[mobglob-discuss] (Oct 10) Harper Welcoming Committee- Dinner with PM!

[Harsha]

THE HARPER WELCOMING COMMITTEE INVITES YOU TO DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER!

No Money for Militarization, Demanding Justice for the People!

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TUESDAY OCTOBER 10, 2006 @ 5 pm
GATHER: NE CORNER OF COLOMBIA AND KEEFER
CHINATOWN MONUMENT FOR CHINESE RAILWAY WORKERS
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper is visiting Vancouver on Tuesday October 10
for a dinner organized by businessman Johnny Fong geared towards
increasing trade, business, and investment with China. Although presented
as a “direct dialogue with Vancouver’s Chinese Canadians”, a number of
community-based Chinese-Canadian organizations and other grassroots groups
have of course not been invited to this dinner. So we have decided to
invite ourselves!

Over the past year, the Harper government has implemented cuts to women’s
advocacy and equality rights work, has failed to implement a universal
childcare program, has provided no funding to support the “health-care
wait-time guarantee”, and has cut over $7 million in affordable housing
funding across Canada. Meanwhile Harper is supporting the corporate
agenda, including expansion of exploitative guest worker programs and
increasing privatization and colonization of indigenous lands. An expanded
$1.4 billion budget is going towards a larger police force and beefing
border security across Canada, with a total of $16-billion over two years
towards National Defence. Harper has been building an aggressive and
destructive military occupation of Afghanistan and the "War on Terror" is
a clear pretext for increased Western economic and military domination in
the Middle East.

Clearly, the policies of the Harper government aim to increase the
economic gains of Canada's elite at the cost of increased impoverishment
and repression of our marginalized communities, and the loss of lives and
freedom of those abroad.

On October 10th, don't be silent, be in the street!!
Join us in sending a resounding no to Harper's war at home and abroad.
TROOPS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN! HOMES NOT BOMBS!

To endorse or for more information: 778-552-2099 or karmatropolis at yahoo.ca
The Harper Welcoming Committee is an adhoc committee supporting justice,
dignity, and self determination for our communities from Coast Salish
Territories to Afghanistan.