Cathleen’s letter in the Citizen on removing the bear/salmon sculpture.
Iconic symbol of the Canadian wild Letter to the Editor, Ottawa Citizen, March 23, 2013 Re: Widow irate at plan for Stanley Cup monument, March 19 and Widow might OK moving sculpture, March 20. Let me get this straight. Canada’s National Capital is planning to remove a sculpture – Bruce Garner’s Territorial Prerogative – an iconic symbol of the Canadian wild, and replace it with a monument to a trophy? For those who don’t know the importance of bear and salmon, I had the good fortune to live for some years very close to the Adams River in the interior of B.C.,...
Read MoreGet Sick, You’ll make somebody richer
Tune: Glory, Glory Oh, listen to the pussy-footing ’round and round the block hinting here and hinting there this privatizing talk At universal medicare they’re starting now to balk It’s now full speed ahead. Get sick, you’ll make somebody richer (x3) It’s for-profit healthcare now!! Two-level medicine is great if you’re on top Too bad if all the rest will have to wait until they drop. Medicine’s a business that’ll never have to flop And it’s now full speed ahead!! The sicker we get, the richer we will make them...
Read MoreGeriatric Sexpot
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 t.v. And the talk shows on the air. The magazines print articles By some authority, All telling me at 60 I’m as sexy as can be! f’m seventy and sensual, Though it really doesn’t show. Geriatric experts tell me I’m mature and ell 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...
Read MorePat takes on Deportations in the Citizen
Shoddy immigration gets an F grade By Patricia Howard, Ottawa Citizen March 18, 2013 11:34 AM Re: Little Italy Bakery owner allowed to remain in Canada, March 12. It’s hard to believe the cruelty described in the story about this Italian man, Massimo Marti, here on a visitor’s visa, whose family had been deported earlier in March – and himself nearly so – because his work permit applications contained mistakes. So much pain and misery, so much humiliation, and all so unnecessary. Why all the suspicion? Why so much meanness on the part of officialdom these...
Read MoreGrannies at International Women’s Day FEMICON event
When asked to perform at FEMICON, we indicated that we are an activist group, not a choir. But we wanted to support International Women’s Day, so we offered to talk about song writing instead. The organizers agreed. So, in front of a packed auditorium, we explained who the Raging Grannies are, how we decide on issues, and how we write our songs. For example, we mentioned how we want to use satire and bring current events into our songs. To keep things lively, we donned our Granny outfits on stage and unfurled some of our recent banners while talking. We then sang a song,...
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