2 Important Events!

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2012 Golden Whistle Award and Vivian Krause! March 6, 2012 Dear Free Thinking Film Society Supporter: I want to invite everybody to two important upcoming events. On March 12, 2012 I will be the Master of Ceremonies for POGG Canada and Canadians for Accountability 2012 Golden Whistle Award. This is the fifth annual presentation of this award and I would love to see you all at this event. The 5th annual award will be presented to Mr. Brian Skakun of Prince George, BC. He is a recently re-elected 10-year member of the Prince George Municipal Council. He made public a municipal internal report on the basis that "the public has a right to know...what was going on at City Hall." In an unprecedented court case, Mr. Skakun was prosecuted under the privacy act and the matter is now in the appeal process. The keynote speaker of the evening will be Colonel Michel W. Drapeau who is Professor Adjunct at the University of Ottawa and an expert on privacy law. Monday, March 12, 2012 6:15 Reception (cash bar) 7:00 Presentation Army Officer's Mess 149 Somerset Street W. Admission: $20 (at the door or contact cherylcarboni@yahoo.com) (Business casual; no jeans) POGG Canada is a think tank based in Ottawa dedicated to Peace, Order and Good Government. ****************************************** On March 19th, The Free Thinking Film Society presents an evening with Vivian Krause. Ms. Krause is an environmental detective and she will be presenting on who funds the environmental movement in Canada. According to her calculations, over $300 million has poured into the Canadian environmental movement from the United States since 2000. The David Suzuki Foundation alone has been paid at least $10 million by American Foundations over the past decade. Come find out how environmental debates in Canada are being framed by foreign dollars. March 19, 2012, 7:00 PM Library & Archives Canada 395 Wellington Admission $15 ($10 for students). Tickets available at the door or at selected retailers (Compact Music, 190 Bank, 785 Bank; Collected Works, 1242 Wellington; Ottawa Festivals, 47 William). I hope to see everybody at these two important events. The focus of our events in the Spring will be China. On May 28th, we'll be showing a film, "When China Met Africa" which we will follow with a panel discussion on China in Canada with Terry Glavin, David Kilgour, David Harris and Scott Simon. Sincerely, Frederick Litwin Free Thinking Film Society