Dear Vive Readers
This is a notice to inform you that I have resigned as the Canadian Action Party President. It was a difficult decision made more difficult because of the critical situation in our world. I realized I had reached a wall within the confines of the party.
The experience of participating and influencing the growth of the party, through my time and passion over the last 1 1/2 years, is something I will always be thankful for. My vision and mission have taken me beyond the restrictions of a political party system. It was time to move on. I will continue to stand for Canada, for peace, democracy and real freedom in whatever way I can.
I want to thank you for inspiring me to bring forward my views and vision. I appreciate your criticism and comments. Some of you have written to me off vive and offered invaluable assistance to my personal growth and helped me to know that each of us can make a difference. I have developed a short video to reveal my vision of a Better World, which you can view on my website.
For those of you interested, you can read my resignation letter there also.
http://web.mac.com/whelancosten
yours respectfully
Catherine Whelan Costen
Note: http://web.mac.com/whel...
CAP President Resigns
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The party has made a grave error and will most likely suffer the consequences of their action.
Respectfully
Dio
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[juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]
it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights"
lex ferenda
Paul Barnes
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Expect little from life and get more from it.
Best wishes with your future endeavors and please keep writing those thoughtful and insightful articles, you remain (in my view) among the best two or three contributors to Vive.
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When you are up to your ass in alligators it is difficult to remember that the initial objective was to drain the swamp
( and what they ^^ said.)
CAP's loss is Vive's gain thought!
Just a random thought, Harper didn't offer you a cabinet position, did he?
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden
I'm sad to see Catherine go, I thought she had a lot of drive, guts, and intelligence. However, as the party grows we have to become more formalized or we just get chaos.
I'm also not a fan of our present party system but its the one we are stuck with for the moment. CAP's platform includes changes toward a more proportional representation system as well as dumping the first-past-the-post election style.
I cannot go into more detail (rather, I won't) as I have no desire to besmirch the reputations of anyone involved. I think both sides are honerable in their own ways and stubborn in others; just like the rest of the human race.
Your work with CAP will serve another party well if you so choose to take that path.
Good luck to you!
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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.
Tease!
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[juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]
it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights"
lex ferenda
You got a lot to offer Canada, Catherine, so I hope you won't get discouraged. Gutless do nothing folks like me need people like you.
I figure with you running Canada and michou running the nation of Quebec (either in or out of Canuckistan), we run of the mill citizen types might have a chance to avoid the pre-nineteenth century serf/master relationship society some of our neo-con/neo-liberal types seems to be aiming for.
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"When we are in the middle of the paradigm, it is hard to imagine any other paradigm" (Adam Smith).
Is the Canadian Action Party the official political arm of Vive le Canada?
If so, wouldn't it be fair to make a full disclosure and to announce this in
the Vive masthead?
If so, wouldn't it be fair to make a full disclosure and to announce this in
the Vive masthead?
As memory serves you have raised this question before and received an answer to it. Won't it also be fair for you to appologise for casting aspersions*
*cast aspersions on someone/something
to criticize someone or someone's character
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[juris ignorantia est cum jus nostrum ignoramus]
it is ignorance of the law when we do not know our own rights"
lex ferenda
Dr Caleb:
Thanks for the link. Very informative and helpful.
Just a suggestion: that link might be a good one to keep repeating. .
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To assume we are a political arm of any party, based on our mission statement is an incorrect assumption. We even had to put in our FAQ that we aren't owned by Mel Hurtig, but people still believe that, and still don't read the FAQ.
We have members who run for office, in at least 3 parties. Given our mission statement, it shouldn't be surprising that some people will put their beliefs into actions.
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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden