THE MOST IMPORTANT DATE IN MY LIFE

THE MOST IMPORTANT DATE IN MY LIFE Aug 16^th, 2012

By

JAMES BREDIN

The most important date in my life is the date I will die,

The Supreme Court wont let me change that date and I don’t know why,

Is it some religious belief that they want us to obey?

No matter what the disease or pain; we have to suffer and stay.

Sooner or later, you too will have to cope with this question,

There’s nothing legal you can do so don’t bother with the suggestion,

The Supreme Court laid down the law so you have to suffer the pain,

It doesn’t matter whether it’s freezing cold, sunshine or rain.

Should I go to Switzerland and get fixed up over there?

I hear they help many people who are approaching death and despair,

I read there may be certain pills for sale in Mexico down there,

I think of poor Sue Rodriguez and maybe say a prayer.

Aug 16^th, 2012

WE ARE IN A COCOON AUG 15TH, 2012

WE ARE IN A COCOON AUG 15^TH, 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Almost all our politicians are completely party bound,

With religious fealty they remain faithful and renowned,

They do and vote according to their party instructions,

All changes are frowned on unless they are party productions.

The party agenda, whether right or left, has to be obeyed,

And no Ottawa aristocrat appointee can be betrayed,

And binding referendums will remain completely banned,

Therefore Canadians issues alone by themselves may not stand.

Death with dignity can never be politically discussed,

Like Sue Rodriguez, you and I could end up in painful disgust,

We should have proportional representation sometime soon,

A small insignificant change to get us out of this cocoon.

AUG 15^TH, 2012

OUR BLUEPRINT AUG 14TH, 2012

OUR BLUEPRINT  AUG 14^TH 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

Compulsory voting or fifty-dollar fine at tax time,

Shows that this important national issue is not five-and-dime,

And those who refuse to vote or pay, get ten days in jail,

No house arrest allowed, no legal aid, no caution and no bail.

Binding referendums for all Canadians on national options,

Before these options turn into major national problems,

How each politician votes on any issue should be published,

And not carefully moved around and hidden from the public.

Set-date elections every three years and constituents allowed recall,

Death with dignity allowed and no one or group, can forestall,

The Supreme Court, Governor Generals and parole boards elected,

So that defects in our systems can be finally corrected.

AUG 14^TH 2012

JUVENILE COURTS AUG 13TH, 2012

JUVENILE COURTS AUG 13TH, 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

The Youth Criminal Justice Act replaced the Young Offenders Act,

Politically correct politicians did it all to distract,

One useless law replaced by another and that’s a fact,

Left leaning Liberals and their followers had a quiet pact.

Publication bans – no names -- are frequent and no questions asked,

Young offenders often walk out of court unknown as though still masked,

Allowed to apologize or compensate and charges withdrawn,

The public don’t know anything so therefore can’t catch on.

Very few Canadian criminals spend much time in prison,

The soft system, laws and judges won’t allow them to be imprisoned,

Crown attorneys bargain away most of the criminal charges,

This allows many of proceedings to end up in no-fault discharges.

With so few consequences; why change a criminal career?

Nobody knows about the vicious crimes and the coast is clear,

Dangerous offender designation banned and not allowed,

So unknown juvenile criminal offenders can still feel proud.

Aug 13^th, 2012

NO INCENTIVE TO VOTE AUG 12TH, 2012

NO INCENTIVE TO VOTE  Aug 12^th, 2012

By

James Bredin

And those in power can stay there for the rest of their lives,

Though it may be questionable whether democracy survives,

So a compulsory voting law or fifty dollar fine at income tax time,

Would solve the problem as the number of voters will climb.

Those who have been elected are not keen on mandatory votes,

It could change things and interfere with what the party promotes,

People might want binding referendums and recall and what next?

Best to do nothing or say it’s constitutional and too complex.

Canadian politicians like all politicians dread recall,

Whether it’s federal, provincial or even city hall,

So how do we get rid of a dreadful useless politician?

Could we get recall in the constitution in the next edition?

Aug 12^th, 2012

DOOMED CANADIAN DEMOCRACY AUG 11TH, 2012

DOOMED CANADIAN DEMOCRACY Aug 11^th, 2012

BYJAMES BREDIN

Democracy depends on elections to make it work,

Elections depend on participation -- not a few dorks,

Established politicians depend on their party to get them there,

Reason why less than half Canadians get involved in this affair.    

So there’s something wrong and we should sit down and figure out,

Maybe mandatory voting would establish some clout,

Maybe voting for senators and High Court judges would help,

But would appointees to the courts and Parole Boards scream and yelp?

Because Parole Boards tend to let many criminals out of jail,

Maybe murderers, rapists or those who couldn’t make bail,

Turning our already soft justice system into complete junk,

While our so-called Charter democracy smells like a skunk. 

Aug 11^th, 2012

ARE WE FALLING SHORT? AUG 10TH, 2012

ARE WE FALLING SHORT?  AUG 10^TH, 2012

BY

JAMES BREDIN

A provincial premier should be appointed prime minister each year,

Because we don’t vote for our prime minister by name right here,

We vote for someone in his party and sometimes we’re not sure,

Because the party system can sometimes be very obscure.

Or in order to elect a prime minister, we should see his name,

On a special ballot because this is a serious game,

And the religion-like party system should be rearranged,

For individuals – not parties – and not considered strange.

I realize of course that this idea will be shot down,

Appointed high aristocrats want to keep their dressing gowns,

Proportional representation and binding referendums please,

Because the way things are now; it’s the parties they appease.

They say that the Senate is a place of sober second thought,

Where unknown establishment appointees are never distraught,

Did I mention we need an elected Senate and High Court?

Because under our present system we seem to fall short.

AUG 10^TH, 2012