Canadian Liberated Urban Chicken Klub
15 November 2012
23 August 2012
New Date for Canadian Right to Food Trial Decision: 05Sept2012
Canadian Right to Food Trial Update:Proceeding with the bring forward request to have this matter set for the new date of Wednesday, September 5, 2012 in Courtroom 1106 at 1:30 p.m. Calgary Courthouse.
~Paul FoodJustice Hughes
~Paul FoodJustice Hughes
09 August 2012
Canada, Let People Raise Their Own Food!
Canada, Let People Raise Their Own Food!
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Please sign this petition.
08 May 2012
Toronto Chickens issues statement on Canadian Right to Food Trial delay
The Charter Challenge Revised Decision Date For IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The working group of backyard chicken owners in Toronto, Toronto Chickens, is committed to challenging any municipal notices given while we await a verdict in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge that has been undertaken by Calgarian Paul Hughes.
Mr. Hughes’ court case challenging his city's bylaws that disallow the possession of urban chickens took place from March 5 to 9th, 2012. Toronto Chickens is eagerly awaiting the judge's decision, which has been delayed until after September 14th.
Toronto Chickens is a large group of Torontonians fighting to revise a bylaw that does not allow citizens the freedom to raise chickens on their property. We are uniting in our front to fight any infraction notices we receive until we have a definitive decision from the Calgary case. We call upon Toronto city councilors and city bylaw officers to suspend enforcement of the animal bylaw pertaining to backyard chickens until the results of this case are determined. This court trial is based on a constitutional challenge and, therefore, the decision will impact all Canadians municipalities.
For further information contact: TorontoChickens@gmail.com
28 April 2012
12 February 2012
Canadian Right to Food Trial: 05-09March2012 in Calgary, Alberta
The decision of the trial judge will impact 35 million Canadians.
The CR2FT originated with a bylaw infraction for the possession of urban chickens in Calgary, Alberta. It has since evolved and morphed into a complex legal argument involving such issues as :
A) The jurisdiction of a municipality to determine what we consume.
B) The default consumption model for citizens when personal production, cultivation, growing, raising & household food security is denied.
C) Sustainability of urban ag methods.
D) The Right to Food as guaranteed and protected by the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, Article 25 and subsequent legislation, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 1966
E) The unconstitutionality of the City of Calgary bylaw based on The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, S1, S2, S7 & S15 arguments. Substantial breach and violation of rights.
F) The hypocrisy of the City of Calgary's public policies, three of which have been ratified and approved by council.
G) Poor governance practices on the part of the City of Calgary which contravene the Alberta Municipal Government Act, MGA:M-26-3:
Municipal :
3) The purposes of a municipality are:
(a) to provide good government
H) International obligations and responsibilities, pursuant to the UNHRD & ICESSCC.
I) Appropriate remedy. This is presumably based on reasonableness.
As you can read, chicken has not been mentioned once in these 9 points. It is no longer an argument about chickens, per se. The CR2FT is a Right to Food issue now, with consequences that impact all Canadians.
22 countries now have a Right to Food enshrined in their constitution as a result of each nation embracing their international obligations, as set forth in the UNHRD.
It is Canada's turn to meet its international responsibilities and obligations, and to protect the charter rights of its citizens.
Canadian Right 2 Food Trial set for 05-09March2012 in Calgary, Alberta #yyc #yyccc #urbanag #ableg #cdnpoli #art25 #UN #food #agchat
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
"Within the contours of the three rights that it protects, Section 7 (of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms) has potential for advancing social justice. By this I mean, s. 7 has potential for providing an appropriate amount of protection to individuals from injurious state action, corresponding to their reality within a state - controlled regime or system." ~James Hendry
~Thank you, Julie Chen for the artwork
26 January 2011
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