Pipeline Song for Climate Fast
(tune: Flying Trapeze) Don’t give us a pipeline as big as this hose A leak of this size who knows how far it goes Of course it must leak that’s as plain as your nose Nobody can stop it, you know. How fast can we sell all our assets away No jobs for refining the crude on the way And then Harper’s petro state’s well on the way And Canada hits a new low. Nobody knows what goes into the pipes Nobody knows it, so nobody gripes But naphtha and benzine are poisonous types That get that old tarsands to flow. And if it gets out, as it...
Read MoreOttawa Grans at Climate Justice Fast
For the third year, a group of activists have fasted on Parliament Hill while engaging in conversations with MPs and others on the importance of climate change action. Check them out at climatefast.ca/. This year, the Ottawa Raging Grannies came to show support and sing about pipelines. We were holding a garden hose with a sign that said “This pipeline is too big!! You can’t drink...
Read MoreA monument has popped up on the Supreme Court grounds
Front of Harper’s Bus A view of Harper’s Bus Side of Harper’s Bus Back of Harper’s Bus A few of the victims. OTTAWA : 11 am, 26 September, 2014, Grounds of the Supreme Court of Canada The Ottawa Raging Grannies have constructed a monument to all victims “thrown under the bus” by the Harper government. The large blue cardboard bus is labelled Monument to the Victims of C, and popped up near the proposed site of a...
Read MoreUnder the Bus in Harperland
UNDER HARPER”S BUS Under the bus goes Parliament No debate and no dissent Democracy is badly bent In Harperland. Junior staff go under the bus Take it on the chin. That’s the game you’re in. Fact is, Robocalls R Us In Harperland. Budget watchdog is under the bus He told the facts and got the axe No more Parliament spending stats In Harperland. Ending poverty is under the bus Poor don’t count if they’re not us These are things they won’t discuss In Harperland. Under the bus goes the safety net Either eat or you’re in debt Helping...
Read MoreHere We Come!
Tune: Alexander’s Ragtime Band Here we come, here we come! Every Granny’s got her drum, Here we come, here we come! Causing pandemonium, Saying no to XL with the loudest decibel Idle No More, they’ll be glad to shut the door To every tarsands site they found, Leave it underground! Here we go, here we go, Letting corporations know It’s a scam, it’s a scam Selling oil to the last dram, And if it’s true they’ve got the money We’ve got the numbers! Join the band! join the band! We are off to save the land.
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