FORCES - ESSAYS AND ARTICLES - From FORCES Canada

WCB's Smoking Law Won't Ban Butts - British Columbia's Worker's Compensation Board Communications Director Scott McCloy said on June 25th:
"We're not in the business of banning smoking......."

That's right Mr. McCloy, that's the BUSINESS of certain public health officials who are trying to justify their existence and paycheques by jumping on this politically-correct bandwagon.

Attempting to ban public smoking based on the myth created by false science was their big mistake. The Passive Smoke WHOPPER The public has been lied to, and treated with utter contempt. That contempt is going to be returned.

One of these 'officials' has been quoted as saying, "There's a place for smokers - outside". Well, there's a place for fanatical public health officials too, on the unemployment line, if not jail.

CRD Moves to Snuff Out Butts - The Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island, B.C. voted behind closed doors on June 23rd to seek civil injunctions against establishments not complying with their draconian 'Clean Air' bylaw.

The potential outcome is business closures, fines and/or jail time for owners who do not enforce what this Regional District is unable to do themselves.

The Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition indicates that they're prepared to challenge the CRD in court. If they do, legal expenses will be high and they'll need help. Link to Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition and find out how you can help. They're fighting for everyone. If this bylaw is successful here, in Canada's first Regional test area, it'll be in your neighbourhood next.

Are Children Running City Hall? - Following up the meeting held in Winnipeg on June 11th, the writer of this letter published in the Winnipeg Free Press asked a good question.

The use of children by the anti-smoking faction needs a thorough investigation. The teaching of critical thinking skills seems to be a thing of the past. One needs only to have the appearance of a 'mantle of authority' to eliminate all opposition and debate, presenting a de facto scheme to further this reprehensible social engineering experiment.

What's going on in this Country? Have a look at Collabo "The Use of Children for Squealing and State Prosecution" Is this what we want for Canada?

OLD ARTICLE -- BUT CERTAINLY NOT OBSOLETE - THE PRICE OF GOLDEN EGGS - A flawed study of the economic costs of life's little pleasures neglects to quantity benefits - We link to this old article from the Alberta Report about the "cost" of smokers to society -- actually, about their immense contribution. In the wake of the latest campaign of lies and fraud by the World Health Organization, this Canadian article should make many people reflect on the incredible injustice of contributing so much to society while being persecuted by individuals without scruples who just happen to be in a position of power.

Smoke and be proud.

Manitoba Hospitality Industry Speaks - Interesting....following along the lines of Toronto, Ontario - AMBUSH! Hold the meeting at 9:00 a.m. on a Friday when most employed taxpaying citizens are at work and would have trouble appearing; don't give any advance warning in case they might have a chance to get time off and let Council know what they think; drag in elementary school children and their teachers to speak out on what a 'wonderful thing' Winnipeg City Council would be doing by banning public smoking, and we have the final element.

Just one question. What are primary school students doing out of their classrooms intervening at City Hall an ADULT issue? If you're a parent of a child in the Winnipeg school system, we would suggest asking the School Board about their 'policy' of using children to advance an agenda.

It might also be a good idea to check how well your children are able to read/write/add/compute while you're at it. If their skill levels are below what you expect - guess they're too involved with 'social' issues. Isn't the last one suppose to be YOUR job?

Ron Ledohowski, acting President of the Cabaret Alliance of Manitoba, spoke for the ADULTS in that community who find relaxation in places other than Sesame Street/Big Bird, Mr. Rogers, Friendly Giant, Barney, TeleTubbies.......well, you get the idea.....

Nico-nazis lose round in T.O. - "And it is with some delight that we bring you this dispatch from the front: For the first time in recent memory, the smoking fascists have lost a battle."

Toronto Sun columnist Heather Bird reports on a Toronto proposal to back off on smoking in restaurants while a good ventilation solution is found. Full council will consider the idea in July. Bird sounds feisty when she call the antis "smoking fascists ", and objects to them "telling the rest of us how to live", but seems to endorse dragging tobacco into the war on drugs.

It's the typical media mind split that we so often find on tobacco issues and, like too many reporters and commentators, she seems completely ignorant of the Osteen decision, and the real state of knowledge over ETS -- and indeed, primary smoking. The "Nico-Nazis" RELY on that ignorance!

Losing Business - "For every person that takes the time to write a letter, 1000+ don't.....", anybody know what the actual statistic is?

Yes CRD, (Capital Regional District, Vancouver Island, B.C.) business is going elsewhere because of your high-handed, elitist 'Clean-Air' bylaw.

When home becomes just a place you 'hang your hat' in the grim and joyless 'job' of living - and the fun and real living takes place somewhere else, perhaps it's time to take a good look at the rules you're making for ADULTS with disposable, discretionary dollars to spend. The children do grow up, make CHOICES, pay taxes, spend money, VOTE - and guess what? 25+% of them smoke.

Municipal elections are coming up in Fall '99. If you're an incumbent and intend to run again for office, what's your voting record on this issue? Those with a vote who care enough to head out to the polls already know.

Replace Smoking Ban With Sensible Law - "A little sanity in these insane times goes a long way!"

As the 'witch hunt' continues in the Capital Regional District (CRD) on Vancouver Island, more and more people are speaking out. The writer of this article takes particular exception to not only what's happening in the hospitality industry, but also the effect the so-called 'Clean Air' bylaw is having on those who have arrived at their "last address" - hospice and extended care homes.

The words regulation and prohibition have been redefined to mean the same thing in this area of Canada. But then the powers-that-be are very good at redefinition. If something doesn't fit the mold and advance the agenda, you just change the meaning of a word, as has happened with addiction.

Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition to Capital Regional District Board of Directors (CRD) - Victoria, B.C. - Chairman Brian Mayzes of the Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition says it best.

"How many more people are going to lose their jobs, how many more businesses close before common sense will prevail?"

The linked letter in this article from a now unemployed waiter, was published in the Times Colonist Newspaper today. The rank elitism surrounding this entire 'Clean Air' bylaw comes through loud and clear in the writer's comments.

Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition to Capital Regional District Board of Directors (CRD) - Victoria, B.C. - Chairman Brian Mayzes of the Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition says it best.

"How many more people are going to lose their jobs, how many more businesses close before common sense will prevail?"

WHERE THERE'S SMOKE THERE'S FIRE - Following up the PRESS RELEASE below, here's how the Victoria Times Colonist Newspaper reported the press conference.

Strathcona Hotel bartender Wayne Winger, a 30-year, non-smoking bartender, said his tips are down at least 50 per cent since the 'Clean Air' bylaw was enacted on January 01st and he has yet to feel any health benefits. A little sarcasm perhaps in his remark that the only 'benefit' he's received so far is cleaner clothes. "So I don't have to do laundry as much."

ENFORCE Smoking bans - or butt out - PRESS RELEASE: Victoria, British Columbia - Some 'tough love' is expressed in this joint press release (Strathcona Hotel, Elephant & Castle Restaurant, Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition (FOCC):

".......a monster has been created - tame it or eliminate it"

Pass any law you want - if you don't have the support of the people you're suppose to represent, it's "spit in the wind". Elections are coming up, and you'd better believe that SMOKERS are very well aware of the federal/provincial/municipal - VOTES of those currently 'in power' on this issue.

Go right ahead - make our day - if you currently hold an ELECTED office, maybe you should examine your position on this issue. We guarantee that those who are concerned with Freedom of Choice are well aware, and will vote accordingly.

DYING 'ALLOWED' TO SMOKE INDOORS - Victoria, B.C. - Kudos to David Cheperdak, Executive Director of the Victoria Hospice, and Oak Bay Lodge Administrator Joyce Westcott who have gone to bat for the residents of their establishments and challenged the Capital Regional District (CRD) officials who have insisted 'that an exception can't be made for patients who want to smoke indoors, even if they are dying.'

The fact that Mr. Cheperdak and Ms. Westcott had to go to these lengths is a disgrace and a very telling commentary on what this society has devolved into. It's also an excellent example of the personality of anti-smoking fanatics - devoid of humanity and utterly compassionless.

Is this just the beginning of what we can expect in the 'new world order' (global community)?

TORONTO IN TROUBLE - We link to Mister Smokers' site for an update on the proposed smoking ban in the amalgamated Toronto area. 'Smoke Free by 2001' is the battle cry! The Council Committee Hearings there seem outrageously biased - read for yourself.

If you live in that area and care at all about preserving some freedom of choice, there's only one more meeting left, at the end of June, to make your opinion known. The antis are out in full force - check back regularly with Mister Smokers for tips on how you can make a difference in your part of Ontario.

SMOKE-FREE REFUGEE CAMPS - "Picture this: you're a Kosovar refugee just stepping off the aircraft that has brought you thousands of kilometres from your homeland to a Canadian Armed Forces base. In the last few weeks you've lost your family, your home, your job - even your country. You've survived the forced march out of Kosovo and weeks in the cold and dirt of the Albanian refugee camps. Your future is uncertain at best. Wouldn't a du Maurier Ultra Light King Size go good right now? You bet it would. But hey, this is Canada, right?"

OTTAWA SHOULD LIGHTEN UP ON LIGHTING UP - "HEALTH CANADA is going to be the death of me yet. Blood pressure rising . . . heart racing. . . approaching psychosis . . . The autocratic Ottawa outfit continues to inflict its version of good 'nproper health on an entire nation while ignoring all entreaties for just an iota of common sense."

Mayor skeptical of smoking ban - At least one ELECTED official of a major Canadian city realizes the futility of passing these bans. It simply isn't want the people want. Trying to enforce a bylaw of this nature will lead to a cost nightmare, and criminalize normally law abiding, tax paying citizens in the process.

"Sure we can have a smoking ban. But we can ban rainy days too. Fine. Everyone will feel really good about it until it rains." "If you go too far and bring in something that isn't credible, .....it becomes a joke. It's not enforceable and no one takes it seriously."

Mayor Glen Murray
Winnipeg, Manitoba

It is a joke - except to those hospitality establishments that go out of business because of it, and to the workers who spend their days on the unemployment line. Of course the non elected would-be social engineers, in the guise of 'public health', don't concern themselves with 'collateral damage' in pursuit of their Agenda for a Smoke Free Canada by the Year 2000.

JACOB SULLUM in Ottawa, 16 June 1999 - His book 'For Your Own Good - The Anti-Smoking Crusade and The Tyranny of Public Health' is a must read. See our BookcaseSection for more recommended reading.

Smokers.Com Press Release - Our newest link to a Canadian site fighting for freedom of choice issued this Press Release comparing current Toronto, Ontario smoking bylaws - and proposals for even stronger measures by anti-smokers - to Hitler's Nazi anti-smoking policies. Be sure to check out the full site at http://www.smokers.com/ Well done Mr. Smoker!

INTERNATIONAL SHAME: HEALTH CANADA FORBIDS THE DONATION OF CIGARETTES TO THE KOSOVO REFUGEES!
KOSOVO REFUGEES COULD REALLY USE . . . A SMOKE - "Cigarettes top their wish list - agency urges donations" -- WRONG COUNTRY, GUYS! -- "A roof to shelter. Cloth to clothe. Food for sustenance. All of the basic needs met. But what Kosovo refugees living in Canadian military bases could use now is a smoke."

These poor people are headed to Canada to start a new life in peace. What these poor persecuted people don't know is that they are heading out of a persecution into another. The criminal Canadian anti-tobacco cartel is rubbing his hands waiting for new victims to "straighten up," and show them how low, useless, pathetic addicts they are. But now that these people from the 3rd World have the questionable privilege of living in this "advanced" country of the 4th World they will have to be TOLD what to do or they will be persecuted -- again.

Contrary to any decency -- and denying even the indirect request of the Canadian Red Cross -- the putrid, heartless, stomach turning, paternalistic Health Canada refuses to give relief to these people by giving them the simplest thing for the spirit: a cigarette.

" John McDonald, director of public affairs at Rothmans, said yesterday that their company is prohibited under the Tobacco Act from giving donations of cigarettes.

``We'd like to assist but we contacted Health Canada and they wouldn't make an exception,'' said McDonald.

ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED OF YOURSELF, HEALTH CANADA?!!

Hospitality Sales Down By $6 Million - Linked is a PRESS RELEASE from the Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition concerning the economic status of businesses affected by the Capital Regional District's 'Clean Air' Bylaw which came into effect 01 January 1999.

Anti-smoking lobby groups aren't well known for their 'fiscal' responsibility/knowledge, being either government or pharmaceutical company funded, but this should be a wake-up call for those who are ELECTED to ensure that the overall viability of the jurisdictions they represent is cared for.

Perhaps the anti-smoking fanatics would like to explain to the unemployed hospitality workers in the CRD just how this Bylaw doesn't affect jobs.

Be sure to check out the direct link to Victoria Freedom of Choice Coalition for donation information. They've mounted a legal challenge to get this Bylaw thrown out; given the specious evidence it's based on (the dangers of Environmental Tobacco Smoke - ETS) and the constitutional violation to existing legal freedoms, they've an excellent chance of succeeding. It costs money to proceed in this direction - with no government or tobacco company funding, it's up to citizens who are concerned about the violations to trust and liberty to 'put their money where their mouth is'.

A Smoking Gun - The Region of Sudbury, Ontario is facing a proposed anti-smoking bylaw and resident Michael Hennessy, LL.B, M.B.A. doesn't intend to stand by and watch it happen on a fraudulent premise. He's written an excellent article for circulation among concerned citizens of that locale bringing to their attention Judge Thomas Osteen's verdict on the EPA '92 report regarding secondhand smoke.

Elected officials in every municipality, city, or region should be aware that the anti-smoking bylaws they are being asked to pass, or have already passed, have no credible scientific evidence to support the assertion that it's to protect the health of workers. If the truth were told by those who lobby for these types of bylaws, it would be that banning public smoking is a tactic to advance the anti-smoking agenda. (A Smoke Free Canada by the Year 2000)

We applaud Mr. Hennessy's efforts to prevent this intended bylaw in the Sudbury Region from becoming a fact, and wish all the concerned citizens there success in preserving the truth when it comes to the issue of secondhand smoke.