Monday, December 21, 2020

Inside the construction work at Parliament Hill Dec.2020

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we're at the early stages of
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construction in the center block in the
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parliament welcome center
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a really exciting phase of any project
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right at the beginnings
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so we are doing the demolition and
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abatement work of the interior spaces of
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the center block
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doing the excavation work for the new
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parliament welcome center
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and soon we'll be starting the
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restoration of the heritage masonry
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of this building it's a really exciting
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phase of the project and in parallel
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we're now down to the final strokes and
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finishing off
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the future uses of the building the
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conservation strategy
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and the design elements in what is
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undoubtedly the most important building
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in canada
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and one of the most important spaces
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globally but it's incredible
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the opportunity to see the center block
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with fresh eyes
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as you get to the uh see the the
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sculptures
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and carvings up close and touch them uh
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to be able to get to the
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ceiling of the house chamber and the
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senate chamber
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it's really uh quite incredible so my
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position as dominion sculptor
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is is to continue the ongoing sculpture
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program that the architect
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john pearson had in mind for the
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building and that is to
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his intention was to leave hundreds of
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of uncarved blocks within the the space
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so that those blocks could be carved and
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sculpted to interpret canadian history
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as it evolved
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and the work is continuing to go on
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today what's amazing it really is you're
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you're it really puts you in touch with
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the work that was done by people in the
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past it's it's like
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connecting to a hundred years of
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sculptural history i mean this is
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it's a the building itself inside is an
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artwork that has been
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in the making for a hundred years and
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you're part of it it's like you're
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picking up your predecessor's brush or
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picking up the materials it's
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it's an amazing feeling project is
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coming along great
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the excavation is right on track the
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demolition and abatement
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is is on track we've we've removed about
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5 000 truckloads of rock
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from the what will be the new parliament
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welcome center
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at the end we'll be removing about 50
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000 of those truckloads
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uh we're about 40 percent completed the
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demolition and abatement phase of the
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the interior so starting from the sixth
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floor
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and from the basement and working down
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to those high heritage
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spaces like the the chamber floor so
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starting from those areas with the lower
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heritage elements
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but taking great care even there all of
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the marble
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and wood being carefully disassembled
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cataloged and stored
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and then taking out the
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asbestos-containing material at this
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point we've removed about five and a
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half
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million pounds of asbestos containing
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material
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and that's being carefully taken away to
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special
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uh containment sites uh
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and everything on this project is being
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done with a tremendous amount of care
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and with the uh with the objective of
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getting this right
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so that it works for a modern parliament
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and
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21st century and beyond and makes
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generations of canadians proud into the
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future

Sunday, December 6, 2020

The World Tomorow ....as it began!

 

  

On October 22nd, thirty-two nations signed the historic Geneva Consensus Declaration, including the co-sponsoring nations, the United States, Brazil, Hungary, Indonesia, and Uganda. However, Canada was not among the signatories.

 

On October 22nd, thirty-two nations signed the historic Geneva Consensus Declaration, including the co-sponsoring nations, the United States, Brazil, Hungary, Indonesia, and Uganda. However, Canada was not among the signatories.

 

Please SIGN this joint petition, from LifeSite and Campaign Life Coalition, urging Canada to ratify the Geneva Consensus Declaration, which will put Canada at the forefront in the fight to protect genuine human rights.

The Geneva Consensus Declaration takes a firm stance against invented human rights by saying, "there is no international right to abortion, nor any international obligation on the part of States to finance or facilitate abortion."

The Geneva Consensus Declaration further reaffirms:

  • That "protecting the right to life" is an "essential priority."
  • The "inherent 'dignity and worth of the human person'" and that "'every human has the inherent right to life.'"
  • That "'the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and state,'" as the Declaration on the Rights of the Child stated.

Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition to Canadian MPs, asking them to restore Canada's reputation as a world leader in human rights, and sign the Geneva Consensus Declaration.

In the past, Canada had a reputation for supporting conventions and declarations that promote fundamental and universal principles, including the right to life and the centrality of the natural family in society.

To that end, Canada signed declarations and conventions supporting the child and the natural family, like the Declaration on the Rights of the Child, in 1959, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in 1990.

However, in recent years, Canada has deviated from its commitments and its historic role in advancing genuine human rights.

Instead, Canada has pushed a marginal agenda focused on newly-invented “rights” that are neither based in natural law nor in any international treaty. Among these are a false right to abortion, a false right to choose one’s gender, and a false right to sexual pleasure for children.

Indeed, Canada has become a bully on the world stage, imposing its agenda on traditional peoples in developing nations, promoting abortion, gender theory, and radical sex education.

It is time for Canada to stand up for genuine human rights like it once did, especially the right to life, and proclaim that the nuclear family is the basis of society.

By ratifying the Geneva Consensus Declaration, Canada would join other nations in upholding these very things, and would recommit itself to safeguarding the rights and principles that it formerly promoted and defended.

Please SIGN this petition calling on the Members of Parliament to sign the Geneva Consensus Declaration.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Information about the Geneva Consensus Declaration - https://www.hhs.gov/about/agencies/oga/global-health-diplomacy/protecting-life-global-health-policy/geneva-declaration.html

The text of the Geneva Consensus Declaration - https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/geneva-consensus-declaration-english.pdf

CLC article, 'Canada Must Join the Geneva Consensus Declaration' - https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/clc-blog/id/118/title/canada-must-join-the-geneva-consensus

LifeSite article, '32 nations, including US, declare ‘no international right to abortion’ at UN' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/32-nations-including-us-declare-no-international-right-to-abortion-at-un