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Forwarded From: "PEI Pie Brigade" <peipiebrigade@hotmail.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 16, 2000 Operation "Pie Minister" Charlottetown - At noon today Jean Chretien received a celebratory cream pie in the lobby of the PEI Civic Centre to Commemorate Old Home Week. Members of the PEI Pie Brigade braved the infamous "Shawinigan handshake" in order to offer a Roundup Ready Frankencreampie to Jean Chretien, the first head of state to receive the distinction of being pied. One onlooker said “I think the pie thrower should receive a trophy instead of handcuffs.” The pie thrower was arrested, taken to the Charlottetown Police Station, charged with assault, and released after being brought before a Justice of the Peace this afternoon. The next court date was set for August 31. While there are a multitude of reasons to pie Chretien, this action was intended specifically to highlight and criticize the roles of Chretien and his government in pushing unlabelled, untested frankencrops on this country and the world. The Canadian Government has given many millions of dollars to the biotech industry, rubber stamped their crops without independent testing, and Chretien flies around the world to try to pressure countries like France to accept these untested genetic technologies. While countries around the world are turning their backs on GE crops and foods, the federal government is increasing their public relations offensive to convince citizens of so-called "benefits" while denying the risks. This "creaminal" behavior has forced the PEI Pie Brigade into action. In 1998, Chretien compared getting pied to getting a reward or a "prize" which many other personalities have already received. He used Bill Gates as a brilliant example of the kind of important person to receive such a high distinction. We will now see whether Chretien accepts this "prize" in good humor, or if he will overreact like Stephane Dion and continue to pursue charges (with an election in the near future). >From 5-7 PM today, Chretien is also scheduled to attend an ice cream social at the home of Solicitor General Lawrence MacAuley in St. Peters. The PEI Pie Brigade wishes people across the country a happy pie season (also known as election season) and encourages others to show their dissatisfaction with this corporate financed electoral system. The pie is the limit!! Bon Appetit!! -30- To contact the PEI Pie Brigade or to arrange an interview email: peipiebrigade@hotmail.com For details of the PrImE Minister's creaming, visit Les Entartistes Website: http://www.entartistes.ca ********************************************************** Aaron Koleszar <aaronk@isn.net> _____________________________________________________________________ For details of the PrImE Minister's creaming at the hands of PEI Pie Brigade, visit Les Entartistes Website: http://www.entartistes.ca _____________________________________________________________________ FOR THE REAL NEWS ON THE PROTESTS AND DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE WTO IN SEATTLE, THE IMF/WORLD BANK IN WASHINGTON, THE OAS IN WINDSOR, THE U.S. POLITICAL CONVENTIONS IN PHILADELPHIA AND L.A., AND OTHER PAST AND FUTURE ACTIONS, VISIT: http://www.indymedia.org - The Independenat Media Center (IMC) THEN FOLLOW THE LINKS TO LOCAL IMCS DON'T TRUST THE CORPORATE MEDIA! TV TURNOFF WEEK WAS APRIL 22-30 (KEEP IT OFF!) _____________________________________________________________________ Excerpt From "Statement to the Public by Jailed IMF/World Bank Protestors" Our movement is a small part of a worldwide brotherhood and sisterhood joining in solidarity with all the impoverished, oppressed, and progressive people of earth. For us, breaking the law is not a frivolous gesture, but rather a last-resort means of exposing the immense powers that we all face when we attempt to create real, ethical change. We continue to draw inspiration from the civil rights, anti-nuclear, anti-war, environmental justice, labor rights, and anti-oppression movements. Who are we? We are your sons and daughters, your sisters and brothers, your fathers, mothers, grandfathers, and grandmothers. We are your co-workers, your fellow parishioners and rabbis, your healers, your teachers, and your students. We will continue to risk arrest, and if necessary resist with our very lives, until we expose this world as one in which profits come before people, so that a more just, humane, and free global society may take its place. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- DOES SUST-MAR KNOW? Not unless you tell us ... To submit a message about the environment/sustainability in the Maritimes, just send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Messages are prioritised and queued, so please be patient if your message doesn't appear right away.
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