From: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Cdn-Firearms Digest) To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Subject: Cdn-Firearms Digest V6 #321 Reply-To: cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Sender: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Errors-To: owner-can-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Precedence: normal Cdn-Firearms Digest Friday, July 25 2003 Volume 06 : Number 321 In this issue: Boundary shift may delay Ontario election call Wives at greatest risk as split approaches A TERRIFYING AND SENSELESS ORDEAL' OPP UNDER FIRE FOR SMALL-TOWN ARREST Spurned Dad kills Family. Investigators discover firearms inside house: Mr. Martin's democratic deficit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:26:01 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Boundary shift may delay Ontario election call http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030725/UONTAM_2/National/Idx Boundary shift may delay Ontario election call By RICHARD MACKIE Friday, July 25, 2003 - Page A1 Political strategists advising Premier Ernie Eves are discussing whether to delay the next Ontario election until April to take advantage of changes in riding boundaries that would increase the Tories' chances of winning. The new boundaries, which were drawn up by federal elections authorities, would give Ontario's Progressive Conservatives an additional six seats under recent provincial voting patterns, an estimate by Ontario political consultants at G.P. Murray Research Ltd. indicates. Tory strategists endorse the estimate. "I'd be lying if I said we weren't considering the impact of these changes. Six seats is six seats," said a senior adviser to Mr. Eves. "These things happen in politics. Sometimes you get help from unexpected sources," said a veteran Tory MPP who argued that the party would be foolish not to consider improving its odds of victory by delaying the vote. "Over all, this looks better for us than what we currently have," said Jeff Bangs, campaign director for the Conservatives. Graham Murray, president of G.P. Murray Research, said the changes could give the Tories a victory in a close race with the Liberals. "Those figures suggest that they could do several seats better on the new map. If they are very close [in polls of party popularity], that may be enough to argue for waiting." However, he noted that delaying an election would bring "countervailing considerations. The reputation for being chicken. . . . . The possibility of then having to run up against the need to square the budgetary circle." Liberal Party president Greg Sorbara said switching to the new boundaries would cause major dislocations for all parties as they would have to establish 106 new constituency associations and reallocate the money in each of their 103 existing associations. (Under the new electoral map for provincial and federal elections, three seats would be added to the existing 103 seats in Ontario.) Each association also would have to hold new nominations, because virtually all candidates for the coming election have been nominated. Mr. Sorbara doubted whether the change would help the Tories because polls indicate votes shifting to the Liberals. "There would be three seats added in the 905 [telephone area code]. We're as likely to take those as they are." The Tories believe they could take these seats because that belt around Toronto has voted overwhelmingly for Conservative candidates in the past two elections. Other changes to constituencies concentrate Liberal votes in fewer ridings, providing opportunities for Tories to pick up an additional three seats in a closely fought election where voters hold to recent voting patterns. In 1999, the Tories won 59 seats, the Liberals took 35, and the New Democrats captured nine. Applying those voting results to the new map would give the Tories 65 seats, to 33 for the Liberals and eight for the New Democrats. The most recent Ipsos-Reid poll, published in The Globe and Mail last month, gave the Liberals the support of 48 per cent of decided voters. Thirty-five per cent backed the Tories, 14 per cent opted for the NDP. But 19 per cent of 1,002 residents questioned in the survey said they were undecided or did not intend to vote. The Conservatives have been preparing for a fall election since Mr. Eves decided against calling a vote in the spring during the SARS crisis and gloomy polls gauging his party's political popularity. Oct. 2 is a date with wide support among Tories. Other possible dates are Sept. 18 and Sept. 25. But the new twist was added to Tory thinking this week when the federal Liberal cabinet decided to have the new national constituency boundaries in place by April 1. The move would allow Paul Martin to call a federal election in the spring if he becomes the next prime minister, which is almost a certainty. The boundary changes would yield two additional seats in both British Columbia and Alberta, as well as adding the three in Ontario. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:26:30 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Wives at greatest risk as split approaches http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030725/UWHYYN/National/Idx Wives at greatest risk as split approaches By JANE ARMSTRONG Friday, July 25, 2003 - Page A2 VANCOUVER -- It was once considered the most practical, progressive advice for a woman in a violent relationship: "If he hurts you, leave." The police and courts will protect you. That advice is no longer considered sound, as yesterday's triple murder-suicide in Quebec revealed. A man in suburban Montreal killed his two daughters and wife before turning the gun on himself. The killings occurred as the couple were about to split. Statistics indicate that is precisely the most dangerous time for a woman with an abusive partner. Those who deal with victims of spousal abuse say people escaping a violent partner should act very carefully and make a plan. "I think one of the most important things a woman can do, when they are thinking of leaving, is to take his threats very, very seriously," said Tracy Porteous, executive director of the B.C. Association of Specialized Victim Assistance and Counselling. The worst assumption a woman can make, Ms. Porteous added, is to minimize the danger she's in. "Psychologically, they say: 'Well, it's not really that bad.' Or, 'He would never really hurt me.' I think it's hard to believe for any of us to find ourselves in a situation where somebody really is threatening our lives and that we're really in that much danger." Statistics show that women are at greatest risk of being killed after they separate from a partner. A study conducted between 1991 and 1999 by the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics found that estranged partners killed separated women at a rate of 39 out of one million couples. By comparison, current husbands killed five women per million couples and common-law spouses killed 26 women out of a million couples. The study also showed that 2.8 million Canadians had some form of contact with an ex-marital or common-law partner in the five-year period before being surveyed. Of those, 437,000 women (28 per cent) and 259,000 men (22 per cent) reported some type of violence from the former partner. Abuse escalates at the end of a relationship mainly because the abusive person senses he's losing control of the marriage and partner. Because abuse largely stems from a desire to control, losing control can enrage a violent person, Ms. Porteous said. Ms. Porteous said most cities have good support systems for women fleeing abusive partners. As well, she said, there are Web sites that provide a step-by-step plan for women and their children before leaving, including advice on setting aside money and important documents in case it's impossible to return to get them. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:49:02 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: A TERRIFYING AND SENSELESS ORDEAL' OPP UNDER FIRE FOR SMALL-TOWN ARREST PUBLICATION: The Toronto Sun DATE: 2003.07.25 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: 6 BYLINE: MARK BONOKOSKI - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'A TERRIFYING AND SENSELESS ORDEAL' OPP UNDER FIRE FOR SMALL-TOWN ARREST - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The local newspaper -- the Innisfil Scope -- painted a graphic portrait of the Nottawasaga OPP's takedown of Jonathan Logan, telling of how a "high-risk arrest using firearms" ensued after a rifle-toting man dressed in camouflage was spotted at a nearby school. The Barrie Examiner followed suit with a headline which read, "Man seen carrying gun near school," and then heightened the tension by noting the incident occurred as a minor-league soccer game was under way. If that were the case, then how is it that 29-year-old Jonathan Logan was only charged with careless storage of a firearm, and with absolutely nothing relating to the alleged events at the school? The answer, of course, is that Logan had been doing absolutely nothing wrong when the cops were called. Still, a man with a gun near a school? To a passerby, it would certainly be a realistic cause for concern. Outside the village of Baxter, on a crow's flight path betwixt Alliston and Barrie, is a 242-hectare parcel of bush and farmland upon which Logan has written permission from its owner to hunt the groundhogs chewing up his pasture and the coyotes which are threatening his free-ranging calves. And this is what Logan was doing on the evening all hell broke lose. He was on the prowl for groundhogs and, by his lawyer's estimation, he was never closer than 300 metres to the school in question, was hunting with his rifle pointing in the opposite direction, and had packed up the moment he first noticed children arriving to play soccer. It should also be noted that Logan has a valid Ontario hunting licence, all his guns are properly registered and, when he left that farmer's field, he followed every safety rule when it comes to the transportation of a weapon - -- unloading it first, and then locking it away in its carrying case. "This man knows the rules and follows the rules," said Logan's Thornhill lawyer, Edward Burlew, a specialist in firearms law. "In fact, Jonathan Logan has never had so much as a speeding ticket. "What happened to him is totally monstrous." PANTS PULLED DOWN When Logan arrived home from his hunting trip, his wife, Angela, and their two young children were playing in the front yard. Their three-year-old son, Joshua, who had a heart transplant when he was just three weeks old, and who must be fed on the hour through a tube to his stomach, was about to be taken inside for his medication. No sooner had Logan pulled into the driveway, however, than the road seemed filled with police cruisers and, within seconds, he was on the ground, handcuffed and with two OPP officers pointing weapons at his head. Next thing he knew, and he has sworn an affidavit to it happening, his pants were dropped to his knees, and the rubber-gloved hand of a policeman was frisking his nether regions for whatever he might be hiding. Logan then claims the only way his family could get back into their home, and for young Joshua to get the medication he needed, was for him to sign a note giving police permission to search his house without a warrant. Nottawasaga OPP Insp. Mark Allen denies this to be the case, indicating that even if Logan had waited for a warrant --meaning his home would be "frozen" until one was obtained -- his family still would have still been able to enter the home, escorted, to feed and medicate their son. Insp. Allen also denies Logan's claim that the police frisk was "invasive," and not simply a superficial pat down. It was after the search of Logan's home was completed, however, that the charge of unlawful storage of a firearm was laid. Nothing to do with hunting on that farm. Nothing to do with the school. Nothing to do with a soccer game. And nothing to do with the weapon in his truck. "The police response was done by the book," Insp. Allen said. "It was a call about a man with a gun." Carl Banting runs the Wolf's Den, a successful hunting and archery outfitter near Baxter. He knows Jonathan Logan well, and is "incensed" over what happened to him. Banting has also spent 35 years in policing, 10 with the OPP, and the remainder with the South Simcoe police department and the First Nations police on Christian Island. TRUST FUND SET UP "Jonathan Logan is a clean-cut, hard-working young lad who has the majority of the community on his side," Banting said. "We're all incensed about what happened to him. "How would you like it if half the town drove by when you are surrounded by police and standing there with your pants around your knees? "Can you imagine how traumatic was it for his wife and children, and that little boy with all the troubles he's had?" Banting said. "I mean, Christ almighty." As the Wolf's Den was setting up a trust fund to help pay Logan's legal costs, the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters was writing to Ontario Public Safety and Security Minister Bob Runciman, seeking an investigation into the chain of events leading to Logan's arrest. A week later, the commissioner of the OPP responded to the federation's request, noting that the OPP professional standards branch will undertake an investigation in accordance to the public complaints procedures. According to Logan's lawyer, Edward Burlew, it will be months before his client even has a date for trial. "In the meantime, he's been publicly smeared," Burlew said. "He's got a criminal charge hanging over his head. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 09:55:26 -0600 (CST) From: "Breitkreuz, Garry - Assistant 1" Subject: Spurned Dad kills Family. Investigators discover firearms inside house: PUBLICATION: Montreal Gazette DATE: 2003.07.25 EDITION: Final SECTION: News PAGE: A1 / FRONT BYLINE: PAUL CHERRY SOURCE: The Gazette; CP contributed to this report ILLUSTRATION: Photo: ALLEN McINNIS, THE GAZETTE / Police set up barricadesaround the Otterburn Park home where Jacques Picard killed his 42-year-old wife, Manon Houde, and their two daughters, 12-year-old Catherine and Marie Michele, 15.; Map: - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spurned Dad kills Family. Investigators discover firearms inside house: Deaths rattle Otterburn Park. Father shot himself after slaying his wife and two daughters, provincial police say - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacques Picard phoned his mother-in-law with heart-stopping news early yesterday - he said he was going to kill his wife and two daughters. She called the Richelieu Valley regional police shortly after 5 a.m., but when they smashed their way through a locked patio door in Otterburn Park, they found all four family members shot dead. Picard, 45, lay on the floor of the bungalow on des Bouleaux St., along with his 42-year-old wife, Manon Houde, and their daughters, Marie Michele, 15, and Catherine, 12. Gerard Carrier of the Surete du Quebec said police believe Picard killed his wife and children and himself, a theory supported by the call to Houde's mother. "She told police she received a call informing her that (Picard) wanted to end the lives of the people living inside the house. "We will have to meet with the neighbours and friends of these people ... but as far as we are concerned, the 45-year-old man did shoot his wife and kids." Carrier said investigators found firearms inside the house but would not specify how many. Picard is reported to have held permits for hunting rifles. Neighbours in Otterburn Park, a quiet town of 8,000 on the south shore of the Richelieu River, about 35 kilometres southeast of Montreal, said the family moved into the house a year ago and they appeared to be happy. Ginette Hamel-Borduas, who lived next door to the family, said Picard "was a very nice man." "Sometimes our dog would take off and he was always ready to help us," she said. "He'd even take his truck out and help us find the dog. He was a super nice guy," Hamel-Borduas said. Emanuel Desbiens-Bouchard, 11, who attended school with Catherine in the neighbouring town of Mont St. Hilaire, said the last time he saw her was at a class party to celebrate their final year of elementary school. "If you were her friend, she was really nice, a real good person," Emanuel said. "I'm feeling a mix of emotions. I'm very sad." Sarah Huard, a close friend of Marie Michele, couldn't believe the turn of events. "I saw their father yesterday (Wednesday), he seemed in a world of his own and he looked sad," Huard said. "I never would have thought he'd do something like that. It's so sad because the children had nothing to do with it." Sarah said the 15-year-old was "super nice" and was always smiling. "She liked to go shopping and have fun like any other girl our age." Jacques Hamel, another next-door neighbour, said Picard worked in a tool machining shop in nearby Beloeil and that he was an ardent hunter and trapper in the Abitibi region. But Hamel was not aware that Picard owned firearms. "He told me last winter that he killed a bear he had trapped with an axe because he didn't have a permit to kill it with a firearm in (the Abitibi region)," Hamel said. Hamel, a contractor, said he became aware on Tuesday that Picard's marriage was in trouble. Picard was involved in a dispute with the former owner of his house over who was responsible for repairs required on an exterior wall. Picard wanted the former owner, Gilles Ouellet, to pay him $500. Hamel said he spoke to Ouellet on Tuesday, and Ouellet said, "Hey, your neighbour's marriage is in trouble." Hamel said Picard told Ouellet, "My wife is leaving me. It's not working any more. I'm out on the street. Give me $500 and we won't talk about it any more." Hamel said that for several days, he did not see Picard's green pickup truck in the driveway of his home. Late Wednesday night, Hamel noticed the vehicle was back in the driveway and he went to sleep assuming the couple were attempting a reconciliation. But when he woke up yesterday morning, Hamel said, he was shocked to find police cars parked in front of his house. Adrien Boucher, another neighbour, said he heard shots but thought "it was someone repairing his roof." "All I heard was just 'Bang, bang.' It sounded like a nail gun that uses compressed air. They were muffled sounds because my windows were closed." Boucher said he found it hard to believe that the family he often greeted with a friendly hello while he jogged in the morning was gone. "They were very quiet neighbours with no problems. "It's a tragedy." - ----- Recent Murder-Suicides in Quebec June 30, 2003 - A man, 79, and his wife, 78, were found dead in their Rosemont home. Police described it as a mercy killing by the woman followed by a suicide. The man had Alzheimer's. April 22, 2002 - Brossard resident Martin Brossard, 34, hanged himself from a staircase after strangling his estranged wife, Liliane de Montigny, 32, and drowning their daughters Beatrice, one, and Claudia, 4. Feb. 7, 2002 - Denis Deblois, 49, of St. Ferreol les Neiges, near Quebec City, killed his wife, Claudine Caron, 30, called police, then hanged himself. September 2001 - Before setting his Kirkland house on fire and taking his own life, John Bauer, 50, kills his wife, Helen, 51; sons Jonathan, 22, Wesley, 19, and Justin, 13; his father-in-law, Elmer Carroll; and friend Lucio Beccherini, 44. Police say Bauer was burdened by an enormous debt. July 14, 2000 - Herbert Lerner, 77, suffocated his wife, Geni Lerner, 73, at the Chateau Vaudreuil. His initial suicide attempt failed, but he killed himself in July 2002 while on day parole for her murder. (He had claimed it was a mercy killing because his wife had Alzheimer's, but the judge said she was in a very early stage, she was not suffering and there was no evidence she had asked Lerner to kill her.) Nov. 1, 1999 - Rene Lacasse, 61, and his wife, Yvonne Bedard, 65, were found dead in their Prince-ville home. He shot himself after shooting his wife, who had severe arthritis. Aug. 7, 1999 - In a suburb of Asbestos, Henri Paquet, 46, killed himself after shooting his daughters Vicky, 11, and Audrey, 17. He was reportedly despondent over his wife's death from cancer two months earlier. June 7, 1998 - Therese Blais-Morin, 65, shot her husband, James Ollerhead, 71, who had severe Alzheimer's, in his bed at the Lakeshore General Hospital, then killed herself. She was reportedly depressed and concerned her unilingual husband was about to be moved to a French-language hospital. June 4, 1997 - In Shawinigan, Lucien Briere, 47, shot his wife, then himself, after learning she was having an affair. May 16, 1997 - Pierre Vallee, 51, also of Shawinigan, shot his wife, Gilberte Desalliers, 53, outside their daughter's house, then shot himself. She had left her husband for the third time in March. May 1, 1997 - Point St. Charles resident Jose Rives, 31, killed himself after stabbing his wife, Mercedes Castellanos, 35. She had left a shelter for battered women to retrieve her belongings from the apartment they had shared. They had two children, 9 and 2. April 23, 1997 - Serge Vachon, 41, and his wife, Celine Frechette, 36, of the Quebec City suburb of Ancienne Lorette, were about to divorce when he killed her and their children, Jerome, 8, and Laurie, 2. The wife and son were shot and stabbed, the little girl stabbed. Vachon cut and shot himself. Feb. 25, 1997 - Michele Wagner, 35, was found hanged in a Montreal North apartment. She had suffocated her 4-year-old daughter, Marie-Helene. Jan. 2, 1997 - Charles Begg, 75, killed himself after killing his wife, Mary Begg, 77, in Pointe aux Trembles. Nov. 8, 1996 - In Gatineau, Ron Fleury, 38, killed himself after shooting his wife, Sylvie Boucher, 38, and their son Francis, 12. Boucher had left her husband the week before, but came home to visit her son. thegazette.canwest.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:34:58 -0600 (CST) From: Bruce Mills Subject: Mr. Martin's democratic deficit http://www.nationalpost.com/utilities/story.html?id=80B03026-2C22-4FE9-9F09-837A74718CD7 Mr. Martin's democratic deficit John Weissenberger and George Koch National Post Friday, July 25, 2003 The democratic deficit grew this week with the retreat of John Manley from the Liberal leadership race. The cause was that self-styled slayer of deficits -- democratic as well as fiscal -- Paul Martin. This development has big implications for those who think a Martinized Canada might be run much differently from the current regime. There's been wide commentary on the proposition that Canada has effectively become a one-party state. Our Parliament has become so toothless, and our opposition parties so fractious and ineffective, that new policies are no longer initiated, debated and decided through democratic interaction among federal parties, but only through factional struggle within the Liberal Party. Hence the suggestion that apparent political comers like recent PC leadership candidate Scott Brison and respected former Alberta treasurer Jim Dinning face facts and pursue their goals by joining the collective. As with the infamous Borg in Star Trek, the Liberals would assimilate the newcomers, but would allow their individual uniqueness to influence the party's agenda. So, the argument goes, someone like Mr. Dinning might fight successfully for lower income taxes, or Mr. Brison might persuade his leader to reform economic development in Atlantic Canada. The humiliation of Mr. Manley, arguably the second-strongest figure in the Liberal Party post-Chrétien, exposes this scenario as a fantasy. The record indicates there is little prospect of serious opposition within the Liberal party, either. Far from democratizing his party, Mr. Martin has relentlessly sought control of the apparatus, the membership process and the leadership race. Early on, he headed off powerful prospective rivals like Brian Tobin and Allan Rock. He showed lesser enemies the back of his hand, casually ousting the riding executive of Herb Dhaliwal in a humiliating blow. Most impressively -- and ominously for those who favour intra-party democracy -- Mr. Martin won the biggest fight of all pre-emptively, forcing a sitting prime minister into retirement before even declaring his own candidacy. Once it was starkly clear who the NGP's (Natural Governing Party) next helmsman would be, it was only natural for hundreds and even thousands of party supporters and activists, including riding presidents from coast to coast, to line up as one. Mr. Manley's capitulation and Mr. Martin's intra-party track record throw into serious doubt what even the highest-calibre convert might expect after this fall's coronation. If a lifelong loyalist and able government member is not even guaranteed a cabinet post, what can the late comers expect? Mr. Martin's prospective electoral sweep promises to create 50-100 new Liberal backbenchers - -- heralding an even less influential future for any late joiners. In short, to stretch the Star Trek metaphor, the Liberals' approach seems to be, "You will be assimilated all right -- but unlike the Borg, we won't add your uniqueness to our own." If the chances of political advancement within the Liberal party are slim, one must also discount the possibility of pushing specific policy agendas against the monolith of the leader operating through the prime minister's office (and fully controlling the party structure). This is complicated by the fact that, despite his aura of apparent decisiveness and managerial mojo, it is unclear what policies the leader un-elect actually favours. As others have written, Mr. Martin has avoided taking a firm position on virtually every important issue of the day. In a few areas, he seems to have adopted mutually contradictory policies. In most others, he has merely promised to make things better for everyone -- a simple impossibility. Most worrisomely, on the key subject of the "democratic deficit," Mr. Martin was conspicuously absent when it mattered, in the (doomed) effort to uphold Parliament's authority to legislate on the issue of gay marriage. Mr. Martin's own behaviour, such as endorsing ratification of the Kyoto accord but delaying or sabotaging its implementation, suggest that while his is a very big tent indeed, it's pitched on both sides of many fences. How does one form opposing policy factions or camps when one doesn't even know where the Leader's baggage train might next stop for the night? This makes it nearly as challenging for the minions to align as it does for the rivals to oppose, let alone for the poor Canadian voter to figure out. All that is left for insiders and outsiders alike is to bide their time and wait out the aging leader. When CBC Radio announces prime minister Martin has come down with a grippe and is recuperating at his cottage, and when this is followed by a looped soundtrack of sombre classical music, then Mr. Manley and the rest of his party will know that the race is on again. Lord knows, the Canadian voter will have nothing to say about it. © Copyright 2003 National Post ------------------------------ End of Cdn-Firearms Digest V6 #321 ********************************** Submissions: mailto:cdn-firearms-digest@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Mailing List Commands: mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca Moderator's e-mail address: mailto:akimoya@cogeco.ca List owner: mailto:owner-cdn-firearms@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca FAQ list: http://www.magma.ca/~asd/cfd-faq1.html and http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/Faq/cfd-faq1.html Web Site: http://teapot.usask.ca/cdn-firearms/homepage.html FTP Site: ftp://teapot.usask.ca/pub/cdn-firearms/ CFDigest Archives: http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/~ab133/ or put the next command in an e-mail message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca get cdn-firearms-digest v04.n192 end (192 is the digest issue number and 04 is the volume) To unsubscribe from _all_ the lists, put the next five lines in a message and mailto:majordomo@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca unsubscribe cdn-firearms-digest unsubscribe cdn-firearms-alert unsubscribe cdn-firearms-chat unsubscribe cdn-firearms end (To subscribe, use "subscribe" instead of "unsubscribe".) 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