Grannies hold Nuclear Tea Party to warn of planned nuclear waste dump near Ottawa River
Very few people in Ottawa are aware that a nuclear waste dump, 9 stories high and 100 football fields in width is going to be built in Chalk River, near the Ottawa River. The Grannies want to sound the alarm. Ottawa’s water supply is threatened. So the Grannies, along with Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County set up a tea party, complete with goodies, ice tea and hot tea to attract people to come and learn about this huge dump of nuclear waste to be covered in plastic and placed near the Ottawa River. Check out the video. Get more info at...
Read MoreSwat Steve!
(Tune: The Daring Young Man on the FlyingTrapeze) He loves all the wars and he found one for us When soldiers come back they are told not to fuss No money is coming to them or to us It makes us all want to swat Steve. (Swat Steve! – yell, waving swatters) He’s working at weakening our social net And thinks selling weapons the greatest thing yet When women are murdered no inquiry they get It makes us all want to swat Steve. (Swat Steve!) Bill C-51 it will muzzle us all Just like the scientists under a pall No more demonstrations, no dissent at all Nobody must argue with...
Read MoreOttawa Grans at National Day of Protest against Bill C-51
A large, energetic crowd of around 1000 came out to protest Bill C-51, the so-called “anti-terrorism” bill that will virtually bring the secret police and wide suppression of peaceful protest to Canada. The Raging Grannies were there to sing about the bill and were asked to sing it again. Check out the video and check out the words.
Read MoreBill C-51 Song
Bill C-51 Tune: Teddy Bears’ Picnic If you go onto the Hill today, you’re in for a big surprise If you go onto the Hill today, you’d better go in disguise For every spy and spook in the land Has all your data at their command, Whatever you do, They’re labeling you A terrorist! Don’t demonstrate for hiking trails, For food for children or medical care for veterans; Don’t go out to save the whales And never, ever mention climate change Voting is the only thing A simple citizen is ever allowed to do Just watch the world go to hell in a handcart Or you’ll be clapped in...
Read MoreCathleen’s letter to the editor on so-called anti-terror bill C-51
February 17, 2015 The Globe and Mail Letters to the Editor Liberties, taken In his eloquent article on the “anti-terror” bill, Campbell Clark writes, “CSIS is not allowed to target lawful dissent” (Flawed Anti-Terror Bill Deserves Serious Scrutiny – Feb. 16). I would not be too sure of that. After all, the Canada Revenue Agency has done a terrific job of targeting public interest advocacy groups and charities that dare express an opinion on climate change or the environment. There is no cause for complacency in this case: This bill, if passed, would take us well on the way to a...
Read MoreA Plea for Toilets in the LRT Stations.
The Ottawa Raging Grannies came out in numbers to a meeting of the City Environment Committee where the budget was being discussed. Our purpose was to sing in favour of public toilets in the new LRT stations. We are concerned with the cost of retrofitting the LRT stations with toilets, since it is much cheaper to do it right the first time. Our main purpose was to address the environmental cost of a lack of public toilets. As Granny Ria Heynen, stated: “I frequently use the bus transit station at Lincoln Fields. The smell in both the elevators is overwhelming. With no public toilet,...
Read MoreGotta Go! A Plea for Toilets in the LRT.
(Tune: Be Prepared, The Boy Scouts’ Marching Song) Gotta Go! No use telling me to wait When I know that it soon will be too late Gotta find the nearest possible dépot Can’t just tell my personal river not to flow. Gotta go! Whether pee or dreaded poo Where to go? When the world is watching you It isn’t just the tourists who must find a better way Though Ottawa’s the capital, we live here every day If you build it we will come, and there’s the woe – Gotta go! Need to pee! When we take the LRT It’s the key in the Park...
Read MoreOttawa Grans infiltrate Canadian Club lunch where President of Energy East Pipeline was speaking.
Armed with two banners and four tickets at $40 each (senior rate), members of the Ottawa Raging Grannies infiltrated a Canadian Club lunch where the corporate group gathered to hear the President of Energy East, Francois Poirer, praise the pipeline. The grannies wanted to bring a different message to the crowd and to the press. During his speech, Grannies Bessa, Gale, Jo and Ria stood, unfurled banners smuggled inside their purses, and walked silently to stand in front of the speaker. The banners said “You can’t drink oil” and “Stop Energy East”. ...
Read MoreOttawa Raging Grannies join environmental groups in Energy East Pipeline protest.
The Premiers meeting in the Delta Hotel was too much to resist as a venue for protesting the Ottawa East Pipeline, particularly making the point that the Elephant in the Room is climate change. Along with Ecology Ottawa, Council of Canadians, Greenpeace Canada and 350.org, we turned up with a large elephant and elephant signs. Bessa, Gale, Jo, Leslie Anne, Linda, Martha, Pat, Ria, and Terrie all braved the windy, cold day to hold our signs and sing two songs created just for the occassion: “There’s an elephant in the room” and “The elephant in the room.”...
Read MoreThere’s an elephant in the room!
(Tune: Found a Peanut) There’s an elephant (x3) in the room Though the Premiers they ignore it There’s an elephant in the room There’s an elephant (x3) in the room All around us climate changes There’s an elephant in the room. There are floods and global warming Storms we’ve never seen before There are holes up in the ozone Oceans creeping up the shore. Underground there will be pipelines More pollution they will make We’ll have oil spills, lots of carbon Cleaning up’s no piece of cake. They ignore it, they have blinkers ...
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