[Editors note: the following is an article written by a Canadian about something happening in his country, our neighbor to the north.  We are presenting it exactly as he presented it to us, hoping that through showing that the things we have been speaking about are not happening only in America, but are part of an orchestrated, world-wide agenda we can help to open more minds to the truth of the dangers facing our freedoms.  Mr. Hindson, we are told, has other articles relating to these topics and, hopefully, we will also be able to share some of those with you as well.  Our thanks to Doug for this look into Canada.]

As I sat down to write what was to be an article about Ontario's Lands for Life program, I was struck with the importance of providing a context for my readers.  Often, my message can be misunderstood because my information comes from a wide variety of sources outside the loop of today's mass media.  My aim then, is to evaluate the merits of an idea through the analysis of verifiable facts and to sort out reality from fiction.  This process most often reveals the politics of a proposal or idea and its intended outcomes.

Often, it is difficult to motivate people to listen to a contrarian position no matter how valid or well supported by factual documentation.  As a society, we have been predisposed to accept the many changes that are thrust upon our country under the banner of "environmentalism...... globalism." This phenomenon began during our school days (if your under 35) and has been sustained by the mainstream media in all of its forms.  We place our trust in others who are often unknown to us. Too often, we let others do our thinking for us.

For example, governments or special interest groups frequently make use of good sounding words or make glib, unsubstantiated promises to "sell" ideas or actions that contain hidden, even harmful consequences.  If we are taken in by the "wrapping" without substantive research into the background or origin and the intended purpose behind an idea, then such change can and does enter into existence with little or no public opposition.  It has been said: It doesn't matter what is true, what is important is what people believe to be true.

One very good example of this was the recent effort to nominate the Trent-Severn Waterway as a heritage River under the Canadian Heritage River System (CHRS).  Canadian Heritage Rivers, interestingly, has a twin program in the United States.  After examining every facet of this program using CHRS documentation, two opponents of the program were able to bring to light the detrimental long-term impact on people and property throughout the entire watershed.  This was, of course, contrary to the proponents' claims.  At every turn, the noble-sounding goals employed by CHRS proponenets to woo the unsuspecting public, proved to be bogus.  The facts convinced 3 counties, 20 municipalities, the Ontario Boaters Forum and the Peterborough Real Estate Board to reject designation.  The result of this concerted effort saw the Ontario and federal governments suspend the CHRS program in the Trent-Severn watershed.  The battle was won, but perhaps not the war.

Those who would rule are highly intolerant of dissent; they do not want public debate, and hence deal severely with those who challenge their programs or ideas.  The dictionary term for this "shoot the messenger" assault is the "the ad homonym attack." In short, when you cannot answer a man's argument, attack the man.  Most people will avoid situations where they are likely to be the subject of a nasty personal attack, or having had the experience, are quickly discouraged.  The result?  The powers that be get their way without the "messiness" of open, honest debate.  I believe, however, that as a free people, we are obliged to ask questions on ideas which may affect the way we are governed or the way in which we live our lives.  Questioning is an essential component of our cultural and political history.

What makes many programs very difficult for the public to evaluate is introduction of outcomes that are essentially alien to our experience or our current concepts of government.  This is not by accident.  It is left to us as individuals to try to unscramble not only the origins of these outcomes, but also why so many things which, if we look closely, are being used to unravel our society and our economy. Lands for Life is an example of a program with obscured outcomes.  Good-sounding words and noble goals are employed to sell the idea to an uninformed but conditioned public.  Touted as a means to preserve "sacred wilderness," enhance our economy and provide job growth sounds really good, doesn't it?  Judging by the public support for Lands for Life, the government has again succeeded with its proven tactics to entrance the public.  Yet, behind Lands for Life lies a time-tested strategy used in other countries in earlier times to plunder the natural resource assets of a nation.

To broaden our understanding in a world where the mass media - press, radio and television - controls, and filters every piece of information presented to us, we search out alternative sources of information which offer more complete or unvarnished positions and ideas versus those presented in the mass media.  Such sources include establishment and non-establishment periodicals from various countries, think-tanks on both the right and left of the political spectrum, newsletters, domestic and international legislation.  Access to local and university libraries where lesser known books afford a wealth of information about the amazing world of which so few are aware. Of course, time and a persistent interest are essential criteria.

MIT professor, Noam Chomsky's term, "manufacturing consent" describes the mass media's role in conditioning and brainwashing the public since WW II.  The use of the media for this purpose has been elevated to the level of a science.  Contemporary beliefs are shaped and framed in the public mind through a consistency of media conditioning.  An overly busy and entertained public, too preoccupied to think about what it is being told and how its freedom is being impacted, is an easy target for manipulation and is ultimately controlled.

I hope this explanation will be helpful in providing an understanding of how we are able to uncover information unfamiliar to the public mind.  In the next issue, we'll get into the specifics of the Lands for Life program where we will explain its origin, the players, the outcomes and the consequences of this internationalist program, designed to transfer control of our natural resources to giant transnationals, while giving the appearance of being a natural progression of events.  Deception can be very effective.

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