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bronzecats · 7 months ago

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National Rainbow Week of Action in Canada

In this post I have compiled all the information I could find regarding upcoming events for the Rainbow Week of Action. There are two online events, and dozens on in-person events across the country.

"Within the Rainbow Week of Action, we are pushing governments and elected officials at every level to take action for Rainbow Equality and address rising anti-2SLGBTQIA+ hate. As such, we have identified calls to action for every level of government. These calls to action can be reviewed here."

Event list below:

Events are listed in date order, provinces in general west-to-east order. I have included as much detail as possible, please reference the links at the bottom of the post. At this time, there are no events in N.W.T. and Nova Scotia. Last updated: May 14th, 9:53pm PDT. Please note that I am not officially affiliated with / an organizer of these events, I have simply compiled all the dates to share on tumblr. Original post content.

B.C. EVENTS:

15th: Fernie; Fernie Seniors Drop-In Centre, 572 3rd Avenue, 6:00PM. (Letter writing and Potluck)

17th: Vancouver; šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square - Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza, 750 Hornby St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

19th, Sunday: Abbotsford; Jubilee Park, 5:00PM. (Rally)

ALBERTA EVENTS:

15th: Lethbridge; McKillop United Church, 2329 15th Ave S, 12:00-1:00PM (letter writing)

17th, Friday: Calgary; Central Memorial Park, 1221 2 St SW, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Edmonton; Wilbert McIntyre Park, 8331 104 St NW, 6:00PM. (Rally)

SASKATCHEWAN EVENTS:

17th: Saskatoon; Vimy Memorial Park, 500 Spadina Crescent E, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Regina; Legislative Grounds, 2405 Legislative Dr, 6:30PM. (Rally)

May 18th: Saskatoon; Grovenor Park United Church, 407 Cumberland Ave S, 6:00PM. (Art event)

MANITOBA EVENTS:

16th: Carman; Paul's Place, 20 1 Ave SW, 7:00-9:00PM. (Letter writing)

19th: Winnipeg; Manitoba Legislature, 450 Broadway, 12:00PM. (Rally)

ONTARIO EVENTS:

15th: Barrie; UPlift Black, 12 Dunlop St E, 6:00-7:30PM. (Letter writing)

15th: Chatham; CK Gay Pride Association, 48 Centre St, 5:00-6:30PM. (Letter writing)

15th: Peterborough; Trinity Community Centre, 360 Reid St, 12:00-3:00PM. (Letter writing)

16th: Midland; Midland Public Library, 4:30-7:30PM. (Letter writing and pizza)

16th: Ottawa; Impact Hub, 123 Slater Street, 2:00PM. (Letter writing)

16th: Toronto; Barbara Hall Park, 519 Church St, 11:30AM. (Rally)

17th, Friday: Barrie; City Hall, 70 Collier St, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Cornwall; 167 Pitt St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Essex; St. Paul's Anglican Church, 92 St. Paul St, 6:00-8:00PM. (Letter writing and pizza)

17th: Hamilton; City Hall, 71 Main St W, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Kitchener; City Hall, 200 King St W, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: London; City Hall, 300 Dufferin Ave, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Sarnia; City Hall, 255 Christina St N, 1:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Sault Ste Marie; City Hall, 99 Foster Dr, 11:30AM. (Rally)

17th: Ottawa; Confederation Park, Elgin St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

22nd: Renfrew; 161 Raglan St. South, 7:00PM. (Letter writing, fashion and makeup event, and pizza)

QUEBEC EVENTS:

May 15th: Lachute; CDC Lachute, 57, rue Harriet, 12:30PM. (Letter writing event)

NEW BRUNSWICK EVENTS:

17th: Woodstock; Citizen's Square, Chapel St, Next to the L.P. Fisher Public Library, 12:00-1:00PM. (rally)

17th: Saint John; City Hall, 15 Market Square, 12:30PM. (Rally, flag raising)

18th, Saturday: Fredericton; Legislative Grounds, 706 Queen Street, 1:00PM. (Rally)

NOVA SCOTIA EVENTS:

May 17th: Middleton; NSCC AVC RM 121, 6:30-8:30PM (letter writing and pizza)

P.E.I. EVENTS:

May 15th: Charlottetown; Peers Alliance Office, 250B Queen Street, 6:00-8:00PM. (Adult drop-in)

May 16th: Charlottetown, Peers Alliance Office, 250B Queen Street, 6:00-7:00PM.

May 17th: Charlottetown; PEI Legislative Assembly, 165 Richmond St, 12:00PM. (Rally)

YUKON EVENTS:

16th: Whitehorse; The Cache, 4230 4 Ave, 2:00-7:00PM. (Letter writing)

NUNAVUT EVENTS:

May 16th, Thursday: Iqaluit; Four Corners, 922 Niaqunngusiariaq St, 5:00PM. (Letter writing)

Reference links:

About the Rainbow Week of Action.

Website letter writing events list (does not include all events)

General events website list (does not include all events)

Instagram general events image list

Instagram letter writing / pizza party image list

#rainbow week of action #lgbt #cdnpoli #lgbtq #canada #alberta #british columbia #saskatchewan #manitoba #new brunswick #newfoundland and labrador #yukon #nunavut #prince edward island #ontario #quebec #nova scotia

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newsfromstolenland · 5 months ago

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The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is reaffirming its calls for the federal government to recognize First Nations jurisdiction over policing.

Chiefs from across Canada are meeting in Montreal this week for the AFN's annual general assembly.

On Wednesday, the chiefs in attendance adopted a resolution calling for Public Safety Canada to introduce federal legislation that recognizes "First Nations inherent, treaty and constitutional rights" over policing. The resolution was adopted with one opposition and one abstention.

Ghislain Picard, regional chief for Quebec-Labrador who holds the AFN portfolio on justice and policing, said the resolution reaffirms previous positions by the chiefs.

"The resolution will serve as a reminder of the positions that we have to acknowledge, respect and deliver in the face of what I would call opposition from all levels of government," he told the assembly.

Full article

Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

#mine #Indigenous #cdnpoli #First Nations #community policing #Assembly of First Nations #AFN #policing #Indigenous sovereignty #Ghislain Picard

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the-view · 22 days ago

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Tumblr would not let me reblog this from @getawarrant , so I copied and pasted

It wasn’t just taxes.

When the Continental Congress declared independence from Britain, it wasn’t just because they didn’t like the way the King imposed taxes on the colonies. If you read the Declaration you will see there were a good number of reasons as to why the felt that the King was behaving tyrannically towards the colonies.

When laws were submitted for his approval, King George vetoed them, despite the laws being considered necessary and good by the colonists.

Even when the laws were of immediate and pressing importance, the Governors were not allowed to enact those laws until King George approved them, which if he did not veto the laws would frequently just neglect to confirm or veto.

The King disallowed new communities to be established unless the relinquished their right to representation in the colony’s legislature.

The colonial governors of Massachusetts and Virginia, citing safety reasons, declared that the meeting sites of the assemblies should be moved. In both cases the new locations were distant from where their public records were kept, which interfered with them conducting the public business. They believe it was done for the sole reason of wearing the legislative bodies down so they would comply with the King’s measures instead of standing up for the colonists’ rights.

The King had, from time to time, ordered the representative bodies of the colonies be dissolved for various reasons, including when they stood up for the rights of the people that the King and Parliament were infringing.

After dissolving those representative bodies, he would refuse to allow new representatives to be elected. This lead to the colonists convening their own legislative bodies outside the authority of the King, which the writers of the Declaration believed still left the colony exposed to the dangers of invasion and rebellion.

The King opposed various laws meant to encourage immigration the America, to allow immigrants to become citizens, and to allow the settlement of more land (which was already claimed by the King for the colony.)

The King prevented the administration of justice by refusing to allow the establishment of courts by the colonies, resulting in some states being forced to do without courts of law for a long time.

The King had sole discretion for the tenure, and the amount and payment of the salaries of the Judges, basically requiring them to put the King’s personal will above the law to maintain their positions.

The King, in an effort to enforce the increasingly burdensome trade laws, erected additional courts of admiralty (military, not civil) and sent ‘swarms’ of customs officials, who, by the claim of the Declaration, “harass[ed] our people, and [ate] out their substance.”

The King kept standing armies among the colonists during times of peace and without the consent of the legislatures.

The King rendered the Military independent of and superior to the Civil powers.

The King allowed Parliament to subject the colonies to various legislation which the colonists felt was unjust including:

Quartering large bodies of armed troops among the colonists.

Protecting the troops, by a mock trial, from punishment of any murders which they may have committed against the colonists.

Cutting off trade with all other nations.

Imposing taxes without consent (the infamous Taxation without Representation.)

Depriving some from the benefits of trial by jury.

Transporting colonists to England to be tried for crimes committed in the colonies.

The passing of the Quebec Act which was seen as an example for introducing the same sort of absolute rule on the colonies.

The taking away of Charters, abolition of valuable laws, and fundamental alteration of the colonies’ forms of government.

The suspension of the colonists’ own legislatures and the Parliament declaring themselves invested with the power to legislate for the colonies in all cases.

The King declared that the colonies were out of the King’s protection and waged war against the colonists.

The King, by way of his military, attacked the colonists, including burning down several American towns.

The King hired mercenaries who were at the time of the writing en route to the colonies to help wage war against the colonists.

The King authorized the British navy to capture ships and take colonists and compel the colonists to fight for the British against the colonies or be executed.

The King had encouraged slave and Indian revolts against the colonists.

All of this was taken into consideration, including the fact that at every point of these oppressions the colonists had petitioned for redress only to be ignored or have their complaints dismissed. So while taxation without representation played a crucial role, it was by no means the only reason that our founders declared independence from Britain and fought the Revolutionary War.

Source: founding.com

#because of that post I just reblogged I figured out would be good to bring this back around

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tomorrowusa · 1 year ago

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While the US House of Representatives ousts its weakest Speaker in modern history, , Canada gets its first black Speaker of the House of Commons.

Canada’s House of Commons has elected Liberal MP Greg Fergus as speaker — the first time a Black Canadian will hold the role. Fergus, who represents a Quebec riding across the river from Ottawa, bested six other candidates: Chris d’Entremont, Carol Hughes, Alexandra Mendès, Peter Schiefke, Sean Casey and Elizabeth May. Fergus takes on the task of presiding over a fractious House. “What motivates me, and what I vow to work night and day to promote and advance, can be summed up in one word, respect,” Fergus said during a short speech before polling stations opened in the chamber. He promised to be “firm, thoughtful, collaborative, consistent and certainly fair.”

🍁 But that's not the only political first in Canada this week. 🍁

The province of Manitoba held elections on Tuesday which swept the left of center New Democratic Party (NDP) into power defeating the incumbent Progressive Conservative Party (PC). The Manitoba Liberal Party (MLP) placed a poor third in the election.

The leader of the Manitoba NDP is Wab Kinew who will become Canada's first indigenous provincial premier.

Manitoba NDP to form majority government in historic win for First Nations premier

Wab Kinew, who is to become Canada's first First Nations provincial premier, spoke to young Indigenous people and those from all backgrounds in his victory speech Tuesday after the NDP won a majority in the Manitoba election. "I was given a second chance in life," Kinew said to a cheering crowd. "And I would like to think that I have made good on that opportunity. And you can do the same." Kinew's late father was not allowed to vote as a young man under Canadian law at the time. His mother's birthday was election night, and he brought her on stage to celebrate the historic win along with his wife and three sons.

The NDP will end up with 34 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba – up from 18. The PC will have 22 – down from 35. And the MLP will have 1 – down from 3. There was one vacant seat prior to the election.

29 seats are required for a majority government.

#canada #speaker of the house of commons #greg fergus #manitoba #manitoba provincial election #wab kinew #first indigenous provincial premier #first nations

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lboogie1906 · 2 months ago

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Rev. Alexander Lucius Twilight (September 23, 1795 – June 19, 1857) was an educator, minister, and politician. He is the first African American man known to have earned a BA from an American college or university, graduating from Middlebury College in 1823. He was ordained as a Congregational minister and worked in education and ministry all his career. In 1829 he became principal of the Orleans County Grammar School. There he designed and built Athenian Hall, the first granite public building in the state of Vermont. In 1836 he was the first African American elected as a state legislator, serving in the Vermont House of Representatives; he was the only African American ever elected to a state legislature before the Civil War.

His house and Athenian Hall are included in the Brownington Village Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

He was born in Bradford, Vermont. Starting around 1802, he worked for a neighboring farmer in Corinth. For the next 12 years, he read, studied, and learned mathematics while working in various farm labor positions.

He enrolled in Randolph’s Orange County Grammar School in 1815. By 1821, he completed all of the institution’s secondary school courses as well as the first two years of a college-level curriculum.

His first job was teaching in Peru, New York. He studied for the ministry with the Congregational Church and served several Congregational churches. He occasionally led worship services and delivered sermons. The Champlain Presbytery of Plattsburgh licensed him to preach. He moved to Vergennes, Vermont to teach during the week and hold weekend church services in Waltham and Ferrisburg.

He worked unsuccessfully to persuade the Vermont General Assembly not to divide school funding between Brownington and nearby Craftsbury, which had decided to open its school.

He left his job as headmaster in 1847. He taught school in Shipton and Hatley, Quebec. The school in Brownington experienced declining enrollment. Persuaded to return to Brownington, he resumed his duties as principal and pastor. He resigned as pastor in 1853 and as principal in 1855. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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newstfionline · 2 years ago

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Thursday, December 8, 2022

Quebec’s government wants to end mandatory oath to King Charles III (Washington Post) The government of Quebec introduced legislation on Tuesday that would drop the 155-year-old requirement that members of the provincial legislature swear an oath to the king of Canada. To sit in the Assemblée nationale du Québec—the French-speaking province calls its legislature the National Assembly—lawmakers must swear two oaths. One is to the Quebec people. The other��a pledge that they “will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles III”—is required by the Constitution Act of 1867. Canada is one of 15 Commonwealth realms, countries where Charles is head of state. Several have been reassessing their relationship with the monarchy since the death in September of Queen Elizabeth II, a unifying figure more beloved than her first son.

The crisis of student mental health (Washington Post) Nationally, adolescent depression and anxiety—already at crisis levels before the pandemic—have surged amid the isolation, disruption and hardship of covid-19. Even as federal coronavirus relief money has helped schools step up their efforts to aid students, they also have come up short. “The need is real, the need is dire,” said Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, who recalled hearing just that day from the district’s mental health partners that calls about suicidal thoughts had quadrupled. “We’re living through historically unprecedented times,” he said. More than 75 percent of schools surveyed in spring said their teachers and staff have voiced concerns about student depression, anxiety and trauma, according to federal data. Nearly as many schools cited a jump in the number of students seeking mental health services.

Peru’s president ousted by Congress in political crisis (AP) The president of Peru was ousted by Congress and arrested on a charge of rebellion Wednesday after he sought to dissolve the legislative body and take unilateral control of the government, triggering a grave constitutional crisis. Vice President Dina Boluarte replaced Pedro Castillo and became the first female leader in the history of the republic after hours of wrangling between the legislature and the departing president, who had tried to prevent an impeachment vote. Boluarte, a 60-year-old lawyer, called for a political truce and the installation of a national unity government. “What I ask for is a space, a time to rescue the country,” she said.

Germany: 25 arrested on suspicion of planning armed coup (AP/Foreign Policy) Thousands of police carried out a series of raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup. Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany’s 16 states against adherents of the so-called Reich Citizens movement. Some members of the grouping reject Germany’s postwar constitution and have called for the overthrow of the government. According to the Financial Times, former Bundeswehr soldiers were targeted as recruits. “The group sought to acquire recruits among Bundeswehr soldiers and police and scouted out army barracks in southern Germany to see if they could accommodate their own troops after the coup,” the FT noted. The leader of the group, Heinrich XIII—a descendant of nobles who ruled part of Germany in the 12th century—had reportedly reached out to Russian officials for support.

Ukraine Strikes More Boldly (NYT) Flame and dense smoke billowed over a Russian airfield on Tuesday after what appeared to be a third drone strike in two days by Ukraine at a military base on Russian soil, signaling a bolder phase of Ukrainian attacks enabled by longer-range weapons and unconstrained by fear of reprisal. After nine months of Russian bombardment of their towns and cities, Ukrainians cheered the taste of payback and the demonstration that their side could now reach deep into Russia, theoretically capable of hitting Moscow if it chose. The assaults also showed millions of Russians for the first time that they, too, might be vulnerable. Ukraine’s new long-range striking ability came into focus on Monday with attacks on air bases some 300 miles from the nearest Ukrainian territory, demonstrating the ability to evade Russian air defenses and hit with precision. Both the Russian government and a senior Ukrainian official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to convey sensitive information, said they were carried out by Ukraine using drones.

U.S. troops to expand patrols in Syria despite tension with Turkey (Washington Post) The Pentagon is preparing to resume full ground operations alongside Kurdish partners in northern Syria, officials said Tuesday, a move that risks further inflaming relations with NATO ally Turkey, which blames the Kurds for a deadly bombing in Istanbul last month and has threatened a ground assault in retaliation. U.S. commanders restricted such movements after Turkey unleashed air and artillery strikes on the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which in tandem with American military personnel have kept a check on the Islamic State’s lingering presence in the region. Three U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue, said it is possible Turkey could follow through on its threat to send ground forces into northern Syria this month, potentially jeopardizing the Americans there and upending what has been a relatively stable situation for the past several years.

China Eases ‘Zero Covid’ Restrictions in Victory for Protesters (NYT) The Chinese government announced on Wednesday a broad easing of its exceptionally stringent Covid restrictions, an implicit concession to public discontent after mass street protests in more than a dozen cities a week ago challenged Beijing’s authority. The changes are not a complete dismantling of China’s “zero Covid” policy, but still represent a considerable loosening of measures that have dragged down the economy by disrupting daily life for hundreds of millions of people. The policy has forced many small businesses to shutter and driven youth unemployment to nearly 20 percent, a record high. The move reduces the frequency of mandated testing, which in many parts of the country had become a near-daily chore just to move around or use public services. People who have mild or asymptomatic Covid may be allowed to isolate at home and no longer be sent to hospitals, as has been the case since the virus emerged. The government appeared to retain the use of lockdowns in buildings with cases, but said such measures should be limited and lifted quickly and that exits must not be blocked.

Strikes Across Iran Lead to Shuttered Shops and Ghost Towns (NYT) Businesses, shops and traditional bazaars in more than 50 cities across Iran were shuttered for a second day on Tuesday in what appeared to be one of the largest general strikes in decades, demonstrating the staying power of protests calling for the end to clerical rule in the country. On Monday and Tuesday, footage shared online captured scenes of ordinary life brought to a standstill. Usually bustling centers of commerce and malls in small towns and big cities resembled ghost towns. Businesses across the spectrum, from medical practices to butcher shops to supermarkets, closed their doors and told their staff not to come to work, according to residents in Tehran, Isfahan and other cities, and videos posted on social media. In the narrow alleyways and arches that shape the storied bazaars of Tehran, the capital, as well as Shiraz and Tabriz, row after row of stores, restaurants and other businesses had locked their doors, videos showed. “We must all make sacrifices,” Ahmad, a 60-year-old taxi driver who took part in the strike, said in a message from Tehran. “Young people have given their blood and lives for this revolution; I am doing the minimum.”

At the World Cup, the Arab world rallies to Palestinian cause (Washington Post) Qatar—In the aftermath of Morocco’s sensational victory over Spain, the triumphant Moroccan squad posed for a picture with a flag. It wasn’t their own green star-on-crimson banner, nor the flag of Algeria, Tunisia or Lebanon, all of which flapped in the stands in a reflection of the Pan-Arab solidarity that has coursed through the first World Cup in the Middle East. Instead, the Moroccans waved the flag of Palestine, an explicit echo of support for a cause that has suffused the whole tournament. At the match on Tuesday evening, Palestinian emblems were everywhere, draped across people’s shoulders, on scarves, on T-shirts. Still key for millions of people in the Arab world, their governments aside, is the political condition of Palestinians, millions of whom live lives circumscribed by Israel’s security interests, shorn of the same rights afforded to the Israelis around them. For years, most Arab governments conditioned normalization with Israel on the advent of a separate Palestinian state. But the process to create that state has effectively collapsed, while Israel’s new far-right government contains numerous politicians who oppose any scenarios in which Palestinian statehood could ever be viable.

Xi Visits Saudi Arabia (Foreign Policy) Chinese President Xi Jinping touches down in Saudi Arabia today (Wednesday) to begin a three-day-long trip aimed at strengthening the two nations’ burgeoning economic relationship. Over the years, the two nations’ economies have become increasingly intertwined, with China emerging as Saudi Arabia’s top trading partner and Riyadh becoming Beijing’s biggest crude oil supplier. Outside of trade, they have also collaborated on technology and drones. Xi’s trip takes place at a time when historically fraught U.S.-Saudi relations have reached a low point, especially after OPEC+ decided to cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day in October. Saudi Arabia reportedly led the charge even as the United States pushed for the opposite outcome, and an infuriated Washington vowed to “reevaluate” relations afterward.

How climate change and Ukraine war have put Somalia on the brink of famine (La Stampa/Italy) In Somalia, four rainy seasons have failed to arrive, and a fifth is now failing as well. This means that land has been desiccated for almost three years, starving animals and people. But drought alone is not enough to cause these numbers. Somalia is once again a victim of the combined effects of climate change, a global food crisis, and the war that has been raging through the country for 30 years—with the jihadist group Al Shabaab controlling vast rural areas, besieging villages and towns. It’s a perfect storm that is bringing Somalia to the brink of a new famine. Repeated United Nations warnings have achieved little. Last December, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had not yet begun, the Horn of Africa was already dealing with the consequences of a fourth waterless rainy season. The United Nations had issued repeated warnings that hunger levels had been catastrophic “for more than a year,” urging countries to act before not after a declaration of famine. But the alerts have been largely ignored, and less than half of the requested, and pledged, money has been sent. Somalia has experienced two famines before: in 1992 and 2011, resulting in at least half a million deaths. “The numbers and the degree of malnutrition we are seeing in children today is exactly the same as in 2011,” says Mohamed Osman Wehliye, the doctor in charge of Baidoa’s Stabilization Center, which is run by Save the Children. He is in his early 30s and was born and raised here. He remembers the deaths of 1992 and 2011 because he was there. “I didn’t think it would happen again,” he says.

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absolute-immunities · 2 years ago

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so the backstory here is that the Constitution Act, 1867, includes the Constitution of Quebec and the Constitution of Ontario

the colonies had been united by the Quebec Act 1774, divided by the Constitution Act 1791, and united by the Act of Union 1840 into the Province of Canada

under the 1840 Constitution, the legislative assembly of Canada consisted of an equal number of seats from Quebec and Ontario—an arrangement that underrepresented Quebec and overrepresented Ontario in 1840 and was doing the reverse by 1867

the result was a bit like the Northern Ireland Assembly after the 1998 Good Friday Agreement: Westminster gave the colony a legislature that could only work if it had the consent of both national communities

and of course the Canadians just hated it

the future provinces of Quebec and Ontario wanted to be loose of the accursed Province of Canada as soon as possible and on basically whatever terms the Imperial Crown would consent to

for the Canadians, the idea was to restore an at least minimally effective government for the actual provinces—for the English to be free of the French, and the French of the English—with just enough sops to the minority interest to keep English Quebec onside: Protestant schools, Protestant banks, and Protestant criminal justice

the people of the Province of Canada in the 1860s would have been happy to make a new "Confederation of Canada" by devolving legislative powers to the restored provinces of Quebec and Ontario

the great achievement of Confederation was in getting two (2) of the four (4) Maritime provinces to cosign the separation agreement for Quebec and Ontario, and permitting the Constitution Act, 1867, to disguise an act of disunion as its opposite

but even that was an ordeal, with the governments of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia falling to antifederalists after the terms came out, trying and failing to renege on the deal, and sending antifederalist slates to the first federal Parliament

for the Canadians, the Maritimes were a kind of vestigial tail—you could take them or leave them, but you couldn't do anything with them—but Canada's caudal appendage proved useful for keeping the Colonial Office distracted while Quebec and Ontario finalized the terms of their divorce

that's why the Constitution Act, 1867, includes the Constitutions of Quebec and Ontario—they wouldn't have Constitutions without them!

the Constitutions of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are also provided for in the Constitution Act, 1867, albeit only to say "keep doing what you're doing"

and that's why Quebec can, in principle, unilaterally modify the Constitution of Canada—and so can Canada

that's what section 45 of the Constitution Act, 1982, under the Part V heading "Procedure for Amending Constitution of Canada," and right after all the wonky rules for amending the bits of the Constitution that need Parliament's consent, just says this: "the legislature of each province may exclusively make laws amending the constitution of the province"

it's just that, sometimes, "the constitution of the province" is part of the Constitution of Canada, as defined by the Constitution of Canada

there you go!

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xhxhxhx · 2 years ago

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The official and common language

Earlier this year, the National Assembly passed and the Lieutenant-Governor gave assent to An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Quebec, SQ 2022, c 12.

Section 166 adds two sections to the Constitution Act, 1867, 30 & 31 Vict, c 3 (UK), 90Q.1 and 90Q.2, and a new section heading. Section 218 provides that these provisions "come into force on 1 June 2022."

Section 90Q.1 provides that "Quebecers form a nation," and section 90Q.2 that "French shall be the only official language of Quebec. It is also the common language of the Quebec nation." The heading reads: "Fundamental Characteristics of Quebec."

The Government of Canada does not appear to recognize the amendments as part of the Constitution Act, 1867.

The Department of Justice publishes consolidated texts of what the laws of Canada. Section 31 of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, RSC 1985, c S-20, makes their publications presumptive but rebuttable evidence of the law.

The Department also publishes a consolidation of the Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982, and their amendments. The Department claims that it "contains the text of the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act, 1867), together with amendments made to it since its enactment."

As of today, the consolidation does not include sections 90Q.1 and 90Q.2.

The foot of the page reads: "Date modified: 2022-09-15." But it reads too much into the footer to suppose it means the consolidation is current to September 15, 2022, or that it purports it to be.

The Department puts the PDF on par with the HTML version of the consolidation. Both are presented as the "Full Document." The PDF only claims to be "Current to January 1, 2021." The HTML does not claim a currency date at all.

Maybe we need to wait for the next consolidation to see "Quebecers form a nation" and "[French] is the common language of the Quebec nation" in Canada's copy of our Constitution.

Maybe it doesn't matter. Unlike the Department's statutes and regulations, which have the sanction of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, nothing in our law gives the Department's versions of our Constitution any special status.

Or maybe Quebec can help us out.

You see, the Government of Quebec has published its own consolidation of the Constitution, the Codification administrative de la loi constitutionelle de 1867 et du Canada Act 1982, prepared by the Secretariat for Canadian Relations.

The second edition is current to June 1, 2022. And it includes sections 90Q.1 and 90Q.2:

The Secretariat hasn't published it in English yet, but I hope they get around to it soon. It would really help to have this resource available.

I'm not sure the English realize that Quebec just amended the Constitution of Canada.

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if-you-fan-a-fire · 2 years ago

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"L'affaire Plouffe à la Chambre," Le Soleil. May 7, 1943. Page 19. ---- L'affaire Plouffe a occupé pendant quelques minutes le temps de l'Assemblée Législative aujourd'hui quand le procureur général, l'honorable Léon Casgrain, a déclaré que le propriétaire du journal le "Moraliste", M. Alepin, prétend connaitre les noms des agresseurs de M. Plouffe et qu'il refuse de les faire connaitre à la police.

L'honorable Léon Casgrain a déclaré à ce sujet que si M. Alepin veut révéler ces noms à la police provinciale le procureur général va procéder immédiatement contre eux.

Le chef de l'opposition, l'hon. Maurice Duplessis, a exprimé son étonnement de voir qu'un particulier connait des noms que la police n'a pas pu connaitre après enquête. M. Duplessis a demandé que la justice suive son cours.

On discute ensuite, sur la deuxieme lecture, la loi présentée par M. Paul Beaulieu, député de St-Jean-Napierville, pour amender la loi des accidents du travail, afin de clarifier les termes désignant la maladie communément appelée silicose. M. Beaulieu a insisté pour obtenir que la Chambre se rende à sa demande.

L'hon. Edgar Rochette, ministre du Travail et des Mines, a répondu à M. Beaulieu qu'en 1938 le gouvernement de l'Union Nationale a ajouté à la liste des maladies a compenser, la silicose infectieuse. Aujourd'hui, pour protéger l'ouvrier, le gouvernement, par une loi, a généralisé et toutes les victimes des poussières industrielles recevront des indemnités. C'est la loi la plus généreuse qui existe et la loi du député de St-Jean est inutile et ne se rattache pas à la loi des accidents du Travail. On vote alors sur le deuxième lecture du bill Beaulieu et ce dernier est battu par 25 à 11.

On adopte ensuite, en deuxième lecture, le bill de M. C. Delagrave modifiant la loi du notariat.

A la fin de la séance, la Chambre a étudié les crédits de l'hon. Henri Groulx, ministre de la Santé.

#assemblée législative de la province de Québec #legislative assembly of quebec #quebec politics #plouffe affair #priviledged information #workplace safety #silicosis #canada during world war 2 #histoire du quebec

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B.C. EVENTS:

May 12th: Kamloops; Haus of Misfit, 275 Tranquille Rd, 1:00-3:00PM. (Letter writing)

13th: Fernie; Fernie Seniors Drop-In Centre, 572 3rd Avenue, 6:00PM. (Letter writing and Potluck)

17th: Vancouver; šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square - Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza, 750 Hornby St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

19th, Sunday: Abbotsford; Jubilee Park, 5:00PM. (Rally)

ALBERTA EVENTS:

May 11th, Saturday: Fort McMurray; Jubilee Plaza, 9909 Franklin Ave, 12:00PM. (Rally)

12th, Sunday: Red Deer; Red Deer City Hall, 4914 48 Ave, 1:00PM. (Rally)

17th, Friday: Calgary; Central Memorial Park, 1221 2 St SW, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Edmonton; Wilbert McIntyre Park, 8331 104 St NW, 6:00PM. (Rally)

SASKATCHEWAN EVENTS:

May 18th: Saskatoon; Grovenor Park United Church, 407 Cumberland Ave S, 6:00PM. (Art event)

17th: Saskatoon; Vimy Memorial Park, 500 Spadina Crescent E, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Regina; Legislative Grounds, 2405 Legislative Dr, 6:30PM. (Rally)

MANITOBA EVENTS:

May 11th: Morden; Finer Spirit, 353 Thornhill St, 3:00PM. (Letter writing)

13th: Winnipeg; Rainbow Resource Centre, 545 Broadway, 6:30-8:30PM. (Letter writing)

16th: Carman; Paul's Place, 20 1 Ave SW, 7:00-9:00PM. (Letter writing)

19th: Winnipeg; Manitoba Legislature, 450 Broadway, 12:00PM. (Rally)

ONTARIO EVENTS:

May 11th: Hamilton; Redchurch Cafe, 68 King Street E, 2:00PM. (Letter writing)

11th: Kitchener; Willow River Park, 2:00PM.

11th: Orillia, Orillia Public Library, 36 Mississaga St W, 9:00AM-2:00PM. (Letter writing)

11th: Ottawa; Ten Oaks Project, 400 Cooper Street, suite 9004, 12:00-4:00PM. (Letter writing and donuts)

13th: Deep River; Deep River Public Library, 55 Ridge Rd, 5:00PM. (Letter writing)

13th: London; Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St. E, 5:30PM. (Letter writing)

14th: Kanata; Centre33, 33 Leacock Dr, 4:00-7:00PM, youth event (ages 12-17). (Letter writing and pizza)

14th: Killaloe; North Street Community Centre, 12 North St, 5:00PM. (Letter writing)

14th: St. Catherines; Quest Community Health Centre, 145 Queenston Street, 5:30-8:30PM. (Letter writing)

14th: Ottawa; 312 Parkdale Ave, 6:00PM. (Letter writing)

14th, Tuesday: Thunder Bay; Hillcrest Park 6:00PM. (Rally)

15th: Barrie; UPlift Black, 12 Dunlop St E, 6:00-7:30PM. (Letter writing)

15th: Chatham; CK Gay Pride Association, 48 Centre St, 5:00-6:30PM. (Letter writing)

15th: Peterborough; Trinity Community Centre, 360 Reid St, 12:00-3:00PM. (Letter writing)

16th: Midland; Midland Public Library, 4:30PM. (Letter writing)

16th: Ottawa; Impact Hub, 123 Slater Street, 2:00PM. (Letter writing)

16th: Toronto; Barbara Hall Park, 519 Church St, 11:30AM. (Rally)

17th, Friday: Barrie; City Hall, 70 Collier St, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Cornwall; 167 Pitt St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

17th: Essex; St. Paul's Anglican Church, 92 St. Paul St, 6:00-8:00PM. (Letter writing and pizza)

17th: Hamilton; City Hall, 71 Main St W, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Kitchener; City Hall, 200 King St W, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: London; City Hall, 300 Dufferin Ave, 6:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Sarnia; City Hall, 255 Christina St N, 1:00PM. (Rally)

17th: Sault Ste Marie; City Hall, 99 Foster Dr, 11:30AM. (Rally)

17th: Ottawa; Confederation Park, Elgin St, 5:30PM. (Rally)

22nd: Renfrew; 161 Raglan St. South, 7:00PM. (Letter writing, fashion and makeup event, and pizza)

QUEBEC EVENTS:

May 15th: Lachute; CDC Lachute, 57, rue Harriet, 12:30PM. (Letter writing event)

NEW BRUNSWICK EVENTS:

May 14th: Saint John; Chroma NB, 223 Germain St, 4:00-6:30PM, (use Queen St side door) (Letter writing and pizza)

17th: Saint John; City Hall, 15 Market Square, 12:30PM. (Rally, flag raising)

18th, Saturday: Fredericton; Legislative Grounds, 706 Queen Street, 1:00PM. (Rally)

P.E.I. EVENTS:

May 17th: Charlottetown; PEI Legislative Assembly, 165 Richmond St, 12:00PM. (Rally)

NFLD EVENTS:

May 13th: Grand Falls-Windsor; Harmsworth Public Library, 1 Cromer Avenue, 6:30PM.

YUKON EVENTS:

16th: Whitehorse; The Cache, 4230 4 Ave, 2:00-7:00PM. (Letter writing)

NUNAVUT EVENTS:

May 16th, Thursday: Iqaluit; Four Corners, 922 Niaqunngusiariaq St, 5:00PM. (Letter writing)

Reference links:

About the Rainbow Week of Action.

Website letter writing events list (does not include all events)

General events website list (does not include all events)

Instagram general events image list

Instagram letter writing / pizza party image list

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Trudeau and the Façade of Progress

In 2015, the Liberal Party of Canada swept away the former Conservative government led by Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau emerged as a titan of Canadian politics. Elected on the “most progressive platform” of the campaign, Trudeau had to rebuild Canada from the regressive Conservative government that preceded his. Trudeau’s unmistakable optimism and charm, much like his father’s, granted him a lot of success in contrast to the coldness of his predecessor and saved his party from the brink of collapse. Before and after the collapse of his majority in 2019, his party, despite having support on progressive causes from the New Democrats, has failed in key areas to deliver on his progressive agenda.

Essay continues below the read more.

Electoral reform, a major policy issue going back a century, was a major component of the 2015 election. Harper was elected by 39% of Canadians, but granted 100% of the power due to the First-Past-The-Post system. A plurality of Canadians supported electoral reform in 2015, which was meant to be the “last election under” the system. The Liberal government initially proposed a rank ballot option, which would have given them an even larger majority, from 184 seats to 224, before scrapping the idea, arguing that there was too much disagreement. Since then we have had two more elections under this system, both of which the Liberals lost the popular vote but maintained their government. Trudeau’s liberal party exploited discontent with Harper to dishonestly grab power in 2015 and are abusing the same system which he had used to get his majority in 2011.

The Liberal Party of Quebec collapsed in 2018, making way for the conservative Coalition avenir Québec to dominate politics in the province. Since their election, the CAQ has brought the province into controversy after controversy through its introduction of increasingly bigoted bills. In 2019, the National Assembly passed Bill 21, which claims to promote secularism but in reality it bans visible religious minorities from the civil service. Due to the continuing popularity of the CAQ and the necessity for the Liberals to maintain their dominance in Quebec federally to form government, the Liberal party has been apprehensive to even touch on issues around this bill. Trudeau has threatened to challenge the bill during both the 2019 and 2021 election cycles but has thus far refused to act. With the introduction of Bill 2, which will put both sex and gender, functionally requiring information about one’s genitals, on drivers licenses, it has become clear the party will continue its assault on marginalized communities. Despite adding gender to the list of protected categories under Canadian human rights and hate crime legislations, Trudeau will likely fail to act as he has for religious minorities in Quebec.

Bill C-6, a bill presented by Trudeau’s government, sought to criminalize conversion therapy. In 2019, the government claimed that conversion therapy, as a healthcare procedure, was provincial jurisdiction, despite this in October 2020 the Bill was introduced and over the next month passed through its first two readings in the House of Commons. Following a parliamentary report in April the Bill was delayed into June through resistance by the Conservative Party. It easily passed through its third reading in June and was sent to the Senate, which conducted two readings just before their summer recess began. With the bill mere weeks away from passage, Trudeau called an election, dissolving parliament and killing Bill C-6. Immediately, the Prime Minister began using the very Bill he had terminated as an election promise, despite the fact that it had already gone through nearly the entirety of the passage process already.

In 2019, Canada’s Human Rights Tribunal ruled that required the government to pay tens of thousands of dollars to victims of Canada’s underfunded Indigenous welfare system, the Trudeau administration has spent the last two years fighting it tooth and nail. In September, a Federal Court refused the government’s appeal and gave them little more than a month to submit another appeal. On October 29, the last day to appeal, they submitted another appeal. The Canadian government insists the goal is to “get compensation right,” when in reality they are seeking to minimize costs, as the Tribunal awarded the maximum legal compensation possible.

Climate change ravaged the country in the summer of 2021, while the government gave the fossil fuel industry billions in subsidies in 2020. According to government estimates, these subsidies exceed the cost of implementing a national universal pharmacare program across the country. While the Liberal government has taken steps to achieve the minimum target of the Paris Climate Accords, it must be acknowledged that the Canadian government bought the Trans Mountain Pipeline with billions of public tax dollars and refused to use their constitutional powers to upend the Keystone XL pipeline until it was brought down by the Biden administration in 2021. The two degree target Trudeau seeks to meet is not enough, yet his government continues to drag its feet on ending subsidies, which they claim they will do in 2023.

#Canadian Politics #justin trudeau #canpoli #liberal party #progressive

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[ID: a series of graphics promoting the 100K March for Gaza on November 4 organized by the Palestine Youth Movement. The graphics show the Canadian cities where rallies will take place, along with specific times and locations. They are:

Toronto, ON - 2 PM @ US Consulate (360 University Ave)

Ottawa, ON - 2 PM @ Parliament Hill

Montreal, QC - 2 PM @ 175 St-Catherine St W

Nanaimo, BC - 2 PM @ Maffeo Sutton Park

Victoria, BC - 2 PM @ Legislative Assembly

Winnipeg, MB - 1 PM @ US Consulate

Fredericton, NB - 12 PM @ City Hall

St John’s, NL - 1:30 PM @ Harbourside Park

Halifax, NS - 2 PM @ Province House & 7 PM @ Park Victoria

Sydney, NS - 1 PM @ City Hall

Guelph, ON - 11 AM @ City Hall

Kingston, ON - 2 PM @ City Hall

London, ON - 11 AM @ City Hall

Thunder Bay, ON - 3 PM @ Hillcrest Park

Markham, ON - 2 PM @ Markham City Centre

Mississauga, ON - 4 PM @ Mississauga City Hall

Windsor, ON - 2 PM @ Sunset & University

Quebec City, QC - 2 PM @ Place De L'Universite Du Quebec

Whitehorse, YT - 2 PM @ Healing Totem Pole (Main & Front St)

Charlottetown, PEI - 2 PM @ Cenotaph

Calgary, AB - 12 PM @ Tompkins Park

Edmonton, AB - 2 PM @ Churchill Square

Regina, SK - 2:30 PM @ Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Saskatoon, SK - 2:30 PM @ City Hall

End ID.]

Tomorrow, the Palestinian Youth Movement issued a call to action to all supporters of Palestine in Canada to support the protestors who are going to be protesting in D.C. at the White House tomorrow. Here is the list of all the protests that have been confirmed for tomorrow. Remember to wear a mask or cover the lower half of your face with a kuffiyeh, to avoid detection by harassment and doxxing campaign orgs. Stay safe and spread the message.

#current events #desc #go if you can!

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John Graves Simcoe

For those who don't know much about John Graves Simcoe, I am going to be posting some fun things, as a Canadian who has lived his entire life in towns/places impacted by Simcoe himself. These are from his time in Canada, since I assume those who have seen TURN have a very vague idea of what he did in the Revolutionary War (even though it's very inaccurate).

John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. He founded York (now Toronto) and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law, trial by jury, English common law, and freehold land tenure, and also in the abolition of slavery in Canada.

His long-term goal was the development of Upper Canada (Ontario) as a model community built on aristocratic and conservative principles, designed to demonstrate the superiority of those principles to the republicanism and democracy of the United States. His energetic efforts were only partially successful in establishing a local gentry, a thriving Church of England, and an anti-American coalition with select Indigenous nations. He is seen by many Canadians as a founding figure in Canadian history, especially by those in Southern Ontario.[3] He is commemorated in Toronto with Simcoe Day.

First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (known today as; Ontario.)

The Constitutional Act 1791 divided Canada into the Provinces of Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec). The Act established separate governments and legislative assemblies for each province. Lower Canada was the French-speaking eastern portion, which retained the French civil law and protections for the Roman Catholic Church established when Britain took over the area after its defeat of the French in the Seven Years' War. Upper Canada was the western area, newly settled after the American Revolutionary War. The settlers were mostly English speakers, including Loyalists from the Thirteen Colonies, and also the Six Nations of the Iroquois, who had been British allies during the war. The Crown had purchased land from the Mississauga and other First Nations to give the Loyalists land grants in partial compensation for property lost in the United States, and to help them set up new communities and develop this territory.[18]

Simcoe was appointed Lieutenant-Governor on 12 September 1791, and left for Canada with his wife Elizabeth and daughter Sophia, leaving three daughters behind in England with their aunt. They left England in September and arrived in Canada on 11 November. Due to severe weather, the Simcoes spent the winter in Quebec City. Simcoe finally reached Kingston, Upper Canada on 24 June 1792.[17]

In a proclamation on 16 July 1792, he renamed several islands at the mouth of the archipelago at the head of the St. Lawrence river for the victorious Generals at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (Amherst Island, Gage Island, Wolfe Island, and Howe Island).[19]

Under the Constitutional Act, the provincial government consisted of the Lieutenant-Governor, an appointed Executive Council and Legislative Council, and an elected Legislative Assembly. The first meeting of the nine-member Legislative Council and sixteen-member Legislative Assembly took place at Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) on 17 September 1792.

Following Simcoe's work precipitated by the Chloe Cooley incident, the Assembly passed the first Act Against Slavery in the British Empire in 1793, and the English colonists of Upper Canada took pride in this distinction with respect to the French-Canadian populace of Lower Canada. The Upper Canadians valued their common law legal system, as opposed to the civil law of Quebec, which had chafed them ever since 1763. This was one of the primary reasons for the partition of 1791. Simcoe collaborated extensively with his Attorney-General John White on the file.

The principles of the British Constitution do not admit of that slavery which Christianity condemns. The moment I assume the Government of Upper Canada under no modification will I assent to a law that discriminates by dishonest policy between natives of Africa, America, or Europe.

— John Graves Simcoe, Address to the Legislative Assembly[20]

Slavery was thus ended in Upper Canada long before it was abolished in the British Empire as a whole. By 1810, there were no slaves in Upper Canada, but the Crown did not abolish slavery throughout the Empire until 1834.

Simcoe's first priority was the Northwest Indian War between the United States and the "Western Confederacy" of Native Americans west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of the Great Lakes (the Shawnee, Miami, Wyandot, and other tribes). This conflict had begun in 1785, and was still raging when Simcoe arrived in 1792. Simcoe had hoped to form an Indian buffer state between the two countries, even though he distrusted Joseph Brant, the main Indian leader. Simcoe rejected the section of the Treaty of Paris (1783) which awarded that area to the US, on the grounds that American actions had nullified the treaty.[21] However, the French Revolutionary Wars broke out in 1793. The government in London decided to seek good terms with the United States. Simcoe was instructed to avoid giving the US reason to mistrust Britain but, at the same time, to keep the Natives on both sides of the border friendly to Britain. The Indians asked for British military support, which was initially refused, but in 1794 Britain supplied the Indians with rifles and ammunition.[22]

In February 1794, the governor general, Lord Dorchester, expecting the US to ally with France, said that war was likely to break out between the US and Britain before the year was out. This encouraged the Indians in their war. Dorchester ordered Simcoe to rally the Indians and arm British vessels on the Great Lakes. He also built Fort Miami (present-day Maumee, Ohio) to supply the Indians. Simcoe expelled Americans from a settlement on the southern shore of Lake Erie which had threatened British control of the lake. US President Washington denounced the "irregular and high-handed proceeding of Mr. Simcoe."[23] While Dorchester planned for a defensive war, Simcoe urged London to declare war: "Upper Canada is not to be defended by remaining within the boundary line."[24] Dorchester was officially reprimanded by the Crown for his strong speech against the Americans in 1794.

Simcoe realised that Newark made an unsuitable capital because it was on the Canada–US border and subject to attack. He proposed moving the capital to a more defensible position, in the middle of Upper Canada's southwestern peninsula between Lake Erie and Lake Huron. He named the new location London, and renamed the river there the Thames in anticipation of the change. Dorchester rejected this proposal, but accepted Simcoe's second choice, the present site of Toronto. Simcoe moved the capital there in 1793, and renamed the settlement York after Frederick, Duke of York, King George III's second son. The town was severely underdeveloped at the time of its founding so he brought with him politicians, builders, Nova Scotia timber men, and Englishmen skilled in whipsawing and cutting joists and rafters.[25]

Simcoe began construction of two roads through Upper Canada, for defence and to encourage settlement and trade. Yonge Street (named after British Minister of War Sir George Yonge) ran north–south from York to Lake Simcoe. Soldiers of the Queen's Rangers began cutting the road in August 1793, reaching Holland Landing in 1796. Dundas Street (named for Colonial Secretary Henry Dundas) ran east–west, between York and London.

The Northwest Indian War ended after the United States defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. They made peace under the Treaty of Greenville. While still at war with France, Britain could not afford to antagonise the US in the Jay Treaty of 1794, and agreed to withdraw north of the Great Lakes, as agreed in the Treaty of Paris (1783). Simcoe evacuated the frontier forts.

Legacy

In the winter of 1779, the first known Valentine's Day letter in America was given by then Lieutenant Colonel John Simcoe to Sarah 'Sally' Townsend.[31]

Simcoe Street in Oyster Bay, New York is named after him for his destruction of a vast apple orchard and reconstruction of a hill fort on the site.[32]

Act Against Slavery passed in 1793, leading to the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada by 1810. It was superseded by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 that abolished slavery across the British Empire.

Simcoe named London, Ontario and the River Thames in Upper Canada.

He named Lake Simcoe and Simcoe County to the west and north of Lake Simcoe in honour of his father.

Simcoe named his summer home Castle Frank for his first son Francis Gwillim, who was preceded by eight daughters. (It is in what is now named Cabbagetown, a neighbourhood in downtown Toronto.)[33]

The Ontario Heritage Foundation placed a plaque in Exeter's cathedral precinct to commemorate his life.

Simcoe's regiment is still called the Queen's York Rangers, now an armoured reconnaissance regiment of the Canadian Forces reserves.

Many places in Canada were named in honour of Simcoe:

The town of Simcoe in southwestern Ontario

The Simcoe Fairgrounds in Simcoe.

Civic Holiday, a statutory holiday celebrated throughout Canada under a variety of names by region,[34] was established in honour of Simcoe by the Toronto City Council in 1869.[35] Other Ontario municipalities and then other provinces soon took up the holiday as well, leading to its Canada-wide status, but without any attribution to Simcoe. In 1965, the Toronto City Council declared the holiday would henceforth be known as Simcoe Day within Toronto.[35] Attempts have been made to have the official provincial name—still Civic Holiday[34]—amended, but none have succeeded.

Governor Simcoe Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario

Governor Simcoe Public School. Grades K – 8, in London, Ontario. The now closed and demolished school was located at the corner of Simcoe and Clarence Streets.

Three parallel streets in downtown Toronto, John Street, Graves Street, and Simcoe Street, are all located near the fort where Simcoe lived during his early years in York and were named for him. Graves Street was later renamed Duncan Street.

Simcoe Street, Simcoe Street United Church, and Simcoe Hall Settlement House in Oshawa.

Simcoe Street in New Westminster and Simcoe Park was named by Colonel Moody in reference to the surveying of the area after the city of Toronto.

Simcoe Street, Simcoe Street School and the Simcoe Street School Tigers Bantam Baseball Team of Niagara Falls

Simcoe Island, located near Kingston, Ontario

Simcoe Hall, located on the St. George campus of the University of Toronto

John Graves Simcoe Armoury, located on Industrial Parkway in Aurora, Ontario

There are two places named for Simcoe with the title Lord, but Simcoe was not made a Lord in his lifetime. They are the following:

Lord Simcoe Drive in Brampton, Ontario

Lord Simcoe Hotel, which operated from 1956 to 1981

Captain John Kennaway Simcoe, the last member of the Simcoe family, died without issue in 1891 and was survived by his widow beyond 1911

In Popular Culture

A fictionalised version of John Graves Simcoe is a primary antagonist in the 2014–2017 AMC drama Turn: Washington's Spies, portrayed by Samuel Roukin.[37] He is portrayed in the series as a cruel and ruthless sociopath.

Despite the strong fictionalisation of the namesake TV-show character, several biographical aspects of the latter's historical counterpart appear to have been adapted for and transferred onto the fictional character Edmund Hewlett. For instance, Hewlett's romantic ambitions regarding Anna Strong in the series resemble Simcoe's courtship of Sarah Townsend, sister of Culper Ring spy Robert Townsend, for whom he wrote a poem that is thought to be the first verifiable valentine on the North American continent.[38] It is presumed that Townsend, much like the fictionalised portrayal of Anna Strong on Turn, may have gathered and passed on intelligence gleaned from her unsuspecting suitor to the Culper Ring.

Similarly, Hewlett's close bond with his horse Bucephalus (presumably named after Bucephalus, the horse of Alexander the Great) which overarches all four seasons, appears to have been inspired by history: in 1783, John Graves Simcoe sent a series of letters to New York in order to find the horse he had ridden on campaign, Salem. Salem was located and Simcoe subsequently paid the considerable sum of £40 to have him shipped to England and thus returned to him.[39] Shortly before his departure to Upper Canada almost a decade later, it is reported he was greatly concerned for Salem's welfare in his absence, therefore making arrangements for the latter's care and upkeep.[40]

source; Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graves_Simcoe)

Now for some images, taken by me in Chatham, as well as Queen's Park in Toronto.

Now, some fun facts about me, related to Simcoe:

I was born in Chatham/Chatham-Kent

I go to high school in Simcoe County

I'm debating going to college in Toronto (to become a history teacher)

I've been to the Simcoe County Museum, where they have a bust of Simcoe and a whole wall of information about him (from what I could see- I was there on a WWI field trip and didn't really get to explore)

Every where I've lived/been to school, has been impacted by John Graves Simcoe.

In reality, he was not that bad a dude. TURN just TURNed (ha, get it) into the psychopathic antagonist they wanted. Alright, this has been fun but I need to go study Canadian law, piece homies.

#john graves simcoe #captain simcoe #john graves simcoe facts #queens rangers #i dont know what to tag anymore #turn: washington's spies

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