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VoiceofCanada’s editor, Mark Vandermaas, is available to speak to your club, town council, class or organization about Race-Based Policing in Caledonia, what it means to you, your town, your province and your industry.

In addition to being VoiceofCanada’s editor, Mark is a licenced real estate broker, a career he put on hold following his arrest on Dec 16/06 while trying to place a Canadian flag on a hydro pole. He is the co-founder of Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality (www.canace.ca) and  has documented the group’s activism in Caledonia in nearly 300 VoiceofCanada articles, and has co-authored several in-depth reports documenting racial policing and land claim lawlessness.

As the project leader for The Ipperwash Papers, and primary author of the CANACE report/Regional News series, ‘McGuinty’s Ipperwash Cover-up: the Caledonia Legacy,’ Mark can also speak about events in Ipperwash from the residents’ point of view, and the bizarre decision of the Ipperwash Inquiry to not even acknowledge – let alone study – the issue of violence committed against them by native protesters.

For a complete list of Mark’s ‘Caledonia/Ipperwash’ qualifications and motivations – and those of the people he works with – please click on the ‘RESUME’ PDF link at this page:

  • Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality: Founding Advocates (click on ‘RESUME’ link)

[Photo, above, left: Mark Vandermaas on A-Channel News, Jan 19/07. HIGH SPEED  DIAL-UP] 

Why should Caledonia or Ipperwash matter to you?

A recent article in the London Free Press stated that there are more than 100 land claims in Ontario. [reprint] Here are just four:

1. Algonquin claim: 36,000 square kilometres that includes the City of Ottawa, Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, and most of Algonquin Park.

2. Six Nations claim: 6 miles on either side of the Grand River from it’s mouth to its source.

3. Mississauga Tribal Council claim: all lakeshore in Oakville, Burlington, Mississauga and Etobicoke.

4. Mississaugas of the Credit: City of Toronto

The reality is that the lawlessness and racial policing experienced in both Ipperwash and Caledonia can easily come to your town. Is your town prepared? What would you do if your police force refused to protect you or your property? What can you do to help preserve your rights and those of your fellow citizens? For background information, please visit:

Invite Mark to speak to YOUR organization

mark-4.JPGMark Vandermaas can present a fact-based information session  for your group that addresses the reality of what has happened in Caledonia, and exactly what is at stake in the struggle against what he considers to be a great danger to Canadian democracy and civil rights.

crowd-clapping.JPGWould you like to ask questions about the struggle against Two Tier Justice? About Mark’s arrest for trying to raise a Canadian flag? About his motives for going to Caledonia as an ‘outsider’ in the first place? That’s OK – Mark is not afraid of tough questions as long as they’re asked in honesty and with civility.

[photos, L & R, taken Jan 14/07 at townhall meeting at Caledonia Lions Hall during 'It WAS worth it, Jack' speech. Photo, top left, taken from A-Channel News interview, Jan 19/07]   

Presentations/speeches by Mark Vandermaas

[photo, right, taken Oct 08/07 at pre-election 'Remember Us' March, Caledonia Lions Park during 'Natives are victims of Two Tier Justice' speech]

How to book Mark for your event

 Mark speaking fee is $1,000 per event plus expenses. There is no speaking fee for non-profit organizations. 

Send your request to info@voiceofcanada.ca. Include your name, address, phone number, name of group/ organization, and the planned date of your event, or two dates/times that would work for you. 

Thanks for your interest, Mark looks forward to meeting – and educating - your group.

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