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Originally posted by Ben81
They were 300 000 that day
each day brings a different number of people
The biggest environmental protest in Canada’s history took place in the streets of Montreal today on Earth Day. People from all across Quebec rallied to tell Prime Minister Stephen Harper that they do not support his decision to withdraw from the Kyoto protocol. They assembled into one of the biggest human mosaic ever created.
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Parents of some of the students watched on in tears as the officers, dressed in heavy tactical gear, moved toward the campus
Lucie Lemonde, a law professor at Université du Québec à Montréal, said, "It's the worst law that I've ever seen, except for the War Measures Act," referring to a federal law adopted in the province during the 1970 FLQ crisis.
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......However, some pro-business institutions appeared to support the legislation
Under the law, anyone blocking an individual from entering a school would be fined between $1,000 and $5,000.
In addition to the fines for individuals, the penalties climb to between $7,000 and $35,000 for student leaders and from $25,000 to $125,000 for unions or student federations.
Originally posted by stanguilles7
reply to post by Danbones
I thought you considered all news from cbc to be 'socialist propaganda'?
Originally posted by stanguilles7
reply to post by Ben81
No. 300,000 people attended an EARTHDAY march. A few smaller marches broke off from it in support of the students. 300,000 DID NOT march in support of these students who pay the LOWEST TUITION IN N AMERICA.
You keep exaggerating to pretend these protests are bigger than the are.
Amid a torrent of criticism, a portion of the bill was amended today to increase the number of people allowed to participate in an organized gathering, from 10 to 25.
The chamber of commerce in Gatineau, Que., released a tongue-in-cheek description of its logistical plans for an upcoming event that featured an "assembly of more than 10 people." It concluded the letter with a joke, asking police to inform them how many officers would be present so that they could prepare the appropriate number of hors d'oeuvres.
The Montreal Police Service (SPVM) was "preoccupied" by the intensity of the event which was close to the Saturday night riot in the streets of downtown.
"On the Rue Saint-Denis, it was special. To have seen several (events), I have rarely seen a situation as close to the riot, "said Ian Lafreniere, spokesman for the SPVM
For all the power the Enabling Act gave Hitler, he still felt threatened by some in the Nazi Party. He was also worried that the regular army had not given an oath of allegiance. Hitler knew that the army hierarchy held him in disdain as he was 'only ' a corporal in their eyes. The Night of the Long Knives not only removed the SA leaders but also got Hitler the army's oath that he so needed.
By the summer of 1934, the SA's numbers had swollen to 2 million men. They were under the control of Ernst Röhm, a loyal follower of Hitler since the early days of the Nazi Party. The SA had given the Nazi's an iron fist with which to disrupt other political parties meetings before January 1933. The SA was also used to enforce law after Hitler became Chancellor in January 1933. To all intents, they were the enforcers of the Nazi Party and there is no evidence that Röhm was ever planning anything against Hitler.
However, Röhm had made enemies within the Nazi Party - Himmler, Goering and Goebbels were angered by the power he had gained and convinced Hitler that this was a threat to his position.
By June 1934, the regular army hierarchy also saw the SA as a threat to their authority. The SA outnumbered the army by 1934 and Röhm had openly spoken about taking over the regular army by absorbing it into the SA. Such talk alarmed the army's leaders.
By the summer of 1934, Hitler had decided that Röhm was a 'threat' and he made a pact with the army. If Röhm and the other SA leaders were removed, the rank and file SA men would come under the control of the army but the army would have to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler. The army agreed and Röhm's fate was sealed.
On the night of June 29th - June 30th 1934, units of the SS arrested the leaders of the SA and other political opponents. Men such as Gregor Strasser, von Schleicher and von Bredow were arrested and none of them had any connection with Röhm. The arrests carried on for 2 more nights.
Seventy seven men were executed on charges of treason though historians tend to think the figure is higher. The SA was brought to heel and placed under the command of the army. Hitler received an oath of allegiance from all those who served in the army. Röhm was shot. Others were bludgeoned to death.
Principle IVPrinciple IV states: "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him".
This principle could be paraphrased as follows: "It is not an acceptable excuse to say 'I was just following my superior's orders'".
Originally posted by Ben81
Like the other thread .. Mainstream Media IGNORES Iceland Revolution
Originally posted by bjarneorn
Originally posted by Ben81
Like the other thread .. Mainstream Media IGNORES Iceland Revolution
Is this a joke, or you just ignorant?
Iceland is worse of now, than before ...