one billion rising- breaking the chains of abuse...WHEN WILL USA AND UNITED NATIONS RECOGNIZE WOMEN EQUAL MEN- WHEN WILL LAWS ACTUALLY PROTECT -CHILDREN AND WOMEN...???
READER’S CORNER: Who else will pay the price for high-risk offender’s freedom?
Dear Powers That Be:
Thank you, thank you, thank you for informing us, the general public, that Robert Ernest Joseph Roberge, a lifelong criminal who was imprisoned for 12 years for forcible confinement and sexual assault, is now in the Halifax area.
I’m delighted to hear he was "professionally assessed as a high risk to reoffend in terms of both sexual and non-sexual violence."
We surely wouldn’t want an amateur doing that assessment. I would consider an amateur someone who was merely brutalized by him, whose opinion probably doesn’t count.
A professional, though, is someone who is paid, probably in the $80,000 range, to make that well-thought-out assessment.
I would consider myself an amateur in the assessment realm. Seriously. I was attacked 46 years ago when I was a 20-year-old living in Montreal.
I wasn’t even raped (or sexually assaulted, as it is so euphemistically called). The guy pulled me into an alley behind my apartment building, and was about to get down to business when my screams alerted a man in a back apartment. He saved me.
What he was unable to save me from were the nightmares, anger and fear of men for the next 46 years. "Get over it." I know, right? Man, I wish it were that easy.
I thought I was doing OK until I saw a picture of 240-pound Roberge’s tattooed mug in the paper. Stories about rapists being allowed to walk the streets uncastrated sort of make me nervous again. I get suspicious of every man walking down the street near me.
I get that it’s hard to understand, especially if you’re a man. However, if you’re a woman who has ever been "assaulted," whether the job was completed or not, you get it.
I’m not a betting woman, but I would bet that the numerous women Roberge attacked get it.
Robert Ernest Joseph Roberge (and I use his full name, because if I ever see him, I’ll try to get the whole name out when I’m screaming) is walking around loose because, I guess, he paid his price.
Here I go betting again, but in spite of the warning the police issued, I bet somebody else will pay the price, too.
Gee, I hope it’s not your mother, your sister, your wife, your daughter, your grandmother, your aunt or your niece.
B.E. Holmes, HRM
Commenting Policy
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Dangerous offender with sex crimes record living in Halifax: police
By Patrick Odell Global News
HALIFAX – Police are warning the public about a high-risk offender who has recently moved to the Halifax area.
Roger Ernest Joseph Roberge, 62, was released from a federal prison earlier this year after serving a 12-year sentence for forcible confinement and sexual assault. Police say he has recently relocated from New Brunswick to Halifax, and has been assessed as a high risk to re-offend, both for sexual and non-sexual violence.
Roberge also has prior convictions for other violent crimes dating back to 1969. He is described as a white man, 6’1", 241 lbs., with brown hair, brown eyes and visible tattoos on his face and neck.
Police say any form of vigilante activity or other retribution will not be tolerated.
http://globalnews.ca/news/793966/dangerous-offender-with-sex-crimes-record-living-in-halifax-police/
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This just makes me weep..... we have been fighting this 4 so long.... USA STILL WON'T SIGN UNITED NATION'S - EQUALITY OF WOMEN 2 MEN..... despots and thieves are on UN Human Rights.... and now Zimbabwe (Mugabe) is head of UN Tourism???? One Billion rising- break the chains of abuse people.... this needs 2 go around the world... and in every community.... Stand up Canada...
Comment: The flesh trade is Canada’s dirty little secret
Joy Smith / Times Colonist
March 24, 2013
Every 60 seconds, two children are sold into sex trafficking — 1.2 million children are trafficked annually for the purposes of sexual exploitation. This crime, which has become well-known as modern-day slavery, is occurring in every city in every country across the globe.
Many might think sex trafficking only occurs in areas of Southeast Asia, Central or South America and Eastern Europe. Surely, they say, this does not happen in a developed nation such as Canada, which is considered advanced in human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Yet, as the number of sex-trafficking cases continues to rise in Canada, and more victims speak out, it has become a reality that we can no longer ignore.
It is the reality for a young trafficked woman in Montreal, who was bravely testifying against her alleged pimp, Evgueni Mataev, until his trial was halted by the judge for reasons that cannot be disclosed.
The young woman alleged that she was forced to have sex with up to 40 men per night. Mataev still faces charges for the crimes of human trafficking, pimping and attempted murder. The Montreal Gazette reported that this young woman escaped from her life of abuse after she was forced to shoplift from a local pharmacy.
It is the reality for another victim, reported in a recent case by CBC News, in North Bay, Ont. The victim had the courage to tell a hotel concierge that she was being held against her will.
A man was arrested last week in North Bay for drug possession and for living off the avails of prostitution and is now being charged with human trafficking.
It is also the reality for underage girls who are being targeted for exploitation in Calgary. Recently, police arrested two Calgary men and charged them with several criminal offences in relation to prostitution and human trafficking.
These are just a few instances in a sea of abuse perpetuated upon girls and young women who are forced to participate in pornography, dance in strip clubs and sell their bodies in virtually every Canadian city.
Sex trafficking is a $32-billion industry, greater than the profits of Nike, Google and Starbucks combined, according to International Labour Organization. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service estimates domestic sex-traffickers earn an average of $280,000 annually from each victim under their control.
Unfortunately, trafficking is no different than any other industry, and thus, the laws of supply and demand apply. Men fuel the business of human trafficking by paying for pornography, frequenting strip clubs and soliciting sex with women for profit. As long as there are enormous sums of money to be made from selling sex, there are those who will seek to profit by supplying vulnerable women and girls.
Recent changes to Canadian legislation have been made. Bill C-49 amended the Criminal Code to specifically prohibit trafficking in persons in Canada. Bill C-268 created a new offence for child trafficking with a five-year mandatory penalty. Bill C-310 allows the Canadian government to prosecute Canadian citizens and permanent residents who engage in trafficking outside of Canada and also enhances the definition of exploitation in the trafficking of persons offence.
Canada’s National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking was launched in June 2012. With participation from 18 federal departments, it is a comprehensive blueprint to guide the government of Canada’s fight against the serious crime of human trafficking.
Although these are all steps in the right direction, Canadians must do more in the fight against this crime. The men and women who prey on innocent victims create a market that buys and sells our youth today in Canada. Men who pay to use the bodies of these young people fuel the profit and demand for this modern-day slavery that is happening right here in our own backyards.
Countries such as Norway and Sweden have made substantial progress toward eliminating human trafficking by targeting the market, eliminating the demand, supporting victims and placing the ownership for these crimes on the perpetrators. Will Canadians call for a "target the market" model so that our youth are no longer bought and sold?
Joy Smith is the Conservative MP for Kildonan-St. Paul, Manitoba.
http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-the-flesh-trade-is-canada-s-dirty-little-secret-1.96602
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Rare Victory: U.N. Nominee Jean Ziegler Disowned by Swiss Parliament, Lashes Out at UN Watch
UN Watch Briefing
http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1285603&ct=13252527¬oc=1
Issue 451
Battle won, but war goes on: UN Watch urging Swiss FM to cancel absurd sponsorship of Qaddafi confidante’s U.N. bid
Great news: the Swiss Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has just passed a Non-Confidence Motion against Jean Ziegler, rebuking their own government’s "inappropriate" nominee for the U.N. Human Rights Council.
In a country known for diplomacy, it’s an unprecedented public embarrassment for Ziegler, who as a UNHRC official from 2000 to 2012 was the most rabid supporter of tyrants, terrorists and anti-Semites in U.N. history.
Ziegler praised Hezbollah for kidnapping Israeli soldiers -- and called Israelis "concentration camp guards."
Ziegler hailed the Castro regime as "an explosion of light," Mugabe for having "history and morality with him," and Qaddafi for his "full process of democratization."
After a decade using his U.N. post as a propaganda tool for dictators, Ziegler was forced out last year. Now he’s trying to come back, to regain influence -- and diplomatic immunity, so he can say nonsense without being sued.
Thanks to UN Watch, the Swiss government’s latest nomination of Ziegler—designed to win U.N. favors from Third World dictators—was exposed to the world, and he was quickly shamed.
Tomorrow’s Le Temps, Geneva’s leading newspaper, has a major editorial (already online) saying "Jean Ziegler’s place is in the dock of the accused."
The Wall Street Journal has just endorsed UN Watch’s battle, in a major editorial.
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Oh lookee Obama and The Michael's best friend Amir Attaran- seriously??? Canada economy, school starting, kids worrying about $$$, lunches, books, clothes, bullying, clean safe beds, food on the table... safe communities- elders worry about dignity and living conditions- disabled worry about everything- homeless- hepeless-jobless.... and
.... in our creepy scary $$$burn crashing world- this is the best u can do??? AND THE NEXT ARTICLE BELOW THIS ONE- ON BELOVED CHRONICLE HERALD- a re-drunk- redrugged- killer of 2 teen girls is back in courst on ANOTHER DRUNK/DRUG DRIVING CHARGE??? seriously??? seriously???
MacKay’s pot assertion doused
Law professor: Minister should retract incor rect asser tion that toking breaks law
PAUL McLEOD OTTAWA BUREAU
pmcleod@herald.ca @CH_PaulMcLeod
Justice Minister Peter MacKay should be forced to apologize and retract his statement that smoking pot is against the law, says an Ottawa lawyer.
University of Ottawa law professor Amir Attaran has filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, saying MacKay misled Canadians to attack Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
Tru deau admitted to the Huffington Post recently that he took a drag of a friend’s joint after becoming an MP. MacKay later condemned Tru deau and said "it is currently against the law to smoke dope."
But that’s not true, says Attaran. While trafficking or possessing marijuana is illegal, Attaran says the courts have consistently ruled the act o f smoking p ot is not a crime.
MacKay is still registered as a lawyer in Nova Scotia and Attaran says he broke the bar society’s code of conduct by misleading the public for partisan reasons.
"That is not conduct that would be acceptable from a small-town lawyer, much less from the attorney general of Canada," he said.
"It’s really quite reprehensible to misrepresent Parliament’s laws when you have that office."
MacKay’s office, without mentioning actual smoking o f marijuana, quoted the section of the Criminal Code that references possession of the drug.
Bar society executive director Darrel Pink wouldn’t comment on the specific case but said the society looks into every complaint it receives. He downplayed the likelihood of a lawyer facing sanctions for saying smoking p ot is illegal.
"It’s hard to speculate. I think common sense would suggest it hardly is on the serious side of complaints that are filed against lawyers," said Pink.
"That’s not saying it’s not meritorious, but there are certainly many types of complaints that are far more serious."
Attaran said he is not a member of the Liberal party and has made donations to individual candidates of all three major parties.
Police officers generally don’t charge people who are caught smoking a joint, said Halifax Regional Police spokesman Const. Pierre Bourdages.
"There’s very often cases where the o fficer wou ld basically just destroy what was there. It would be an educational experience," he said.
Tru deau has made headlines this summer, first by endorsing legalization of marijuana, then by admitting his own usage. His camp says they are trying to be open and transparent.
Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair said in Halifax on Monday he would not be OK with a member of his caucus smoking pot.
"Yes, I think that that would be a problem. I think that people who are elected can say that they’re going to change laws, but they’d be expected to obey the laws while they’re there," he said.
Mulcair is on a cross-Canada tour promoting Senate reform.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1150065-mackay-s-pot-assertion-doused?from=most_read&most_read=1150065
COMMENT:
If the Liberal Party of Canada is for legalizing the possession of marijuana, I would take it there must be a law against having marijuana. And as you have to possess marijuana in order to smoke it, How can MacKay's comment '"it is currently against the law to smoke dope." be construed as a lie?
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RIGHT BELOW MACKAY BEING HONEST ABOUT TOKING IN THE WORKPLACE- HERE IS YET ANOTHER DRUG/DRUNK DRIVER- now u tell me 2day.... don't it make ya wanna cry.... Canada is better than this.... and Canada politics has GOT 2 GET BETTER- F**k the senate- FIX CANADA- 36 million people need some decent leadership instead of in-fighting over everything.....
- cause we promise... none of ya will ever get elected.... and TV POLITICS- we're dumping u 4 the internet- the news is faster- cleaner- more honest and actually plays 2 canadians... eh..
Driver who killed girls in 1995 has ‘a slip’
STEVE BRUCE COURT REPORTER
sbr uce@herald.ca @CH_cour ts
A Bedford driver who killed two Cole Harbour sisters in a crash 18 years ago fought back tears Monday as he took responsibility for his latest crimes.
Ralph Douglas Parker, 38, was arrested for impaired driving May 17 at about 4 a.m. after RCMP stopped his car at a checkpoint on Magazine Hill near Bedford.
Parker pleaded guilty in Dartmouth provincial court to charges of impaired driving and possession of 3.5 grams of marijuana in a sandwich bag found in a pocket of his jeans.
He apologized for his conduct, telling the judge he has been working hard to overcome his addictions for "a long, long time" but had a relapse.
"I just slipped," Parker said.
Chief Judge Pam Williams accepted a joint s entencing recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers.
Williams imposed an elevated fine of $1,500 for Parker’s first conviction for impaired driving, along with a two-year driving prohibition and two years’ probation .
While on probation, Parker can’t consume or possess alcohol or drugs and must take part in any counselling his supervisor deems necessary.
The judge also ordered him to complete 50 hours of community service during the first 18 months of his probation term and provide a sample of his DNA for a national databank.
Williams fined Parker an additional $400 on the marijuana charge. He has one year to pay his fines.
The Crown withdrew a charge of refusing the breathalyzer.
On the evening of July 20, 1995, Parker lost control of a 320-horsepower Dodge Stealth on Portland Street in Dartmouth and drove onto a lawn, striking four p eople waiting for a bus. Renee Lee Orichefsky, 15, and her sister Danielle, 13, were killed and two boys were injured.
The evidence at trial in 1996 indicated that Parker, who had only had his driver’s licence for
about four months, had been drinking that afternoon, but no breathalyzer test was done at the time of the accident .
Parker was convicted of dangerous driving causing the girls’ deaths and causing bodily harm to the two young men but did not go to jail. He was the first Nova Scotian to be sentenced to house arrest as part of a conditional s entence.
He was ordered to serve two years less a day at his Dartmouth home, perform 480 hours of community s ervice and make speeches to young people about safe driving. He was also prohibited from driving for 10 years.
In December 2003, Parker was arrested in Bedford with less than three kilograms of marijuana. He pleaded guilty to p oss ession for the purpose of trafficking and was given an 18-month conditional s entence.
On Monday, the court was told that Parker’s vehicle, a grey Nissan Altima, had a flat rear passenger tire when it rolled up to the police checkpoint in May.
Although RCMP Cpl. Brian Cameron could smell liquor, Parker insisted he had just gotten off work laying floors and hadn’t been drinking. Parker tossed items on the floor of his car as he tried to find his registration and insurance documents in the dash and didn’t make eye contact with the o fficer.
Parker made four unsuccessful attempts at blowing into the roadside screening device before recording a failure. The Mountie read him his charter rights and took him back to the Lower Sackville detachment, where he refused to provide a breath sample.
Crown attorney Cheryl Byard, reading from the police report, said Parker began to cry and told the officers he had been involved in a high-profile car accident that killed two girls.
While he was being fingerprinted, Parker thanked Cameron several times for catching him, saying he needed to b e caught to stop drinking. Parker said he had gotten through police checkpoints on three previous occasions when he had been drinking and driving .
Defence lawyer Jennifer Chiasson said her client "makes no excus es for his actions."
"He is remorseful," Chiasson said. "He wants to assure the court that this will never happen again."
Parker refused reporters’ requ ests for comment as he left the courtroom.
Byard said she felt the resolution worked out with the defence was appropriate. The minimum penalty for a first-time offence is a $1,000 fine and a one-year driving prohibition .
"Back in 1996, I was one of the two Crowns on the case," Byard said. "Although there was always suspicion that there was alcohol involved, that was never one of the facts that came out at the trial.
"So I treated him like anybody else that pled guilty at an early opportunity with no prior related convictions for impaired driving, and increased it because of his history."
The prosecutor said she believed that Parker was sincerely remorseful.
"You have to give him some credit for stepping up and admitting responsibility, which is what he’s done," she said.
"He’s still on a road to recovery. He made a slip."
He’s still on a road to recovery. He made a slip.
Cher yl Byard Crown attor ney
and... what does mr parker get...
Parker gets $1,500 fine, probation for impaired driving
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 4:48pm | By STEVE BRUCE Court Reporter
A Bedford driver who killed two Cole Harbour sisters in a crash 18 years ago fought back tears Monday as he took responsibility for his latest crimes. Ralph Douglas Parker, 38, was arrested for impaired driving May 17 at about 4 a.m. after RCMP...
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In the ER, outrage over wanton road carnage
July 26, 2013 - 5:18pm By DR. JOHN ROSS
Dr. John Ross: "For every death we hear about, there are 10 to 15 injury victims we never hear about. That makes us all responsible for challenging this ridiculous culture of acceptance of alcohol abuse in Nova Scotia." (CHRISTIAN LAFORCE / File).
The phone jars me awake. A blurry 3-something on the clock. EHS Communications Centre calling to patch me together with the Life Flight physician, who has been woken up multiple times already, and a surgeon in Antigonish.
I stumble out of the room so as not to wake my wife. The Life Flight physician briefly recounts the futile attempt by the team, who landed at a roadside in Cape Breton, to help resuscitate a car crash victim — now the third fatality at the scene.
They are now flying to Antigonish where four other victims are being assessed and stabilized. They are what remains of the seven people, all under 21 years old, unbelted, who were in a subcompact car that went off the road.
The surgeon is now listing the patients and their injuries. My mind flips between what he is saying and visions of the organized chaos at the scene — the first person there, then fire department personnel, EHS paramedics, and police. Ejected kids everywhere, some alive, some dead.
Two hours later, the youths arrive, one by one, first by Life Flight, then by ground ambulance. From the scene to Antigonish to the Halifax Infirmary, the cast of many emergency care providers have done a fantastic job making sense of this senseless tragedy.
At the Infirmary, where this happens all too often, the trauma team goes to work — further treatments, CAT scans, many specialists, preparation for the operating room.
Then one of our amazing social workers or nurses will join me on the long hallway walk to the family room for the heart-wrenching job of breaking bad news and listening to too many questions I cannot answer.
What does the general public hear about this familiar tragedy? "Three more dead on N.S. highway," or something to that effect. Then something about the annual death toll so far; comparisons to previous years.
Is this worse? Is there a reason? Brief outrage, soul-searching, then the next story, and all is forgotten. What are we missing?
Let’s follow the common trajectory of the survivors from similar crashes. Surviving drivers face major legal and social consequences. Passengers suffer life-long mixtures of the effects of acquired brain injury, followup surgeries, surgical complications, intensive care, chronic pain, paralysis, depression, addictions, and employment problems, to name a few.
Families and friends are affected. PTSD counselling should be available for the first responders, but it is often forgotten, leaving them altered forever.
The majority of these crashes are the result of alcohol misuse. Alcohol poisons brain nerves, resulting in loss of inhibition ("life of the party"), poor decisions and risk-taking behaviour.
Sometimes intoxicated drivers crash into other vehicles with innocent victims. Those who survive end up being cared for by all of us through our public health care system.
For every death we hear about, there are 10 to 15 injury victims we never hear about. That makes us all responsible for challenging this ridiculous culture of acceptance of alcohol abuse in Nova Scotia.
Alcohol intoxication, risk-taking, binge-drinking, under-age drinking are all apparently a rite of passage in Nova Scotia. It is part of our heritage. The annual cull on our highways and waterways (drownings) and other 100 per cent preventable injuries are just collateral damage — acceptable I guess, because few seem to care.
At the same time, lots of people do seem to care about long wait times to see specialists or delays to get medical tests.
If there were fewer people with 100 per cent preventable injuries and illnesses related to alcohol abuse, seeing those specialists and using those tests — might there be better access for people whose medical problems are not of their own making?
When are we going to challenge the "fun lifestyle" marketing of beer and liquor corporations, the NSLC, binge-drinking promotion at bars, and our culture that believes that drinking large volumes of a nerve poison is normal?
Dr. John Ross is an emergency physician in Halifax.
http://thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/1144571-in-the-er-outrage-over-wanton-road-carnage
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‘Nobody’s safe out there’: Victims’ families hail MacKay as he signals change to drunk driving laws
EDMONTON — The new federal justice minister says the Conservative government is considering changes to impaired driving legislation in the Criminal Code.
But Peter MacKay, who only took over the portfolio earlier this month, wouldn’t say exactly what is being pondered as he headed into a meeting with crime victims in Edmonton.
"I can tell you I did numerous trials on impaired driving cases, first as a defence lawyer and then prosecuting cases," MacKay said Thursday, recalling his time working as a lawyer in Nova Scotia.
"I recall vividly a judge making a statement in a trial that I was prosecuting to the accused that driving down the road while under the effect of drugs or alcohol is no different than pointing a gun at another human being."
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MacKay said he wanted to meet with more victims of impaired driving before announcing the changes the government is contemplating.
One of the people MacKay met with Thursday was a mother whose 18-year-old son was one of three Alberta men killed in a crash where drunk driving was suspected.
The ministers words were a huge relief for Sheri Arsenault, whose son Bradley Arsenault died along with two friends south of Edmonton on Nov. 26, 2011.
Jonathan Pratt, 28, of Beaumont, Alta., is charged in the case, which is still before the courts.
I believe we have to continue to send that signal of just how serious an incident that is, and the consequences — the consequences that you cause, and the consequences that you have to live with when you put drugs and alcohol in your system and get behind the wheel of a car
.
"Finally somebody in government is maybe going to listen to us," Arsenault said.
Arsenault has become a spokesperson for a group, Families for Justice, which has been collecting names on a petition calling for mandatory minimum sentences for impaired driving causing death. The petition also calls for the Criminal Code to be changed to redefine the offence of impaired driving causing death as vehicular manslaughter.
Last fall, provincial justice ministers asked the federal government to consider increased penalties for impaired driving, particularly crimes involving repeat offenders, serious injury or death.
MacKay said impaired driving laws need to send a strong message because of the consequences involved.
"I believe we have to continue to send that signal of just how serious an incident that is, and the consequences — the consequences that you cause, and the consequences that you have to live with when you put drugs and alcohol in your system and get behind the wheel of a car," MacKay said.
Arsenault was originally supposed to meet with former justice minister Rob Nicholson, but Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s cabinet shuffle earlier this month meant that meeting had to be cancelled.
MacKay apologized to Arsenault on behalf of Nicholson, saying Nicholson had been looking forward to meeting with her.
Arsenault said MacKay’s announcement Thursday was the first she had heard the government was considering changes to the Criminal Code.
With drunk driving being the largest cause of criminal death in Canada by far, it’s a serious concern
.
"He gave me the sense that he’s a regular father with a regular family who sees this crime for what it is," said Arsenault.
Arsenault noted the Harper government has made being tough on crime a motto and has brought in mandatory minimums for drug offences.
She said there should also be mandatory minimums for impaired drivers who kill.
"With drunk driving being the largest cause of criminal death in Canada by far, it’s a serious concern. Nobody’s safe at any time out there."
comment:
Drunk drivers kill more people every year than firearms do. Unfortunately a vast majority of drunk drivers are acquitted on ridiculous technicalities (see the M.Trudeau trial as an example). Politicians need to eliminate loop holes by reigning in the judiciary with the use of the "notwithstanding clause" and with solid legislation.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/07/26/nobodys-safe-out-there-victims-families-hail-mackay-as-he-signals-change-to-drunk-driving-laws/
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Sobering stats on drunk/drugged drivers -CANADA
Richard Russell -Special to The Globe and Mail
Published Wednesday, May. 19 2010, 2:46 PM EDT
More than 1,100 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes in Canada in 2007
Some more facts about these deaths:
•80.4 per cent were male
•67.2 per cent were owner-operators
•20.7 per cent were passengers
•11.7 per cent were pedestrians
•43.7 per cent of the deaths occurred in automobiles
•27.3 per cent in a truck or van
•11.1 per cent in an off-road vehicle
•5.6 per cent on a motorcycle
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Leave it to Sidney- how Canadian
Sidney Crosby against anti-gay law
Updated: August 26, 2013, 2:51 PM ET
By Pierre LeBrun | ESPN.com
CALGARY, Alberta -- The NHL's top player didn't shy away Sunday when asked about Russia's anti-gay law being adopted for the Olympics in February.
http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/9600260/sidney-crosby-pittsburgh-penguins-anti-gay-law-everyone-play
Team Canada superstar Sidney Crosby isn't on board with the Russian government's stance, underlining his support of gay athletes and their right to play.
"For me growing up in Canada, my view has always been that way," Crosby said during a news conference Sunday to kick off Canada's Olympic camp. "I think that everyone has an equal right to play and I think we've been supportive of that. With the Olympics and the controversy around that I think those decisions and those laws aren't necessarily something that I agree with personally ... their laws and their views."
Defenseman Shea Weber echoed Crosby's comment. The Nashville Predators star and Team Canada standout is a supporter of the You Can Play foundation, which the NHL and NHL Players' Association also officially endorse.
"Obviously, the NHLPA and myself are trying to support that cause," Weber said. "Like Sidney said, the way we're brought up is different than how the Russians view it. We're going over there to play hockey and obviously that's what we're going to try and focus on."
http://espn.go.com/nhl/story/_/id/9600260/sidney-crosby-pittsburgh-penguins-anti-gay-law-everyone-play
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