In late 2007, Caledonia resident / activist Doug Fleming began a series of anti illegal smoke shack protests that saw him do everything he possibly could to get arrested for selling contraband cigarettes from the nearby Six Nations Indian Reserve.
HIs goal was that once he was arrested for selling these "rollies", the issue of illegal smokes would be forced into the courts, and the OPP would no longer be able to ignore the many Native run illegal shacks on the South side of Caledonia.
Over the course of several months, Mr. Fleming waged war on the contraband tobacco trade with a series of protests that unquestionably represent a unique chapter in Canadian history.
The OPP were unwilling to arrest Mr. Fleming even when he set up shop in the parking lot of the local OPP detachment and sold $10 ziplock bags of unregulated contraband cigarettes with an OPP officer standing 5 feet away looking on.
Courtesy of the Free Thinking Film Society and the International Free Press Society, CANACE and Caledonia residents visit Ottawa to present the story of Caledonia to a new audience.
Extensive coverage from the October 8, 2007 "Remember Us" rally that CANACE held in Caledonia Ontario. An event that was the top story that night on newscasts such as City TV in Toronto.
3 years after the height of the occupation of DCE, 75 year old Ernie Palmer is forced to endure a 6 month illegal occupation of his front yard by a Native thug who builds a smoke shack on Palmers land. He shared his unique and horrifying story with me in this 8 part 90 minute interview
On June 25 2009, CANACE was invited to speak at a public information session in Deseronto Ontario on the rights of non-Natives during illegal occupations.
The situation was manipulated by the OPP so that the event took place in an isolated park and the only people in attendance were angry militant Mohawks.
Featuring previously unreleased, and freshly remastered footage from the extensive video vault of Jeff Parkinson & the Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality
CanaceHD is under construction as Mr. Parkinson takes on the lengthy & time consuming task of editing, restoring, organizing, & when possible upconverting 4 years of raw footage.
Featuring previously unreleased, and freshly remastered footage from the extensive video vault of Jeff Parkinson & the Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality
CanaceHD is under construction as Mr. Parkinson takes on the lengthy & time consuming t...