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felis_ultharusSo Pride week came to a close today. We tabled for two days in a row for the NDP at the GLBT community days. We got a huge response to our two petitions -- one to ask Stephen Harper not to re-open the same-sex marriage debate, and the other to put in trans people as a protected group in the Human Rights Code.
A huge number of former Bloc Québécois voters said they're going to vote NDP next election -- Duceppe's managed to piss them off by being so chummy with Harper.
Halfway through, the community fair emptied out as everyone marched to protest the bombing of Lebanon. A handful of us watched the tables -- though Helem, the gay Lebanese group, stayed around to collect donations for the wounded and signatures on their own petitions.
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melting_penguin and bananality dropped by, which was a nice surprise.
I got to the closing ceremonies of the Outgames. I appreciate all of Mark Tewksbury's work, but he should be restricted by restraining order from approaching within 200 metres of the French language.
(Liza Minelli sang. I'm not really a fan of her music, but I felt really bad for her as she died onstage for her first two numbers. She was trying so hard, too -- she seemed almost lucid through most of it, though quite obviously drunk. But she brought back the crowd when she started singing from Cabaret.)
Andjenjoou throws a lovely party, but now I shall never be able to pass a barrel again without uttering the word "Barrel" in a growly voice.
A huge number of former Bloc Québécois voters said they're going to vote NDP next election -- Duceppe's managed to piss them off by being so chummy with Harper.
Halfway through, the community fair emptied out as everyone marched to protest the bombing of Lebanon. A handful of us watched the tables -- though Helem, the gay Lebanese group, stayed around to collect donations for the wounded and signatures on their own petitions.
And
melting_penguin and bananality dropped by, which was a nice surprise.I got to the closing ceremonies of the Outgames. I appreciate all of Mark Tewksbury's work, but he should be restricted by restraining order from approaching within 200 metres of the French language.
(Liza Minelli sang. I'm not really a fan of her music, but I felt really bad for her as she died onstage for her first two numbers. She was trying so hard, too -- she seemed almost lucid through most of it, though quite obviously drunk. But she brought back the crowd when she started singing from Cabaret.)
And
jenjoou throws a lovely party, but now I shall never be able to pass a barrel again without uttering the word "Barrel" in a growly voice.![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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Date: 2006-08-07 12:20 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-08-07 08:29 am (UTC)That said, I'm pretty sure my roommate pulled a copy of the petitions from somewhere online. As soon as I figure out where that is, you could print them up, pass them around, and send them in.
I'll try to find out.
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Date: 2006-08-07 08:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-08-08 09:51 am (UTC)It'll have to be sent in to Bill Siksay by the end of the month -- fortunately, postage to Members of Parliament is free. I'll send the address in the email.
It can't be signed electronically, because it requires physical signatures to be valid. There're places for name, signature, city (because only Canadian citizens and permanent residents can sign), and an optional place for email address (in case Bill wants to send back information -- I don't think that's decided yet). But the email address is not required.