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Contact Plug Out Tune In Manager Alexandria Mitchell
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22 Responses

  1. Bas, on November 20, 2009 at 11:57 am said:

    This is great Alex!
    I am very proud to be a member of your support group.
    Wishing you all the success,
    Bas

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  2. John Vissers, on November 20, 2009 at 4:34 pm said:

    site looks great, well done.

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  3. Kate Welsh, on November 21, 2009 at 2:50 pm said:

    Wow what a fantastic initiative- best of luck!

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  4. Janis, on November 23, 2009 at 7:24 am said:

    Look out UN – her she comes!

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  5. Bill Walsh, on December 3, 2009 at 8:39 am said:

    Alexandria, thank you for organizing the meeting – I think all of us who attended were wiser for hearing the presentations and discussion afterwords.

    Dr. Rees later stated that the CO2 emission reduction targets would need to be – 25-50% reduction of 1990 levels by 2020 – in order to stop global warming.

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  6. Martino Davies, on December 8, 2009 at 9:01 pm said:

    Canada needs to take action- why has it not done that yet?

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  7. Eric Doherty, on December 10, 2009 at 9:50 am said:

    Thank you for all your hard work! We will try to keep things hopping back here while you are in Copenhagen. Info on our Dec.7 freeway action is at gatewaysucks.org, stay tuned for more.

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  8. Patricia Ross, on December 10, 2009 at 2:47 pm said:

    So proud of you, Alex!!! Thanks for being there and showing the world that not all Canadians are careless.

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  9. Musleh, on December 13, 2009 at 7:37 am said:

    Alex, your presence at Copenhagen displays that not only the world leaders have to take concrete steps towards improving world climate, but it is also the responsibility of each and every one of us (the small people) to take some action at our own level, just like you are doing raising the awareness about climate change. We are proud of you and you have put Abbotsford BC on the world map.

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  10. Herschel Krustovsky, on December 14, 2009 at 4:33 pm said:

    Alex, I saw your CBC interview with what’s his name, not Solomon, the other one…Mark something? Anyway, I hope you find someone to take those pins off your hands and if not, maybe someone in Vancouver would trade some Olympic pins. By way of a little advice, don’t get too emotionally invested in this Copenhagen stuff….the truth is that governments are not about to do anything drastic that could have a significant detrimental impact on their economic prosperity. The “leaked” cabinet documents that indicate Canada will not meet its emission targets provide a more realistic assessment of the future than the fairy tales that are emanating from some quarters at this summit.

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  11. Sherry Boniface, on December 15, 2009 at 5:17 pm said:

    So proud of you my girl, I can’t think of anyone that would possibly represent us better than you. Thank you for taking our climate concerns internationally.

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  12. Jason Lewko, on January 30, 2010 at 1:38 pm said:

    Well done, you are a brave one. Corporate control and influence in govt is a big problem. Capitalism’s priority is to accumulate wealth as quickly as possible and this means exploiting the environment, not protecting it. Those who care need to come to the defense of Burns Bog as it is being surrounded and attacked by commercial interests.

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  13. Glenn Froese, on February 22, 2010 at 10:48 am said:

    Way to go Alex.
    If we could only bottle your enthusiasm and energy and provide this to all teenagers this world would be an awesome place.
    It still is an awesome place, and you are helping to make it even better.
    Kudos
    Glenn

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  14. Mark Hilton, on February 22, 2010 at 10:49 am said:

    Congrats Alex- way to represent!

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  15. Francesca Cogorno, on February 22, 2010 at 10:58 am said:

    Alexandria, I read your article to my classes today (I’m a TOC in Abbotsford). It’s great to see you so involved in such an important issue! I’m looking forward to attending the PLUG OUT- TUNE IN event!

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  16. Glenn Froese, on March 2, 2010 at 6:34 am said:

    Great job in spreading the word Alex. Very pleased to have you as a member of the EAC. Keep up the good work and congrats on the scholarship. I know you will use this well.

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  17. John Vissers, on March 20, 2010 at 10:02 am said:

    The Conservatives are sending a very clear message to Canadians; they don’t believe any of the science or overwhelming evidence supporting climate change concerns. I don’t think there is anything we can do anymore to change their minds. They are systematically shutting down research, education programs and alternative energy incentives across Canada. Not only is Canada blocking progress at home, we support hunting polar bears for sport, and are willing to allow fishing Blue fin tuna to extinction. How sad. When I chose to become a Canadian, I had no idea we would be reduced to this level greed driven stupidity.

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  18. Janine turnbull, on July 30, 2010 at 8:09 pm said:

    hi alex i really liked your website remember we met at nk mip r.v resort..I was looking at it right now and i am glade that i subscribed by emailed and am wowed by
    how much effort you put into it.

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    • plugouttunein, on July 30, 2010 at 8:38 pm said:

      Thanks so much Janine, I’m glad you enjoyed the site! Great meeting you- please share Plug Out Tune In with people you know. All the best and keep in touch! SMiles-Alex

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  19. Mike Archer, on August 24, 2010 at 12:43 pm said:

    Hey Alexandria,
    Thought you might be interested in my column on the Tamil regugees.
    Mike Archer
    Abbotsford Today

    By Mike Archer, http://www.abbotsfordtoday.ca,
    Shame on Canadians who hide their racism under the guise of our collective fear of terrorism, worries about the costs to our safety social net, or the costs to our healthcare system of accepting the desperate Tamil refugees who turned up on our shores this week.

    The manner in which these unfortunate human beings were greeted by calls for their immediate deportation, accusations of queue jumping and arguments that they should simply have been turned away in the same manner the US does, are a blot on what Canada stands for.

    That the Canadian government gave serious consideration to simply turning them back to die on the high seas, only to change their mind based on legal advice is similarly shameful.

    Legitimate fears of terrorists in their midst are being dealt – their welcome has been to a Maple Ridge prison – with as they should be and, thanks primarily to the Tamil community in Canada, fears that these men, women and children will become a burden on Canadian society are also being dealt with as they are provided legal and medical care and welcomed into the law abiding Canadian Tamil community, mostly from Toronto.

    The queue jumping argument is particularly loathsome as it divides people into different categories of desperation. The UN declaration we signed, unlike the US, establishes that not all immigrants are wealthy, educated, and well healed enough to qualify for our annual quotas. It recognizes that some people in this world live in such horrible conditions that they will give all the money they can muster (rumoured to be about $15,000 Cdn per person) just in order to send their children to Canada in the hopes they will have a chance at a life without hate and fear of death for being who they are.

    When did we forget that we are a nation of immigrants? None of us, other than the First Nations, can claim to trace our ancestry and our origins from this country. In some people’s minds there is a distinction between immigrants be they Scots, Germans, Ukrainians, Greeks, Dutch or Italians and other, apparently ‘acceptable’; i.e. ‘European’ immigrants, or the ‘others’.

    The ‘others’ seem to share a complexion problem. They invariable turn out to be brown, yellow or black.

    For those who argue that it is their poverty from which we must protect ourselves, go to ancestry.com and find out how wealthy your own immigrant ancestors were. What happened to the old stories about our great grandparents who showed up in Halifax ‘with only the clothes on their back and a dream.

    The story of immigration in Canada is one of hard work and contribution to the country. Desperate immigrants tend to appreciate the fact that what they heard was true – Canada is a country of hope where you can build yourself a better life without fear that the government, the police or the more established immigrants will take it from you.

    As far as the costs of dealing with this small number of desperate people and the threat to our social safety net and our healthcare system … the Canadian government deals with this many refugee claims on an average weekend. The Canadian government just spent $1 Billion dollars entertaining 20 world leaders in Muskoka and Toronto. For the price of the canapes served to those 20 rich people these unfortunate souls could be housed and fed for several months.

    How Soon We Forget

    On July 23, 1914 the ship Komagata Maru which had carried 400 Punjabis into the Vancouver harbour and been prevented entry by the port authorities for two months, was forced back to India accompanied by dockside cries of “white Canada forever.”

    Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

    The ship had been docked in Vancouver for two months but Sikhs were not allowed to disembark. The ship forcefully returned to India where many of the passengers were shot or imprisoned.

    Denied the vote and facing racist attitudes and low wages, many early immigrants from India to Canada either traveled south into the United States or returned home. Later, nativist attitudes prevailed to such an extent that even those individuals who had resided in Canada or had business interests or owned property there, but had returned for a time to India, were denied passage back to Canada. Racist attitudes against Indians continued until after the Second World War, when the Canadian government began instituting corrections and reparations.

    At least our current laws prevented our government from making the same mistake. We’ve come a long way. Let’s not go back to being victims of those among us who, to this day, still cry “white Canada forever.”

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  20. Munu, on July 12, 2011 at 2:26 pm said:

    Great website. Love the items and the actions being taken to save the planet and resources. Keep up the good work.

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