candles should not be left unattended.
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The Clippers and Knights get together at 7:15pm…. Here are couple notes to add:
* Michael Aubrey returns to the Clippers tonight after missing two games. Aubrey's wife had an appendectomy on Monday.
* Chuck Lofgren will start in the series finale Friday in Charlotte. Lofgren allowed four runs in four inning during his Clippers debut Sunday. He led the Eastern League in ERA (1.48) when promoted to Columbus.
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The Cleveland Indians today announced the club has placed INF ASDRUBAL CABRERA on the 15-day disabled list with a left ac joint sprain. To replace Cabrera on the active roster the Indians have recalled INF JOSH BARFIELD from AAA Columbus.
Cabrera was injured in yesterday's game vs. the Minnesota Twins in the 1st inning. So far this year Asdrubal is batting .316 (65-206) with 38 runs scored, 13 doubles, 2 triples, 2 home runs and 27RBI in 53 games. He ranks T9th in the American League in runs scored (38) and T7th in the league in multi-hit games (21). This is his 1st career trip to the disabled list at the big league level.
This will mark Barfield's 3rd stint with the Indians this year. He began the year on the Indians Major League roster, appearing in 1 game (pinch-ran) before being optioned to AAA Columbus on April 15th. Barfield then appeared with the Indians for the 2nd time from May 2-May 11th. This year at Cleveland he is 3-3 with 3 runs scored and a RBI in 5 games and has appeared in 1 game in left field and 1 game at second base. At AAA Columbus this year Barfield is batting .220 (24-109) with 6 runs scored, 5 doubles and 17RBI in 27 games. He wears #29.
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Peter Lorre
Ingrid Bergman or George Sanders in Voyage in Italy?
God save our gracious ToToToToT...
God save ToToToToT, the fascist regime...
God save the Kween.
You keep using that word ("jubilee"). I do not think it means what you think it means.
Something about a seven-year itch...
In the purple (of indifference).
Couldn't this thread have waited for March?
Say, here's a This or That entry: this (fake) jubilee or (fake) London?
We're approaching Disney parade levels of corniness here...
Spatula! Eleven!
Peter Lorre
Ingrid Bergman or George Sanders in Voyage in Italy?
George Sanders
Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects or Russell Crowe in LA Confidential?
"I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust." ~ 'A Modest Proposal' ~ Jonathan Swift
Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects
more tedious:
The Children's Hour
The Children's Hour ETA: Oh no, I mean Julia is more tedious! And I would pick The Children's Hour to watch over Julia.
Hey, re #42 to each their own, Spacey's good, he's d**n good and he deserved BSA Oscar for The Usual Suspects, but hands down or feet up re comparing the two cited performances in respective films, GOTTA BE RUSSELL CROWE in LA Confidential!!! BTW, lest it be forgotten (heh, heh) Spacey also appeared in LA Confidential as the "flashy" detective, but Russell Crowe as the smoldering cop, Bud White, d**n near burned up the scenery and stole the movie, even from love interest, Kim Basinger, as well as from his outstanding fellow Aussie, Guy Pearce. Yeah, yep, yessiree ... Russell Crowe, back in da day!!!
I admire Kevin Spacey a lot, but it def shoulda been DENZEL Washington winning the 1999 BA Oscar as The Hurricane rather than Spacey for his role in American Beauty. IMHO!!! Even awesome Russell Crowe woulda deserved it for The Insider that same year over Kevin Spacey's good but more self-reflective and generic performance.
Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby
Sissy Spacek in Carrie
Sissy Spacek
Carrie (2013)
Halloween (2007)
Piranha (2010)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Friday the 13th (2008)
The Fly (1986)
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
Even tho' I haven't seen the other films, I gotta go with The Fly! Yay Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis.
Would you rather have a farm that breeds:
CNN talking heads:
Wolf Blitzer
Anderson Cooper
Erin Bennett
Piers Morgan
Soledad O'Brien
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
Anderson Cooper
a few more CNN people, past and present:
Christiane Amanpour
Peter Arnett
Candy Crowley
John Holliman
John King
Bernard Shaw
Judy Woodruff
Paula Zahn
Christiane Amanpour
Do you need sleeping pills to sleep properly?
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
Thankfully, no.
harder to do without:
Anticipated books
The World Until Yesterday: Jared Diamnd
The Last Runaway: Tracy Chevalier
Requiem: Lauren Oliver
Paris: Edward Rutherford
Doctor Sleep: Stephan King
Divergent 3: Victoria Roth
"Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned."
Oh thank you for that review, it was entertaining and informative. I have to go with The Last Runaway, and Paris: The Novel.
The David Sedaris book of essays, (not on your list) also sounds intriguing. Stephen King is too eerie for me. I've seen several of his movie adaptations, but I've never read any of his books, altho' I know he is a very good writer (I've read some of his reviews/ essays). And, what-up with all the YA dystopia crapola!? I know, I know ... this stuff sells like hotcakes.
Favorite southern writers:
Carson McCullers
Eudora Welty
William Faulkner
Katherine Anne Porter
Tennessee Williams
Zora Neale Hurston
Harper Lee
Flannery O'Connor
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Eudora Welty
Same Category Another Choice
Tennessee Williams
Björn Borg or John McEnroe?
Björn Borg
the French, Australian, or US Open?
Australian Open
Playing tennis or swimming as a hobby?
Elvis Presley or David Bowie?
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Recycling is happy and fun and doesn't cost anything.
Citizen Kane or The Magnificent Ambersons?
Citizen Kane. Just feeling obligated to choose!
Whose evil character in movies:
Willem Dafoe or Kevin Bacon


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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
My life has been a whirlwind lately.
I had a vacation with some of my very best gal pals in San Francisco.
I spent several days just being with a friend who is mourning the loss of her 19 year old dear son.
I watched my dear daughter dance like an angel on stage, and complete a service project in fulfillment of her Bronze Award in Junior Girl Scouts.
I watched my dear son perform on stage, singing solo, playing electric guitar, playing acoustic guitar, dancing around like he was a rock and roll star, with all the confidence in the world.
My dear husband was nominated for an Emmy.
We bought a (new to us) used car, and promptly backed it into our old car that was still parked in the driveway.
And I have watched a couple of dear friends be publicly humiliated and terribly mistreated in the name of internet forum moderation. These friends, by all that is fair and just, had done NOTHING WRONG, and in the aftermath thereof, were terribly maligned.
In attempting to defend them, while still following all the forum rules, I received what to me was a completely humiliating "slap on the wrist", and I don't believe I ought to try to defend myself, for lots of reasons.
My body is reacting badly to all this: my stress comes out physically for me, and let's just say I am not handling it well.
If you would like to leave a prayer for me in the comments section, I would be ever so grateful to know that someone has prayed for me. My Mom isn't around to do this for me, and while my dear husband, the Big Bison, has been stalwart in his defense of me with those who have hurt me, I just would welcome the prayer. Truly, truly I would.
26 comments:
Praying for you, Boonie gal!
- June 3, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Dear Father, I ask you tonight to hold Susan close. Let her see herself the way that you see her. Let her rest in the love that you have for her. Flood her heart and soul and mind and body with the peace that passes all understanding. Above all, show her now just how precious she is- and how you save every tear she cries and treasure her every smile. She is the apple of your eye. Remind her in tangible ways that you will never leave her or forsake and that nothing will separate her from your love. Give her body rest and health. Let her collapse into your arms and sleep safely and wake refreshed. She is yours, we entrust her to you. Amen.
- June 3, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Praying for you and the other two dear ladies from forum land. Lady M and I are getting together tomorrow for prayer and you can be sure we will be lifting you and the entire situation up to our Heavenly Father.
"Heather" - June 3, 2009 at 10:01 PM
I'm praying for you!
MicheleR - June 3, 2009 at 10:15 PM
- Wendy said...
Susan I am praying for you. (hugs)
- June 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
(((((Sooze))))) prayed for you.
Love katiejane - June 3, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- Birthblessed said...
Susan, I've been thinking of y'all constantly.
- June 3, 2009 at 10:31 PM
Praying for you ((hug))
Char (4mygirls) - June 3, 2009 at 10:37 PM
May the peace of God be with you. I am so, so sorry for all the hurt this week.
Amy - June 3, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Heather (MX Mom on SL) said...
For you, I am praying.
For you, I am praying.
For you, I am praying.
I'm praying for you. - June 4, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Susan, I've been thinking of you a lot today. I'm so sorry your heart is aching like this. Praying that the peace that passes understanding will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Asking the God of All Comfort to hold you in his arms tonight and in the days to come. Praying for healing for the community that only he can bring. He is our peace.
(SHF) - June 4, 2009 at 12:34 AM
What does the enemy come to do? Does he like to throw big parties for you? Or does he like to steal, kill, and destroy you?? Whatcha think? Hmm?
I think the enemy was trying to stir up things to affect your friendship and others involved. The enemy doesn't want you to have true joy. The crappy jerk is satisfied because you're stressed out.
My friend, rise up, shake off the dust and claim that the JOY of the LORD is your strength. You were blessed with such a witty sense of humor. Use it! :)
Much love,
Joy the PRAIZER in the storm! I love the song by Matt Redman - "Every Blessing You Pour Out". - June 4, 2009 at 3:48 AM
Praying for you and everyone in our Sonlight family!
Connie/ggmom - June 4, 2009 at 5:41 AM
- knit1kids4 said...
Susan -
May our dear and precious Lord who is concerned with all things that burden us come beside you and take this yolk you have put on. May you be comforted knowing all of those praying for you and the "situation" on the forums.
Kristal (Speedy Mom) - June 4, 2009 at 6:54 AM
- Traci said...
My prayers are with you. - June 4, 2009 at 8:26 AM
- LMF said...
Praying that the Lord would restore your soul and heal your body from all the stress you've been experiencing.
God bless~
Loren (Homekeeper) - June 4, 2009 at 8:43 AM
Sooz, I no not what is the cause of this, but I am saddened to hear what you say. I am praying too dear one.
LaDonna - June 4, 2009 at 10:50 AM
What you went to San Francisco?
Just kidding. Love you, Sooz.
Don't get sick or the Bison won't let you come out and play next year. - June 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- Karen (KayKay) said...
Praying for you, Susan.
- June 4, 2009 at 9:05 PM
- Robin said...
I'm praying for us both my friend.
Father, hold Susan close and restore her calm perspective.
Guide those who have the power to affect change for the better "over there".
Help us to forgive the ignorant hurtful comments that have been said of us and by me.
amen - June 5, 2009 at 12:46 AM
- Leslie said...
Wow, I had to scroll WAYYYYYY down to post a prayer for you! You are one loved woman, Sooze!
Much love & prayers for you. I hope that you can blog about your (awesome, I'm sure) trip to San Francisco! - June 5, 2009 at 2:55 AM
- hsbnd said...
I just read this and felt like you should read it:
"The more like Christ we are the more the world will press against us like a vice. But here is joy - for let the vice press you further into Christ, deeper into self-resignation."
From To The Lion
In recent days I've been encouraged to see seed you've sown come up and bloom.
May the King's barns overflow with harvest from seed you sow! - June 5, 2009 at 8:18 AM
- Missus Wookie said...
Thinking of all three of you - was away from the forums so missed all this. Just read your blog and another off to read the third.
Hugs and prayers. - June 5, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- The Hayes Zoo said...
Oh man - er....woman.
Will pray for you. I can't understand what's going on there (haven't been on for a while) and CANNOT understand why you would've gotten a 'slap on the wrist'.
Prayers for peace; physically, mentally, emotionally in the midst of the outside turmoil. - June 5, 2009 at 12:03 PM
- Susan said...
Praying for you. Praying that God would bring complete physical and emotional healing your way. Praying that HE fills you with the peace that you need and to feel the love that He and others feel for you.
Susan in WI - June 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- Theresa in WV said...
What Satan intended for evil God will turn to good.
Praying for all of you... - June 9, 2009 at 7:53 AM


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