Environment Assessment Act
Tune: Mademoiselle from Armentiers The Environment Assessment Act Review is coming soon Stephen Harper sings the corporations’ tune Mining companies’ short-term gain Leaves the land with long-term pain – Sick caribou, and silent loon. We know that mines leave toxic waste, that’s nothing new That’s why we need a strong environmental review It can’t be left to happenstance Our rivers wouldn’t stand a chance The public needs to know – that’s me and you! But nobody’s heard about this, they’re not telling us It...
Read MoreWomens Day
I rode my bike down to Sparks and Elgin for noon. As you suspected,Jo, no other Grannies were there. But a fine gang of PSAC women and some men were there, handing out banners, noise-makers and “pink slips” We walked up to the PMs office, now protected by police in protective gear, and a new barricade. Irene Mathyssen,NDP MP spoke (but the loudspeaker did not work!) She emphasised that women had not yet gained equality in Canada. Others spoke – we could mail the pink slip to the PM-for free of course! I got some great shots, to be published ASAP We gave Stephen the Pink Slip.
Read MoreGeriatric Sex
TUNE: There will always be an England I’m sixty and I’m sexy At least that’s what I hear From the programs seen on TV And the talk shows on the air. The magazines and articles By some authority, Are telling me at sixty I’m as sexy as can be I’m seventy and sensual Though it really doesn’t show Geriatric experts tell me I’m mature and all aglow They say hidden wells of passion Are bubbling up in me And at seventy I’ve hit my peak Of sensuality! Oh I’m eighty and I ought to, There’s no time to put things off. No excuses like ‘I’m breathless’ Or,...
Read MoreWho Needs Kyoto
(Tune: I’m Just Wild About Harry) The North is getting much hotter Ice caps melting in the sea Don’t show us a photo We don’t need Kyoto Everything’s fine, you see Hurricanes coming weekly Floods as deep as they can be Oh, we don’t need to do Kyoto We just need taxing cuts That takes lots of guts Our planet’s fine, you can see. Harper’s got a strict program Each step his priority Kyoto’s annoying Not very buoying To his Prime Ministry So ignore all the disasters He’s got superiority He’ll just make Mother Nature shut...
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(Tune: I’m Just Wild About Harry) The North is getting much hotter Ice caps melting in the sea Don’t show us a photo We don’t need Kyoto Everything’s fine, you see Hurricanes coming weekly Floods as deep as they can be Oh, we don’t need to do Kyoto We just need taxing cuts That takes lots of guts Our planet’s fine, you can see. Harper’s got a strict program Each step his priority Kyoto’s annoying Not very buoying To his Prime Ministry So ignore all the disasters He’s got superiority He’ll just make Mother Nature shut...
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