Rockabye Baby
Tune: Rockabye Baby Rockabye baby, on the tree top That’s the place where your mom and your pop Will find the care that’s cheapest to get For hundred-buck daycare Harper has set. Hundred-buck care (less taxes of course), We will soon see it put in full force. We find our minder, we check them out With no regulations, no rules and no clout. Parents need daycare planned and secure Treetops are not so stable and sure. Treetops will rent for a few bucks or more, But we need good daycare! Show Harper the door!
Read MoreOn the Hill (Child Care)
Tune: Jack and Jill Stephen Harper on the Hill Just listen to the Grannies: Giving parents cash in hand Is not a child care program! Children are not property, We all must help to raise them, Build our future citizens Through public funded childcare. Stephen Harper, public good Is why you are in office. Forget the Tory party line And listen to the people! Families need our support And child care is one answer: Professional, accessible And universal child care.
Read MoreDay Care
tune: Yellow Bird Day care, day care We need it now and we need a lot Kids need day care Whether moms can pay the fees or not. Single moms or married, if they have kids Need to find a place they can afford. Day care at the moment is on the skids No money for them – but the army has scored. Kid’s care. Day care. Make it available for every one. Give a fair share Let our love affair with war be done.
Read MoreEnvironment 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 MoreSong for the Sisters in Spirit
Tune: America the Beautiful Now here we stand on Native land to protest every rose who was adored and died, ignored — a crime we now expose. We call upon authorities of every kind and creed: Step up and do your duty to investigate each deed. When they were lost their lives were tossed away like falling leaves. No searching parties far and wide would happy ends achieve. We know too well these women died because we don’t respect the choices and the pain of those with whom we don’t connect.
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