Brief Update on Oscar Lacombe
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A great start! In the first week 544 people sent the One-Click letter asking their MLA, Ralph Klein and the whole Alberta cabinet to stop prosecuting Oscar Lacombe for defying the gun registry.
In one week almost 15,000 One-Click messages went to Alberta's political decision-makers, and our sources inside the Alberta legislature say it got huge attention. Provincial Attorney General David Hancock is under mounting pressure from MLAs and cabinet colleagues to explain himself.
Poor Dave. He must either admit he was wrong and withdraw his consent for the charges against Lacombe, or continue insisting (against all
evidence) this is Ottawa's baby and there's nothing Alberta can do.
On Wednesday Lacombe's lawyer, Richard Fritze, complained to the judge that the reversal of Alberta's prosecution policy constitutes "abuse of process." The judge has agreed to consider it, and Alberta's prosecuting agent, Michelle Doyle, has until February 13 to reply. This delays the Lacombe verdict, which is good.
It means the pressure on Dave "there's-nothing-I-can-do" Hancock can keep growing.
If Alberta stays the Criminal Code charges (something Hancock can do tomorrow), it's a black eye for Ottawa and the gun registry. The feds will then have to let Oscar go, or charge him themselves under the Firearms Act, exposing it to a Charter challenge.
We are in touch with several individuals who have presented detailed "yes-or-no" questions through their MLAs to force Hancock to answer some basic questions. We'll keep you posted on anything he says.
This campaign is at a crucial stage. Oscar needs more people to send the one-click letter to MLAs and cabinet ministers next week.
We're going to start inserting an Oscar Lacombe flyer in Alberta weekly newspapers to keep the One-Click letters flowing in to the Alberta cabinet.
This will take a couple weeks to have an impact, so let's keep up the momentum in the meantime by forwarding this email to those who might be interested in sending a letter.
To send your letter, simply go to www.citizenscentre.com/oscar.html
NEXT WEEK'S GOAL - 250 more letters!!! Which is over 6,000 more messages!!!
Postscript: To prevent abuse, the One-Click program allows a particular campaign letter to be sent only once from any e-mail address. If you have off-line friends who want to help, open a free hotmail address for them on your own computer and get them involved.
- Link Byfield
Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy
Suite 203, 10441 - 178 Street
Edmonton, AB T5S 1R5
Phone: 780-481-7844
Toll Free: 1-866-666-6768
Fax: 780-481-9983
contact@citizenscentre.com
The Oscar Lacombe Campaign
www.citizenscentre.com/oscar.html
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A great start! In the first week 544 people sent the One-Click letter asking their MLA, Ralph Klein and the whole Alberta cabinet to stop prosecuting Oscar Lacombe for defying the gun registry.
In one week almost 15,000 One-Click messages went to Alberta's political decision-makers, and our sources inside the Alberta legislature say it got huge attention. Provincial Attorney General David Hancock is under mounting pressure from MLAs and cabinet colleagues to explain himself.
Poor Dave. He must either admit he was wrong and withdraw his consent for the charges against Lacombe, or continue insisting (against all
evidence) this is Ottawa's baby and there's nothing Alberta can do.
On Wednesday Lacombe's lawyer, Richard Fritze, complained to the judge that the reversal of Alberta's prosecution policy constitutes "abuse of process." The judge has agreed to consider it, and Alberta's prosecuting agent, Michelle Doyle, has until February 13 to reply. This delays the Lacombe verdict, which is good.
It means the pressure on Dave "there's-nothing-I-can-do" Hancock can keep growing.
If Alberta stays the Criminal Code charges (something Hancock can do tomorrow), it's a black eye for Ottawa and the gun registry. The feds will then have to let Oscar go, or charge him themselves under the Firearms Act, exposing it to a Charter challenge.
We are in touch with several individuals who have presented detailed "yes-or-no" questions through their MLAs to force Hancock to answer some basic questions. We'll keep you posted on anything he says.
This campaign is at a crucial stage. Oscar needs more people to send the one-click letter to MLAs and cabinet ministers next week.
We're going to start inserting an Oscar Lacombe flyer in Alberta weekly newspapers to keep the One-Click letters flowing in to the Alberta cabinet.
This will take a couple weeks to have an impact, so let's keep up the momentum in the meantime by forwarding this email to those who might be interested in sending a letter.
To send your letter, simply go to www.citizenscentre.com/oscar.html
NEXT WEEK'S GOAL - 250 more letters!!! Which is over 6,000 more messages!!!
Postscript: To prevent abuse, the One-Click program allows a particular campaign letter to be sent only once from any e-mail address. If you have off-line friends who want to help, open a free hotmail address for them on your own computer and get them involved.
- Link Byfield
Citizens Centre for Freedom and Democracy
Suite 203, 10441 - 178 Street
Edmonton, AB T5S 1R5
Phone: 780-481-7844
Toll Free: 1-866-666-6768
Fax: 780-481-9983
contact@citizenscentre.com
The Oscar Lacombe Campaign
www.citizenscentre.com/oscar.html
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