A Primer for Veterans
I’m sorry great soldier; you were lied to and fooled
When you enlisted and we told you the rules
We promised you value, we promised you care
We gave solemn promise to see to your affairs
We said if you worked hard, were loyal and true
If you served your country then we’d care for you
You had but to be strong and do as you should
Defending our nation and standing for good
If you gave good service, then you would be set
Good jobs awaiting for you to accept
Canadians would treasure one such as you
There’d be parades and honours and many thank-you’s
We’d all support you, should you get hurt
Sacrifice in service being the noblest of wounds
We’d carry you home and see to your care
If it be crutches or braces or a limb or a chair
By chance if your mind went, lost in the horrors
Of witnessing things no one should observe
Then we’d be here to catch you, to hug you, to cry
To get you whatever to takes to survive
Or if you are unlucky and pay the ultimate price
Be awarded the Last Post, make a noble sacrifice
Leaving behind children and parents and a spouse
And a great lousy void in their life and their house
We promise to fill that, as best we can
To care for your loved ones, to look after your Nan
To provide for your children, see them through school
And support your wife - or husband - like you’d do
We make all these promises, we give solemn oath
If you serve us all, then we will protect you
The great social contract, an agreement so strong
It will never be broken, not by bullet nor bomb
You just sign here and say these few words
And our nation will guard you, just like you’ve heard
For there’s nothing so noble as the troops’ sacrifice
Guarding the country from bumps in the night
Remember those you protect, as you stand in the rain
Or the snow or the sun, on the hills or the plains
On deck of a ship in freezing below
Or sitting in aircraft, staring out the window.
Away from your family, away from your dog
Away from your comforts and living high on the hog
No beers on Fridays, no Saturday games
No sleep-lates then breakfasts-in-bed, more’s the shame
You’ll go where you’re sent; you’ll do as you’re told
You’ll hold your tongue and don’t be so bold
For service is obedience, it goes with the job
The rights you’re protecting ain’t yours, you poor slob
But be a good soldier or airman or sailor
Do your job well and earn what we pays ya
Or be a true Mountie and maintain the right
Even when we curse you for tickets at lights
Do all of that and we’ll do our bit
We’ll see to your needs when you’re no longer fit
To serve us all, it’ll be all so right
When it’s our turn to offer comfort at night
With pensions and schooling and job grants and aid
You’ll have so much support, why, you’ll have it made!
We honour our veterans; we support our troops
‘Course we’ll provide when you get cut loose!
You all believed us, you believed all those words
Who’d lie to a soldier or Mountie but a turd?
The Queen and the Maple Leaf, a promise so proud
A golden contract, a sacred vow
You poor, poor fools! We had no intention
Of keeping that contract, so don’t even mention
We can’t believe you believed US! How foolish you are!
We sat at home and sent you afar!
To work until broken, in body and mind
And crushed in spirit, and you all were blind
To our crossed fingers, to our dirty deals
When we couldn’t give you bullets or decent meals,
What made you think we had pensions waiting?
That wasn’t a contract; it was just fool-baiting.
We bilked you for service. We exploited your oath.
We took all you had and just left you with hope.
A hope so futile that we can’t believe
You still think we can fill it. Why, we’re nuttin but t’eives!
We stole your best years, your futures, your lives
Ripped you from children and husbands and wives
Gave you low pay and little more
And when you were broken, we gave you the door
Now you want something from us? You’ll see what you get.
Your job-skills are useless in the private set
We don’t want to hear ‘bout your stories of war
We put ribbons on our cars, you want something more?
Prove that we owe you, go ahead, and just try
We’ll fight you in court til the day that you die
That sacred contract is not written in stone
And when you fight now, you fight us alone
You say you were promised, that you are not lying
Well that social contract? It’s not legally binding
It’s not in the big books of our legal code
And our vast legal team says we need not uphold
The promises made, for we are in charge
We can do what we want to the veterans at large
We don’t even have to pay one red cent
You cannot make us, we’re the government
So you go and sue us, and you get your ruling
By the time we pay out, you’ll be sitting and drooling
We have greater concerns that ones such as you
We have a great crop of fresh new recruits
All ready to sign up, to take the oath
They believe all our words, as they are spoke
They’ll do their duty like you did before
And when they return, all broken and sore
They’ll find even less support than you got
They’ll be left on the streets, to live there and rot
It’s cheaper that way, and cuts must be made
There’s a recession and we’ve bills to pay
But not to you folks, we owe you naught
You signed of your free will, you know what bought
Go read the fine print, with your arse in a sling
You know what we’ll pay you? Not one goddamn thing.
You took us at our word, more the fool you
Our word means nothing, so what can you do?
You can beg for our help, you might appeal to our pride
But don’t you get it? We won’t pay ‘cause WE LIED!
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28 September 2013
14 November 2012
Harold Leduc calls on AG to Investigate Privacy Violations
It is awful that someone's private medical records are passed around like notes in grade school. It is horrific that anyone's medical conditions should be wielded as weapons against them. It is obscene that adults would behave that way, like bullying teenagers. It is offensive that any veteran should be made to suffer twice from the same injuries.
There is no word for what happened to this man. Injuries sustained in defence of Canada were used to harm him by fellow Canadian civil servants.
Canadians are owed an explanation.
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
13
November 2012
Victoria, BC - Growing
up in the Canadian way is an aspect of life that I take very, very seriously.
This very same way of living demonstrates kindness, caring, and compassion
towards all, especially those who have been injured or killed while defending
our beautiful Country. I served my country with dignity and respect. Taking
care of my injured brothers and sisters by assisting them in their struggle to
get some small amount of compensation was and will always remain an honor. It
is therefore with sadness that I must say:
I’m disgusted that the Minister of Veterans
Affairs Canada (VAC) shows no shame in covering up nefarious activities that
target and seriously harm disabled veterans with illegally gained information
from privacy breaches.
Therefore today I am asking the Attorney General of Canada to
fully investigate all circumstances associated with these despicable attacks
against our Country’s defenseless disabled veterans to determine if charges are
warranted.
The Minister admitted stopping an ongoing
investigation that would have implicated him and others. He knows that the
Privacy Commissioner’s investigation would clear him because of their
restricted mandate and because VAC had already cleaned up their act in May 2009
when my privacy breaches were investigated and apologized for. He’s shown that
he can’t be trusted.
It’s no wonder my numerous pleas to the
Prime Minister, Minister, the Privy Council Office and Veterans Ombudsman to
stop the vile behaviour of the Veterans Review and Appeal Board (VRAB)
officials that severely injured my military related PTSD fell on deaf ears. The
Minister knew his official’s put my life was at risk and acted in contempt of
the 2010 Canadian Human Rights Commission mediation but he let them increase
their retaliation against me anyway.
The public record shows that these
nefarious activities are wide spread and target more than a few disabled
veterans who’s only crime is that they were disabled in our country’s service
and are trying to improve their fellow veterans and families quality of life to
the level this Government has promised.
It’s time to stop the Government’s abuse
against defenseless disabled veterans and it’s time for the Attorney General to
investigate the Minister’s covered up. Don’t let us down, Attorney General,
we’ve suffered enough and veterans deserve nothing less that justice, truth,
reconciliation and a Government that is honest and transparent.
It’s generally accepted that to abuse a
disabled person is low; but to deliberately hurt defenseless disabled veterans
who were injured standing up for democracy and their rights is the lowest of
the low. I am certain the voting public will agree!
For more information or to schedule an
interview please contact Harold Leduc via me and I'll connect you.
Veterans Affairs Needs Public Inquiry
*****FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE****
CITIZENS’ GROUP CALLS FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO VETERANS AFFAIRS
St. John’s - Privacy breeches at Veterans Affairs have not been properly investigated, according to citizens’ group Our Duty, and it is calling for a full public inquiry.
This comes days after it was revealed that Minister Steven Blaney ordered a halt to an investigation by the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman shortly after Blaney took office.
“The federal government has been playing a shell-game with the truth,” said Our Duty President Jeff Rose-Martland, “It is time for an independent public inquiry.”
The issue first came to light 2 years ago with the Sean Bruyea affair. A veteran and advocate, Bruyea had his medical files pried into by the Minister’s office after he spoke out against the New Veterans Charter. But Bruyea was not the only person targeted. It also emerged that Sgt Tom Hoppe, a decorated veteran, and former Ombudsman Pat Stogran were also victimized by the Ministry. Deputy Minister Tinning was briefed on the medical records of Retired Forces Nurse Louise Bird prior to a meeting. Private medical information was used to bully Harold LeDuc of the Veterans’ Review and Appeal Board. The veteran behind the SISIP class-action suit against Veterans Affairs, Dennis Manuge, had his medical and financial records used in a Ministerial briefing. Sylvain Chartrand, advocate for reservists, had his records passed from VAC to National Defence.
“Enough is enough,” said Rose-Martland, “The Privacy Commissioner investigated, but could only report on non-compliance. The Ombudsman’s investigation was ordered by Minister Blackburn to look into why these breeches took place. Then came the election, Blackburn was replaced by Blaney, and suddenly the Privacy Commissioner is the one supposed to handle it. This is nothing more than a cover-up.”
Our Duty has been made aware of dozens of cases. “It appears to be standard procedure for VAC officials. As soon as a veteran speaks out, senior bureaucrats in the Ministry go digging into Service Delivery files,” said the citizen advocate, “That’s absolutely forbidden by the Privacy Act and by VAC policy. The Ministry and Service Delivery are supposed to be separate entities. If a veteran has a problem with Service Delivery, they have to appeal to the Deputy Minister to request a Ministerial review - the Minster is not permitted to act on his own. So why, exactly, can the Ministry pull those same files when a veteran criticizes them?”
“It gets worse,” Rose-Martland continued, “We have learned that family members of advocates have also been targeted. Why? Why would the Minister need to know what someone’s brother’s file says? He wouldn’t, not legitimately. The public needs to know what sort of games the Ministry is playing with peoples lives.”
Our Duty notes that Minister Blackburn had promised departmental officials would face severe sanctions for these acts, yet those officials received bonuses last year.
“We have inquiries stifled and cut off. We have threats and intimidation by Veterans Affairs. We have people who broke the law being rewarded. All on the taxpayer dime.”
“We want a full public inquiry into these matters,” said the Our Duty President, “The public needs to know exactly what has been happening in that Ministry: who is doing these things, who ordered it, and most importantly, why? What has this information been used for? And is this still going on?”
“This inquiry needs to have teeth. It needs to be able to investigate and to lay criminal charges. Most importantly, it needs to report back to the taxpayers, because we are the ones who will be paying damages.”
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Jeff Rose-Martland
exec@ourduty.org
CITIZENS’ GROUP CALLS FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO VETERANS AFFAIRS
St. John’s - Privacy breeches at Veterans Affairs have not been properly investigated, according to citizens’ group Our Duty, and it is calling for a full public inquiry.
This comes days after it was revealed that Minister Steven Blaney ordered a halt to an investigation by the Office of the Veterans Ombudsman shortly after Blaney took office.
“The federal government has been playing a shell-game with the truth,” said Our Duty President Jeff Rose-Martland, “It is time for an independent public inquiry.”
The issue first came to light 2 years ago with the Sean Bruyea affair. A veteran and advocate, Bruyea had his medical files pried into by the Minister’s office after he spoke out against the New Veterans Charter. But Bruyea was not the only person targeted. It also emerged that Sgt Tom Hoppe, a decorated veteran, and former Ombudsman Pat Stogran were also victimized by the Ministry. Deputy Minister Tinning was briefed on the medical records of Retired Forces Nurse Louise Bird prior to a meeting. Private medical information was used to bully Harold LeDuc of the Veterans’ Review and Appeal Board. The veteran behind the SISIP class-action suit against Veterans Affairs, Dennis Manuge, had his medical and financial records used in a Ministerial briefing. Sylvain Chartrand, advocate for reservists, had his records passed from VAC to National Defence.
“Enough is enough,” said Rose-Martland, “The Privacy Commissioner investigated, but could only report on non-compliance. The Ombudsman’s investigation was ordered by Minister Blackburn to look into why these breeches took place. Then came the election, Blackburn was replaced by Blaney, and suddenly the Privacy Commissioner is the one supposed to handle it. This is nothing more than a cover-up.”
Our Duty has been made aware of dozens of cases. “It appears to be standard procedure for VAC officials. As soon as a veteran speaks out, senior bureaucrats in the Ministry go digging into Service Delivery files,” said the citizen advocate, “That’s absolutely forbidden by the Privacy Act and by VAC policy. The Ministry and Service Delivery are supposed to be separate entities. If a veteran has a problem with Service Delivery, they have to appeal to the Deputy Minister to request a Ministerial review - the Minster is not permitted to act on his own. So why, exactly, can the Ministry pull those same files when a veteran criticizes them?”
“It gets worse,” Rose-Martland continued, “We have learned that family members of advocates have also been targeted. Why? Why would the Minister need to know what someone’s brother’s file says? He wouldn’t, not legitimately. The public needs to know what sort of games the Ministry is playing with peoples lives.”
Our Duty notes that Minister Blackburn had promised departmental officials would face severe sanctions for these acts, yet those officials received bonuses last year.
“We have inquiries stifled and cut off. We have threats and intimidation by Veterans Affairs. We have people who broke the law being rewarded. All on the taxpayer dime.”
“We want a full public inquiry into these matters,” said the Our Duty President, “The public needs to know exactly what has been happening in that Ministry: who is doing these things, who ordered it, and most importantly, why? What has this information been used for? And is this still going on?”
“This inquiry needs to have teeth. It needs to be able to investigate and to lay criminal charges. Most importantly, it needs to report back to the taxpayers, because we are the ones who will be paying damages.”
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Jeff Rose-Martland
exec@ourduty.org
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01 June 2012
Minister Neglects Duty, Vet will lose Home
The ongoing saga of Fabien Melanson hit another low yesterday. Our appeals to Minister Steven Blaney (VAC) have gone unanswered. We needed him to act quickly to prevent Fabien from losing his house.
Blaney has mailed us a letter. Apparently.
So much for today's deadline for saving the house and property.
The situation is very simple: in 2004, VAC made an error and sent Fabien's pension to the wrong account. It took VAC 5 months to fix, an unreasonable amount of time. The loss of income halted renovations on Fabien's home and it received significant weather damage. VAC paid the back-pension but has done nothing about the impact those missing funds had.
VAC admits, in a letter from last June, that they were responsible for the error and the Fabien suffered as a result. The Department doesn't have a policy for dealing with this. That means that the Minister is the one who has to make it right. We've been trying to get the Minister involved for a year. He still has not responded to any of the emails, faxes, or phone calls made to his office (although, it seems, there is a letter in the mail.)
Minister Blaney had the responsibility and authority to resolve this. He also has a responsibility to engage with the veterans who need his help. Not only is it common courtesy, it is also part of his job.
I find that Steven Blaney has neglected his duties to a massive degree. If he will not perform the responsibilities of his position, then he should have the decency to step down.
If you agree, or if you think what happened to Fabien is ridiculous, so something; write or call the media. Tell your friends to do the same. Neve rmind your MPs - government ignores us and Opposition is powerless. The only way this may be fixed is massive public outcry.
Write a letter to a newspaper. Phone a radio Call-In show. Email your favourite news provider. Call local TV.
Tell everyone who will lister what has happened to Fabien and how you feel about it.
You can include information from this news release:
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
Veterans Affairs Inaction Costs Veteran Home; Advocate Calls for Minister’s Resignation
St. John’s (Our Duty) – Cpl Fabien Melanson of Cap-Pele, NB will lose his house tomorrow, the end result of a 2004 clerical error by Veterans Affairs, and his advocate is calling for the Minister to resign.
The Van Doo veteran served in Croatia and liberated a hospital in Bosnia. He retired to his hometown when his PTSD prevented him from serving. Then his real war began.
In 2004, Melanson’s pension went missing because Veterans Affairs sent it to the wrong bank account. Despite constant calls, VAC did not correct the error for 5 months. By the time he did get his money, Cpl Melanson’s finances were in ruins. So was his house - the missing pension halted renovations and weather damage rendered the veteran’s home unliveable.
For the next 7 years, Fabien Melanson fought with Veterans Affairs to get them to fix his house. It took a hunger strike last June to get VAC to acknowledge their responsibility. But VAC claimed it ‘had no mechanism” for paying for the repairs.
“That’s highly misleading,” says Melanson’s advocate, Jeff Rose-Martland, “The Department may not have a policy, but it does have a way to do so. The Minister can do it.”
Rose-Martland is referring to ex gratia payments, where a Minister can use discretionary funds to address issues which fall outside of normal procedures.
“We’ve been trying to get the Minister to fix this for a year. We sent our first appeals for help during the hunger strike. We have been emailing, faxing, and phoning regularly since, but the Ministry has been unresponsive. I did speak with an aide in February who said they were looking into it; that’s the only response we’ve had.”
Tomorrow, Bridgewater Bank will proceed with legal action to sell the property. “Fabien’s been doing his best to meet his obligations, but 8 years of being homeless have taken their toll. Most of his income has been going to pay the mortgage on a house he can’t live in, and to store his possessions. He got behind in his payments, Bridgewater discovered the condition of the house, and the clock has been ticking since. We have until tomorrow to provide them with a payment plan and construction schedule.”
As Melanson has no funds for rebuilding, sale of the property is inevitable and Rose-Martland says the Minister is to blame.
“Ever since he was appointed Minister, Steven Blaney has had both the authority and responsibility to fix this,” he says, “VAC admitted their responsibility a year ago; the Minister has a duty to make reparations. The Minister should have been seeking us out, not the other way around. Now, Fabien is going to lose his house and land, and the Minister still won’t act. He won’t even pick up the phone.’
Late today, Rose-Martland received word that the Minister will reply. By mail.
“Since Bridgewater Bank said they were going to sell the place, we’ve been hounding the Minister’s office, begging him to do his duty. He ignored us; no response at all. This afternoon, we found out – through sources other than the Ministry – that they have mailed a letter to us. An 18th century reply to a 21st century problem.”
The advocate is now calling for the Minister to resign. “Since he was appointed Minister, Steven Blaney has had a duty of care to see this issue resolved,” says Jeff Rose-Martland, ”He has willfully ignored that responsibility and is in dereliction of his duty. If he will not discharge his duties as required, then, as a citizen, I ask him to resign his position as Minister Responsible for Veterans Affairs.”
The distraught veteran is unavailable for comment.
***MEDIA CONTACT***
Jeff Rose-Martland
President, Our Duty Inc
rosemartland@gmail.com
709-739-1842
Blaney has mailed us a letter. Apparently.
So much for today's deadline for saving the house and property.
The situation is very simple: in 2004, VAC made an error and sent Fabien's pension to the wrong account. It took VAC 5 months to fix, an unreasonable amount of time. The loss of income halted renovations on Fabien's home and it received significant weather damage. VAC paid the back-pension but has done nothing about the impact those missing funds had.
VAC admits, in a letter from last June, that they were responsible for the error and the Fabien suffered as a result. The Department doesn't have a policy for dealing with this. That means that the Minister is the one who has to make it right. We've been trying to get the Minister involved for a year. He still has not responded to any of the emails, faxes, or phone calls made to his office (although, it seems, there is a letter in the mail.)
Minister Blaney had the responsibility and authority to resolve this. He also has a responsibility to engage with the veterans who need his help. Not only is it common courtesy, it is also part of his job.
I find that Steven Blaney has neglected his duties to a massive degree. If he will not perform the responsibilities of his position, then he should have the decency to step down.
If you agree, or if you think what happened to Fabien is ridiculous, so something; write or call the media. Tell your friends to do the same. Neve rmind your MPs - government ignores us and Opposition is powerless. The only way this may be fixed is massive public outcry.
Write a letter to a newspaper. Phone a radio Call-In show. Email your favourite news provider. Call local TV.
Tell everyone who will lister what has happened to Fabien and how you feel about it.
You can include information from this news release:
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
Veterans Affairs Inaction Costs Veteran Home; Advocate Calls for Minister’s Resignation
St. John’s (Our Duty) – Cpl Fabien Melanson of Cap-Pele, NB will lose his house tomorrow, the end result of a 2004 clerical error by Veterans Affairs, and his advocate is calling for the Minister to resign.
The Van Doo veteran served in Croatia and liberated a hospital in Bosnia. He retired to his hometown when his PTSD prevented him from serving. Then his real war began.
In 2004, Melanson’s pension went missing because Veterans Affairs sent it to the wrong bank account. Despite constant calls, VAC did not correct the error for 5 months. By the time he did get his money, Cpl Melanson’s finances were in ruins. So was his house - the missing pension halted renovations and weather damage rendered the veteran’s home unliveable.
For the next 7 years, Fabien Melanson fought with Veterans Affairs to get them to fix his house. It took a hunger strike last June to get VAC to acknowledge their responsibility. But VAC claimed it ‘had no mechanism” for paying for the repairs.
“That’s highly misleading,” says Melanson’s advocate, Jeff Rose-Martland, “The Department may not have a policy, but it does have a way to do so. The Minister can do it.”
Rose-Martland is referring to ex gratia payments, where a Minister can use discretionary funds to address issues which fall outside of normal procedures.
“We’ve been trying to get the Minister to fix this for a year. We sent our first appeals for help during the hunger strike. We have been emailing, faxing, and phoning regularly since, but the Ministry has been unresponsive. I did speak with an aide in February who said they were looking into it; that’s the only response we’ve had.”
Tomorrow, Bridgewater Bank will proceed with legal action to sell the property. “Fabien’s been doing his best to meet his obligations, but 8 years of being homeless have taken their toll. Most of his income has been going to pay the mortgage on a house he can’t live in, and to store his possessions. He got behind in his payments, Bridgewater discovered the condition of the house, and the clock has been ticking since. We have until tomorrow to provide them with a payment plan and construction schedule.”
As Melanson has no funds for rebuilding, sale of the property is inevitable and Rose-Martland says the Minister is to blame.
“Ever since he was appointed Minister, Steven Blaney has had both the authority and responsibility to fix this,” he says, “VAC admitted their responsibility a year ago; the Minister has a duty to make reparations. The Minister should have been seeking us out, not the other way around. Now, Fabien is going to lose his house and land, and the Minister still won’t act. He won’t even pick up the phone.’
Late today, Rose-Martland received word that the Minister will reply. By mail.
“Since Bridgewater Bank said they were going to sell the place, we’ve been hounding the Minister’s office, begging him to do his duty. He ignored us; no response at all. This afternoon, we found out – through sources other than the Ministry – that they have mailed a letter to us. An 18th century reply to a 21st century problem.”
The advocate is now calling for the Minister to resign. “Since he was appointed Minister, Steven Blaney has had a duty of care to see this issue resolved,” says Jeff Rose-Martland, ”He has willfully ignored that responsibility and is in dereliction of his duty. If he will not discharge his duties as required, then, as a citizen, I ask him to resign his position as Minister Responsible for Veterans Affairs.”
The distraught veteran is unavailable for comment.
***MEDIA CONTACT***
Jeff Rose-Martland
President, Our Duty Inc
rosemartland@gmail.com
709-739-1842
23 April 2012
Broken Soldiers: Epilogue
Clerisy Entertainment's Broken Soldiers has been running on Eastlink-TV and one may be left wondering what happened to Fabien Melanson. Here's what happened:
What Happened to the Hunger Striker?
The Our Duty website is have some technical problems, so I am re-posting this here.
If you want to help Fabien, you can give by:
Paypal/email transfer to fabien@ourduty.org
OR
Donations can be made at TD Bank
Transit #: 05023
Institution #: 004
Account #: 6418137
Name: Jeff Rose-Martland for Fabien Melanson
OR
Cheques & Money Orders
Payable to: Jeff Rose-Martland for Fabien Melanson
Send to: Fix Fabien's House
4 Neville Pl.
St. John's, NL
A1E 2E7
(Regarding the Our Duty site - we seem to have bee caught up in the Google java-browser-hijack along with 20,000 other sites. If you try to get to ourduty.org via facebook link or a search engine, you get security warnings and/or nothing. If you click here: http://ourduty.org I hope you will get there. If not, copy/paste the address into your browser and you will get there fine. The site itself is safe, the hijacking/malware appears to occurs when coming in from facebook or search engines. We are working on fixing that.)
What Happened to the Hunger Striker?
The Our Duty website is have some technical problems, so I am re-posting this here.
If you want to help Fabien, you can give by:
Paypal/email transfer to fabien@ourduty.org
OR
Donations can be made at TD Bank
Transit #: 05023
Institution #: 004
Account #: 6418137
Name: Jeff Rose-Martland for Fabien Melanson
OR
Cheques & Money Orders
Payable to: Jeff Rose-Martland for Fabien Melanson
Send to: Fix Fabien's House
4 Neville Pl.
St. John's, NL
A1E 2E7
(Regarding the Our Duty site - we seem to have bee caught up in the Google java-browser-hijack along with 20,000 other sites. If you try to get to ourduty.org via facebook link or a search engine, you get security warnings and/or nothing. If you click here: http://ourduty.org I hope you will get there. If not, copy/paste the address into your browser and you will get there fine. The site itself is safe, the hijacking/malware appears to occurs when coming in from facebook or search engines. We are working on fixing that.)
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