A NEW CANADIAN CONSTITUTION ..... APR 10TH, 2014

A NEW CANADIAN CONSTITUTION …..Apr 10th, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

I've come to the conclusion that we need a new Constitution,

To improve or counteract some of our imbedded institutions,

We need frequent referendums and political recall,

Compulsory voting for Canadian adults or we could stall.

Of course these ideas will be immediately shut down,

Quietly secretly by political henchmen all around,

They want things to stay exactly the way they are right now,

It's their election changes because anything else they wont allow. 

Ideas such as these can't be mentioned during an election,

They say that the establishment doesn't want this selection,

Therefore these notions will be quietly swept under the rug,

And will not be allowed and will only get a political shrug.

APRIL 10TH, 2014

OUR NEW CONSTITUTION ... APR 9TH, 2014

OUR NEW CONSTITUTION … APR 9TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

We have appointed senators but few of us know their names,

Large number up there until they're seventy five -- making claims,

Some fooled with the numbers till someone important found out,

Caused several scandals and put the whole appointed place in doubt.

But we have no referendums or even political recall,

Though it looks like some of these appointees were having a ball,

Many of them will still be there long after you are dead,

They have their own rules and regulations but this can't be said.

We need a new constitution but our politicians don't have the guts,

Though this is not democracy and shows we are slightly nuts,

Someone should stand up and say that they will write this new Constitution,

Though others say we should all be in a mental institution.

APRIL 9TH, 2014

THE WAY THINGS ARE ... APR 8TH, 2014

THE WAY THINGS ARE……  APR 8TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

THOSE OPPOSED TO DEATH-WITH-DIGNITY, NOW RULE THE OTTAWA ROOST,

WHILE THOSE OF US WHO WANT MEDICALLY-ASSISTED-DEATH, FEEL REDUCED,

THEY HAVE HAD OUR APPOINTED SUPREME COURT ON THEIR SIDE FOR YEARS,

MAYBE THEY THINK  THAT THEY WILL NEVER DIE SO THEY HAVE NO FEARS.

WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO CHANGE THE LAWS OF THIS GREAT LAND?

SWITZERLAND AND FIVE US STATES HAVE IT AND THEY THINK ITS GRAND,

WITHOUT REFERENDUMS AND RECALL; WE LACK A LOT OF POWER,

SELDOM OR NEVER  MENTIONED BY POLITICIANS OF THE HOUR..

WHILE ELITE MEDIA MOGULS PRINT STORIES ABOUT OTHER STUFF,

NEVER ROCK THE BOAT THEY THINK AND THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH,

THEY CONSTANTLY TELL CANADIANS THAT ALL THINGS ARE GREAT,

THEREFORE THERE IS NO NEED FOR A DEATH-WITH-DIGNITY DEBATE.

APR 8TH, 2014

JAILS FOR PROFIT ... APR 6TH, 2014

JAILS FOR PROFIT

BY

James Bredin

If the Americans can have jails for profit, why can't we?

Is there any way we could get our politicians to agree?

Because it is extremely expensive to keep a man in jail,

And there must be a cheaper way to do it in great detail.

Why do we call them correctional facilities instead of jails

Is it our early release system, the good food or our easy bails?

Is there something we need to know to improve our organization?

The huge expense, the overcrowding without an explanation.

Why is this subject so shunned by our comfortable politicians?

Unfortunately we have Trudeau’s Charter and soft conditions,

Without referendums or recall so nothing will be done,

Can’t have jails for profit and no questions please, so they won.

APR 6TH, 2014

COULD I GET AN APPOINTMENT? ... APR 4TH, 2014

COULD I GET AN APPOINTMENT? … APR 4TH, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Being a political appointee is about who you know,

And it helps if you are very rich and have lots of dough,

And you can stay there on those red chairs until you are seventy five,

No one knows what you do there except that you stay alive.

I'd like a Senate appointment but I have no connections,

Who or where can I go to get the proper directions?

And I'm over seventy five so maybe they think I'm too old,

And they don't like death-with-dignity, so I'm out in the cold.

And we don't have referendums or recall which they don't want,

But I could pretend that I'm one of them and nonchalant,

I could try not to cause a scandal but that may not be enough,

Could I bring my laptop or would that be considered too rough?

APR 4TH, 2014

MEDICALLY ASSISTED DEATH ... APR 3RD, 2014

Today at 7:40 PM

MEDICALLY ASSISTED DEATH … APR 2ND, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Medically assisted death is banned by our elite Supreme Court,

Not listed in Pierre Trudeau's Charter so there is no support,

When they refused Sue Rodriguez her death with dignity,

And the establishment thought it was all done brilliantly.

Without referendums or recall, Canadians are in stress,

And those who were dying in pain think it's is a real mess,

This is not a subject that is discussed by politicians,

They are strict party types and obey their conditions.

Even media moguls seldom mention this subject in their papers,

Do they think that this might upset the neighbours?

So the subject is half hidden, though four US states have it now,

Should we ask our appointed Supreme Court to please allow?

APR 2ND, 2014

WE NEED REFERENDUMS AND RECALL ... APRIL 1ST, 2014

WE NEED REFERENDUMS AND RECALL … APRIL 1ST, 2014

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Sometimes my mind is caught in memories of sixty years  ago,

Back to the time when we were paid very little dough,

When sitting on the subway was considered very elite,

When few had cars and no one heard of a computer tweet.

Then we got a Charter with no referendums or recall,

While Senate appointees continued to have a red room ball,

And we the people kept completely and quietly in the dark,

A Charter of Rights with no referendums and recall to bark.

Need binding referendums and DWD like the Swiss,

Unfortunately appointed politicians don’t give a piss,

But they pretend and sometimes make an announcement,

Information they got from one of their party elite councils.

April 1st, 2014