Below is the text of an email I sent to every Premier and Regional Chief in advance of the Annual Premier's Conference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Honorable Premiers and Chiefs, I am writing in advance of the Annual Premier's Conference being held this upcoming week. I would appreciate a few moments of your time to discuss actionable issues that you are able to have a positive effect upon. I don't know if these issues are currently on your agenda, but I ask that you consider them. As the check-and-balance against Federal abuse of power, you have the ability to effect positive change through use of Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. While the Charter specifically gives powers to the provinces to denounce legislative acts of Parliament, they are also able to impugn personal actions, stances and dictates of the Harper Government that are counter to Canadian Law under the proper definition of the word 'Act'. To that end, I have compiled a list of relevant issues I humbly request be addressed at your conference. 1. I have attached a copy of a formal complaint filed with the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP. I filed charges with the RNC in Newfoundland against the Harper Government for inflammatory statements made to Israel in January and a hate propaganda video produced in July that is meant to be inciteful. Through their actions, they have used the name of Canada to sanction the genocide currently occurring in Gaza. The Ottawa RCMP dismissed the case without filing any paperwork, considering their actions to be a governing policy. I filed a complaint with the Commission on the 5th of August and they mailed out a request for a public investigation on the 6th. On the 12th of August, Minister Steven Blaney issued an indefinite blanket gag order on the department, effectively expropriating the Commission from public transparency. The Provinces and Territories can use the Notwithstanding Clause to remove the gag order and push to have this investigation completed in full public view. While the issue of charging the Harper Government with incitement towards genocide is contentious, without a deeper understand of context regarding the audience to which he was speaking (Israeli Knesset) to there is a distinct lack of understanding from the average Canadian in how his words would be received and interpreted. 2. On the matter of Tina Fontaine and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, I assume that you're already discussing a means to circumvent Harper's decision to not proceed with a National Inquiry. My suggestion is that the Harper Government has been very big on privatizing prisons. They have a financial incentive to not address the root of this issue and therefore prioritize solving crimes to punish offenders over preventing them. This is another example of The Harper Government's genocidal leanings. I believe the Notwithstanding Clause will apply in this situation as well. 3. On the matter of the Ukraine, we appear to be supporting a fascist government. Ukraine has never been a properly unified country and during the Second World War it was split between the fascists in the West who supported Germany and ethnic Russians in the East who sided with Russia. Following the fall of Berlin, the extremist element was never rooted out from Western Ukraine. It's reared its head again and the Harper Government has chosen to side with these extremist elements along with the US and UK. We've not only funded a violent coup, but the Harper Government provided the election monitors that ensured their next election was 'fair'... although we all have questions regarding the Conservative Party's history of election fraud. Since coming into power the new Ukrainian government announced they would officially resume hostilities against the separatists on the Canada Day. They've since gone on to kill thousands of innocent civilians in the continuing conflict against against an ethnically distinct group. Again, the Harper Government is shown to be aiding and abetting genocidal elements. Use the Notwithstanding clause to cease any and all aid to Western Ukraine. 4. Return Section 13 to Canadian Human Rights Law. While its removal was championed as a win for free speech, through social media a door has been opened that allows hate to flow into the world directly. With the Harper Government having over 3000 staffers involved with communication, we're seeing the end result in constant derogatory comments, blogs, tweets and status updates meant to smear not only the Conservative political opponents, but any department, organization or individual that disagrees with the Harper Government. This has spread into the general population, and since we have become divided on issues like Ukraine and Gaza, it has led to an explosion of hate speech, deepening racial and religious divisions between Canadians. Prime Minister Jean Chretien mentioned this as one of the primary reasons for the use of the Notwithstanding Clause in his 2008 book, My Years As Prime Minister. At the very least, re-implementing this law may cause Canadians to think twice before launching into a series of racial or religious slurs on Twitter or Facebook. 5. The Harper Government is implementing repressive censorship. The Harper Government has demonstrated institutionalized racist policies that are genocidal. The Harper Government has levied war against Canada through increased war rhetoric against entities we are not currently at war with. The entire Harper Government should be placed under arrest by the provinces until a full and complete investigation of the criminal circumstances surrounding these events can be completed. Again, the Notwithstanding Clause gives the provinces power to enact such a change. Using the Notwithstanding Clause to remove the Harper Government for criminal actions, while unusual, passes the legal test for applications of the limits clause. There is a pressing urgency to quell increasing dissent amongst Canadians against a government that is seen as criminal. Left unrectified, the continued actions of the Harper Government will contribute to the breakdown of civil society in areas of the country, or lead radical elements from other regions to attack our civilians for supporting a genocidal foreign policy. The effect of arresting the Harper Government for their actions is also proportional as their criminal actions are have a definite negative impact on our free and democratic society. Having campaigned on implementing harsher penalties for those who break the laws of Canada, now they must be punished by that system for breaking those same laws. Finally, while I have seen recent banter regarding provinces separating from Canada, I believe it would be in the best interest of all Canadians at this time for the provinces to present a united front against the Harper Government. This would maximize the effectiveness of these available actions in defending the sovereignty of Canada. Thank you for your time, I hope to have your full assistance on these matters. Sincerely, -Andrew Abbass