I would like an explanation from our Defense Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan, who on placing the wreath on Remembrance Day did not follow what I think is protocol and back up three steps and salute before turning and walking away. I found this very disrespectful to those that gave everything, and to everyone under his command. His disrespectful act soured my remembrance day. A nod to the cenotaph is not respect.

Good morning, I just wanted my MP to know I do not support the Calgary Olympic bid. Do to our provincial and federal debt.

Dear Esteemed Member of Parliament, Mr. Garnett Genuis


As a follow up to my early phone message to your office, here is a copy of my letter to the Prime Minister:


Dear Honourable Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau


It is my understanding an appeal has been made to your office requesting asylum for Asia Bibi, her family, their guardian, Joseph Nadeem, and his family. It is imperative this action be taken without delay. If asylum is not granted, Asia Bibi and those connected with her with be put on a list preventing safe passage out of Pakistan. This is a guaranteed death sentence for all of them. The BPCA (British Pakistani Christian Association) under the leadership of Wilson Chowdhry have the Power Of Attorney for arrangements to be made. Here are the BPCA’s contact details:

-phone number 020 8514 0861l

-info@britishpakistanichristians.co.uk


Canada is known for its compassion worldwide. It would be a tragedy for Canada not extend compassion in this extreme case.


As the Prime Minister of Canada, I urge you to take swift action to end the persecution of Asia Bibi and those most intimately connected to her once and for all by providing asylum in Canada.


Sincerely, Laura Young

Good Afternoon Garnett:


Practically daily I receive emails from the Conservative Party seeking my financial support. I am normally happy to give, particularly when the party is in opposition. However, I haven’t yet this term as I fear where this party is going and what it risks adopting as its label. I draw your attention to this article in today’s Globe and Mail where Gary Mason sums up my perspective very well.


Please don’t go down the path which exposes the party as being seen as a knuckle-dragging, backward-looking, bunch of angry, disgruntled, dinosaurs (Trump, Ford, Moe, etc.).


We are better than this and we should win on our good ideas and good governance, not anger and fear.


Anxiously waiting,


Gordon Weighell

Sherwood Park

Do not, under any circumstances, allow this Liberal government and Statscan take our banking information. This is an affront to freedom and democracy. It is indefensible AND SICKENING!

I would like to express my total discomfort with Stats Canada collecting ANY of my financial information without my knowledge. From what I am understanding, it is all “legal”, not sure how this could be but anything like this linked to my SIN number and accounts, WITHOUT my permission, I am strongly against. I grew up with everyone telling me not to GIVE out this information, now you are telling me that the same people say its OK to take it without my knowledge. NOBODY who speaks for me would allow such an abuse of power. Feel free to contact me if you think I am misinformed.

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen October 11, 2018


I am sending this letter to several different individuals, with the hope that some of you will understand my point and may try to implement some of the ideas.

While I am against the Carbon tax (the way it sits) I understand the importance of doing something to cut back on Carbon dioxide emissions. Taxing hard working Canadians, just trying to get to work is not going to help the environment. Well meaning city folk, that have no idea about country living, have no idea that we can not “take the subway” or “just cycle to work”. With people driving 40 km or more, each way to work, taxing them will not cut back on Carbon dioxide production. Giving them a tax rebate doesn’t help either.

We must consider the obvious. Trees use Carbon dioxide. (I will include a link to an article that I will be using information from). CO2 concentrations have risen by 25% to possibly over 39% over the last century. Each person generates approximately 2.3 tons of CO2 per year. A single tree can absorb CO2 at a rate of 48 lb. per year. The carbon footprints of 18 average Americans can be neutralized by one acre of hardwood trees. 100 metric tons of CO2 can accumulate in one acre of forest over time. An acre of trees absorbs enough CO2 over one year to equal the amount produced by driving a car 26,000 miles. Planting trees remains one of the cheapest, most effective means of drawing excess CO2 from the atmosphere.


http://www.arborenvironmentalalliance.com/carbon-tree-facts.asp


So, we have been taxed. But what has been done with the money to actually change the carbon dioxide levels? Living in Sherwood Park and driving around the city of Edmonton and throughout province, it is obvious that we have places to plant trees. There are many places that now have small forests or at least patches of trees planted and they really improve the look of the road ways. We could use more. I noticed that along the south end of the Anthony Henday there is a steel cable stretched to stop cars for crossing over the median. Trees would look better and cost less. But it is not just for esthetics. During the summer months these roadway medians must be cut, using large, diesel tractors. This adds to the carbon footprint and costs the province money. In some places, during the winter, snow fences are put up to stop the snow from blowing across the highways. Trees would stop the snow and cost less.


We are deforesting the province. Edmonton and surrounding area is not prairie, it was aspen parkland. Just driving around will show you the mix of trees in the area. Spruce trees are common. With the city expanding homes, roads, malls, schools etc., all take forest land out of the picture. With the forest fires we have experienced, we have moved to implement a treeless buffer zone around many communities. I understand the reason. But there are places that trees could and should be reintroduced. Caragana trees are hardy and drought tolerant, but willows are native and would probably do well in some areas. Lilacs have been planted on many farms, as wind breaks, quite successfully. Many native shrubs could be considered. It wouldn’t take much to have input from horticulturists to get this going. Schools, churches, youth groups could all be included as planters.


Just a thought, but something that I have been thinking for many years. It would show that Government is really going to do something. A ribbon of trees from Edmonton to Red Deer would be quite a sight. But all highways could be included. This would make a real change. It doesn’t need a big study. It is obvious.


Thank you for your consideration.

Don McEachern

Regarding comments made on political violence…are there not laws to address such behaviours as kicking a phone from a persons hand? It looked like assault.

I’m not sure what you think will address this common thuggery if the law cannot.


More government controls? If so,you aren’t very bright,young fella. Neither side of the aisle has been earning their wage for decades,and nobody trusts politicians to do the job properly anymore. We vote out the thing we hate more,nobody is ever going to be behind YOU,Garnett. Ever. Unless you do something outside the playbook.

And here you are with a chance at bat!

So,how are you going to do the right thing for Canada is the question,not this limp wristed partisan nonsense. Either kickboy did something illegal or he did not…hold him accountable,but don’t create yet another label like political violence when it’s either common assault,or it’s not.

Send me your email address

I attended the What’s Next? After Marijuana Legalization last evening. It was very difficult to listen to the moral superiority of many in attendance including yourself. When I objected to the use of the word “Marijuana” which is a slang term and has a very derogatory origin while cannabis sativa is the botanical name of this plant you responded with we can agree to call it whatever anyone wants to. Allowing the use of these slang terms furthers the stigma and hysteria. As a member of parliament and my elected MP you need to be a better leader at these types of events. Please inform yourself of the origins of the term marijuana and try to be more respectful of facts and wording…it matters.

Andrew Scheer has proven himself to be a coward, he is weak. Your support of him over Maxime Bernier concerns me greatly, if he pulls a party together for fall 2019 my support will lie with him over any CPC candidates. I’ve supported you in the past, I very much enjoyed your support of free speech in the face of M-103 but I will not stand with a party that will not stand up for my country.

Sadly I could not support your petition as I am not on Facebook. I do not want to be on Facebook. I do not trust Facebook. Neither should you trust them nor should you be on Facebook not require petitioners to sign up via Facebook

Please keep opposing. Kudos for opposing the motion in the House of Commons calling on Pope Francis to apologize for residential schools. The Pope gave his reasons for denying, which was further clarified by others. No government could or should try to tell the Pope what to say. This is not a “slap in the face” as some survivors would like to imply, but it IS a slap in the face to the Pope for any government to try telling the Pope what he should say. Hearing an apology directly from Pope Francis is uncalled for and would also be a slap in the face to all the Bishops and clergy that have been working with Indigenous Peoples on reconciliation issues and projects that help with healing. The biggest slap is the continuous whining that we are hearing from the Indigenous People and the hint that this will NEVER STOP. As Canadians, we need to MOVE ON. Every generation that follows cannot continually be held accountable and be forced to pay for the wrong doings of our ancestors. Yes wrongs were committed, but it is well past time to heal and accept the apologies that have been made, and the changes that have followed and are following in the wake of these endeavours to find healing. The result of all this should be that we all become ONE PEOPLE, under the nation called Canada.

What a shameful act in parliament. Saskatchewan has a long history of racism. You have added to it. We owe it, in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, to help the Pope understand the meaning of an apology. The cover ups, and the wicked treatment of Indigenous people, is an evil stain on our history.

Thank you! For having the courage and the courtesy to stand up and speak against the motion to compel the Pope to act with regard to a residential school apology. Your comments will undoubtedly get you into trouble in this day and age but I appreciate your willingness to stand alone and share sentiment I myself feel. Had church and state remained separate all those years ago we wouldn’t have had the system created in the first place – the Canadian government of the past owns that mistake and people need to accept that past wrongs cannot always be made right – despite a desire to do so. Maybe these MPs could help fund counselling and support groups for the people who still feel affected by those years and actions.

Mr. Genuis I was extremely delighted to hear you speak at the emergency TransMountain Pipeline debate last night. I consider your presentation in the House to be one of the best in support of the facts and conditions we now are faced with. There is no doubt that this Liberal government has created conditions which unfortunately will lead to the necessity to delve into the Canadian Constitution. I see Canada having no choice but to draw a new Constitution that gives the Government absolute power in all matters of jurisdiction, if not we are no longer a country but a collection of provinces that seek self determination. Although I knew little of you before last night I was impressed with your stance and presentation on the issues and believe you have the common sense and demeanor to succeed as a strong political figure in the Canadian government. Keep up the good work on behalf of Canada.

I am very curious to hear your opinion on Canadian woman, Lauren Southern, being banned from entering the U.K. Previously, whilst in England; Lauren had been handing out pamphlets asserting that Allah was gay. She did this as a social experiment in response to Vice posting an article asserting that Jesus Christ was gay. Lauren noted there was very little backlash against the Vice article, she wanted to compare that response to what would happen if she accused Allah of being homosexual. She got her answer. When she tried to enter the United Kingdom again, she was detained under the terrorism act for the crime of handing out those pamphlets. She was then banned from the United Kingdom of Great Britain indefinitely. My question to you is: do you think that this is an attack on freedom of speech and freedom of religion? Do you think that this incident is indicative of what is happening across the West and not just the U.K.? Will something similar happen here in Canada? Now that M-103 has passed, could a visitor to this country, who handed out pamphlets stating that Allah is gay, be potentially charged with the crime of Islamophobia and hate speech and be banned from Canada? What are your thoughts?

We want to to demand that Trudeau reverse the Liberal Governments Value Test. This is arm stronging by our government and its wrong and it needs to stop.

Dear Garnett Genuis,


I am a Canadian-Iranian citizen and I am grateful to be living in the wonderful country of Canada since 1983. I am writing this letter to you on behalf of many Iranian and Canadian-Iranian citizens. We want you to support the citizens in Iran, who are fighting for their freedom. We want you to spread awareness through the media of your support towards human rights and how it should be carried through in Iran.


To the majority, it is clear that the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a fascist dictatorship. The Iranian citizens that protest in the rallies, are arrested and thrown into prison where they are tortured and killed. On top of that, the government announces these deaths as suicides such as the recent death of Canadian-Iranian, Dr. Kavous Seyed-Emami. There was also the death of the Canadian freelance photographer, Zahra Kazemi back in 2003. These are only the ones that you hear in the media, there are so many more.


Iran’s next generation of kids are also suffering due to this Iranian government. There are kids as young as six years old in poverty, working on the streets to survive, missing out on an education. The country is so rich, but the money goes to the corrupt politicians, government officials, and their friends and families. Through money laundering and embezzlement, many of the corrupt government figures migrate to Canada with their families and friends while Canada welcomes these people without knowing where this money comes from. To make matters worst, part of that money goes to supporting terrorism.


This corrupt Iranian government, does not care about human rights, animal rights, or the environment. They are destructive and are causing the country of Iran to suffer. We want you to be one of the voices of the Canadian-Iranians standing up for human rights.


Best regards,

Shahnaz Hassanshahi