Recently, the Johnson Shoyama group from the University of Regina hosted both a public (March 30th) and invitation only (March 31st) Governing Sustainable Municipalities (GSM) sessions in Weyburn’s Spark Centre.
There was the possibility of three types of individuals attending these sessions:
- those who know nothing of the WEF,
- those who favour the WEF and
- those who oppose the WEF’s sustainability of Agenda 2030.
Addressing the first group, halfway through the polished public presentation, these confused individuals would ask themselves, why are we here? The presenters claimed to offer no answers. Rather, they guided the individual by sharing five case studies which have little or no bearing on sustainability. Diversity, yes, that’s a possibility. At evening’s end, they would have gone home praising the chocolate chip cookies.
The second group, those who favor wokism, I envision, entered the facility with a sense of awe and heated anticipation. Pumped to fulfill the killing of 5 billion people with Agenda 2030. Surely, they familiarized themselves with these new progressive buzz words. Words like:
- sustainability
- diversity
- intersectoral
- the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals
Thankfully, by night’s end, the only ones pushing this crap were the presenters. Was it because concerned citizens filled the venue with freedom loving fighters who despise the WEF, and all that it stands for? Perhaps, because there were so many of us, that the WEF supporters maintained humble silence by our arguments?
Our ‘informational indoctrination’ opened with a brief speech from Keith Comstock. Mr. Comstock shared a brief bio about himself—essentially acareer civil servant.
Mayor Marcel Roy, Weyburn mayor, spoke on behalf of the city. In private, his Worship proclaims to be a man who is not woke. But some of his verbiage concerned me, i.e., “modern medicine works.”
When you watch the YouTube video (see attached links), pay close attention to what they say. Much of their speech I consider double speak. Without criticizing word for word of what they spoke on Thursday evening, I’ll address some pronounced quotes. Reading them, you may wonder what’s with my insanity. There is nothing in the crap I jotted down. But you must watch the video and understand the context of my paraphrased sentences:
- No answers, but communities may have the answers. If we work together. Get the message out together.
- I quickly interpreted this as the Feds taking credit while supplying seed money.
- Sustainability—when they started the process, they didn’t have a good handle on it. So, they borrowed from the United Nations.
- Sustainability—there is no consensus at the municipal sector.
- Sustainability affects various governance, infrastructure, stewardship, regulations. municipality resource development to make municipalities more viable for years to come.
- “Change management and case studies.”
- “Round tables were designed to hear the frustration within municipal level governance.”
- Mentioned that their group received help from SARM, SUMA, and other civil servant organizations in putting this together.
- “They want to facilitate the questions.”
Tonight’s guest speaker, Dan Florizone, a man of smooth voice, and well suited for public speaking. He is also another career civil servant. Of note, he was man who implemented the Ministry of Health’s LEAN program. His lexicon mirrored the UN–Innocent, and ambiguous verbiage. He generalized his speech with nothing specific.
I understand their approach. It opened conversation, but it also opens up to predetermined outcomes if attendees are pro WEF. Clearly, they were using an adaption of the Delphi Method.
Here are some key points Johnson Shoyama addressed during our evening:
- They spoke of change, and the fear of change; if you are not changing, you are falling behind.
- Claimed Weyburn had a world class education.
- Clearly, a generalized, yet feel good statement to manipulate the vulnerable within each of the toured Saskatchewan cities.
- Promoted the European education model of having trades taught in high school.
- “Dialogue for sustainability.”
- They referred to Medicare as a gift.
- My thoughts immediately sprang to a time before pre-retirement. Through my hard effort, and bountiful overtime, there were years I earned $135,000 plus. After a few years of not seeing much benefit in working overtime, I tracked my taxation (both hidden and the obvious). I discovered that 55% of my earnings disappeared as taxes within our 3 levels of bureaucratic governments (municipal, provincial and federal). My thoughts also recollected during those years; I used no healthcare services other than my yearly blood work. Yet 42% of provincial taxes were directed to health care. My thoughts riled, because during the phony pandemic, the SHA fraudulently altered my Panorama records to record allergy symptoms as COVID-19. That rage brought to mind some of my nurse friends; they knew firsthand the SHA’s bureaucratic waste, the ineptitude and the fraud during the contrived pandemic period.
- Johnson Shoyama attempted to place the pandemic in positive light.
- Apparently, being locked in one’s home and forced into online learning provided numerous benefits. There was no mention of the lack social interaction and mental dysfunction stemming from such; plus, our loss of freedom of moment, and freedom of religion.
- Cutting into the meat and potatoes of their presentation, Mr. Florizone opened with a case study. Back in the early 50s, Weyburn (Souris Valley Mental Hospital) led the world in LSD research. Their theory, LSD, could treat psychological problems. According to Dan Florizone, that research is being resumed elsewhere.
- I wonder why the resurrection?
- Dan spoke of breakthroughs, and bringing decision makers into the room. Help alleviate social problems. With the right Clusters of people:
- Intersectoral
- Cluster Theory- geographical cluster, Sectoral cluster, Economic cluster, Horizontal cluster, Vertical cluster.
- Diversification, diversification, diversification were repeated many times.
- GSM supports municipalities taking seed money from the government.
- Spoke in support of DEEP, which is a private venture tapping into the geo-thermal in an effort to harness the heat for power.
- NOTE: Deep Earth Energy Production (DEEP), developed by Estevan’s Kirsten Marcia, was first proposed over ten years ago, and is privately funded. It is a worthwhile effort.
- GSM spoke of using research for food security.
- My thoughts immediately directed to genetically modifying food (MRNA), and diversification of food sources (crickets).
- Promoted immigration to further growth.
- Immigration is key to sustainability—attractiveness of your community to immigrants in helping provide labour. We must welcome them; in other words, embrace their values and culture while losing our own.
- Within The Naked leftist, I wrote that most immigrants identify as conservative, but through leftist misdirection, they immigrate to Canada for our social services funding and free health care.
- The other attraction not mentioned, immigrants provide cheap, compliant labour.
- It was not so surprising that they spoke of eco-friendly geo-thermal energy; but, surprisingly, they advocated small nuclear reactors. But then warned us of potential dangers.
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During question period, it was evident we filled the forum with concerned citizens and freedom fighters. Our message was civil, but blunt. We trust nothing coming from the UN, nor from Ottawa.
Some of our comments were gaslighted. When someone mentioned the United Nations, Mr. Comstock passed a joke, trying to deflect. But we called them out on it; because their website and propaganda clearly identify with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Prepared for question period, I was the first to jump to my feet and respond. “There is no sustainability if taxpayers cannot retain a portion of their earnings. We have become a nation of consumers and not producers. What you are advocating is communism.”
Trying to recover with a shrewd speech, Mr. Florizone recollected a conversation he had with a male. “Don’t trust anyone from the far left or far right. Either you’re a communist or some private sector free enterpriser. The truth is never at those extremes.”
Myself and a few in the audience interpreted his response as gas lighting; trying to minimize my statement. After the question period, a like-minded woman approached me and confirmed my statement with one of her own, “seed money was bribe money,” I added with “unknown conditions”.
Johnson Shoyama, i.e., Mr. Florizone, claimed we need to weed ourselves off public funding, but must rely on private. Were these same private enterprises he referred to as the woke corporations owned by Gates, Pfizer, Alphabet, Facebook, etc.?
Dan asked if the private sector can do it better. I believe yes it can, but not with woke corporations at the behest of the WEF or the UN.
Because our speaker, Mr. Florizone, mentioned Weyburn had world class education, it prompted a question from one of our concerned citizens to why parents are pulling their children from the education system?
Paraphrasing Dan’s lengthy response–we must find out why.
Except, parents already know the reason. And I believe the consensus of the Canadian population also knows. We no longer can tolerate the Woke and UN agenda. But too many of us are making a living. Trying to survive while being taxed to death. And too many within the populace feel helpless that they can’t make a difference. You CAN! BE VOCAL. Speak with your government representatives.
Before anyone asked the most obvious question, Mr. Florizone shared the Sustainability definition – development that meets the needs of the present without a compromising of future generations meeting their own needs. Then they claimed it is a working definition most likely would not be the completed definition. It was just a start.
Our facilitators received quite a few questions regarding the UN. Mr. Comstock read a few of them off. Johnson Shoyama claim they are not furthering UN goals. They claim they chose to use only some of UN’s verbiage regarding sustainability. They needed a common framework of reference that made sense. They claim that “they wish to be consistent and comparable to other jurisdictions”. Being consistent helped track public and municipal responses. They further claimed they did not care where the definition came from.
Keith tried to deflect with a joke disregarding the UN. Except, one only needs to review their website and view the center’s YouTube recordings. It reveals a different story. They promote the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Many within the audience quickly responded our disfavor to that statement. I redirected the conversation toward the WEF and the UN's involvement in the phony pandemic these past three years.
In short, Keith tried to gaslight us all. He claimed he’s not worried about what the UN is doing in Saskatchewan, but worries to what we are doing.
The pressures our facilitators faced remained painted upon their faces. It stood clear our reactions were not what they expected. They believed the audience to be more acceptable, naive. I base that opinion on the limited advertising and personal greetings as one entered the room.
Our facilitators claim that Johnson Shoyama is in the research business. And that the night’s activity must satisfy the University’s ethics requirements.
Throughout the GSM presentation, it was mentioned more than once, our facilitators and the Johnson Shoyama had no answers. But if they had no answers, why were they here promoting sustainability and “guiding” the audience with case studies, seed money, promoting immigration, etc.?
The question period concluded, and Keith closed with short remarks. A few of the public left for the night. But the majority choose to visit and discuss what we heard.
It didn’t take long for our facilitators to work the room. They bee-lined within seconds to those of us who were outspoken. Keith was on me like a bee to honey, or perhaps a fly to shit. During this time, I was conversing with a friend, a member of the Buffalo Party.
I immediately asked Mr. Comstock, who financed tonight’s agenda. Short answer—Federal Liberal government via Johnson Shoyama. No doubt the WEF, Trudeau, Soros, Schwab, Gates, Obama and the Clintons have a corrupt hand in this as well.
My Buffalo Party friend brought up 15-minute cities. Within seconds, Mr. Comstock gas lighted my friend. Mr. Comstock claimed all Saskatchewan cities were 15-minute cities.
During our discussion, I circled back to the phony pandemic and our loss of freedoms. Mr. Comstock quickly pooh-poohed my comment. Keith claimed his family suffered no loss of freedoms but inferred they were better off.
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It would be prudent of me to mention that before the meeting officially opened. Two gentlemen were removed because they failed to pre-register for Thursday's public forum. Our facilitators also tried to kick out two women who also did not register, but these feisty freedom fighters remained proactive. They printed off the registration page, which indicated there was no need to pre-register, but that it was recommended.
I registered for both the public and the invitation only events. Regarding the Invitation only event, if I remember correctly, the website sought community involvement from community leaders, businesses, etc.
Arriving at Friday’s invitation only session, I doubted my attendance would be granted. I stood correct.
Dan Florizone and an unknown fellow Johnson Shoyama male, claimed Friday's invitational session was only for Municipal trustees, Alderman, and other elected officials. Not being dissuaded, I furthered my position for entrance. I referred to the website and registration page—I found they removed the page from the web.
Before I left, I used my cell phone to capture a picture of the attendees; and much to their dissatisfaction a picture of the invited attendees.
Besides myself, a friend, who owns a small engineering business, pre-registered for the invitation only presentation, but instead opted for the Zoom attendance. He was denied access to the live zoom meeting.
Going forward, I expect GSM to cancel the other locations or proceed like Swift Current—you watched a pre-recorded video via Zoom. I suspect if they plan for audience participation, any answered questions would be prepped in advance and they would take none from the audience. Simply controlling the narrative.
Another piece to note, although there were about six to eight facilitators, they traveled to and about Weyburn in a private bus that held 35 plus. It was not your typical school bus or Greyhound.
My message, we should be concerned and prepared. If Johnson Shoyama University reaches out to all Saskatchewan municipalities and cities, if even ¼ of those trustees are not aware of what this dubious group is about, we as a society will realize a world of pain. The future of our children will resemble nothing we lived twenty years prior. Accepting seed money under the guise of sustainability holds hidden conditions. We witness such in the rapid changes in our agricultural, banking, oil & Gas, and especially within our health industries. In just a few short years, we’ll all be dictated to 15-minute cities, digital ID and a digital currency that will have us all being “responsible citizens”. Any sort of public discourse would ensure gas or food rationing upon your family, or find oneself sent to a re-education camp.
It will be interesting to read the university’s final report. I’m venturing not one iota of the public’s concern will be published.
Addendum: The following afternoon, my Buffalo Party friend and I continued our affable discussion. Once the institute published the YouTube video, he watched and studied it three times. He found it problematic that the audience’s questions were not picked up by the recording. He knew I recorded the session with a digital camera and requested a copy. He also mentioned he perused the Johnson Shoyama website—they had already started the purge. Other astute individuals reached out to me and confirmed his observation.
Am I being overreactive in my thoughts? But my critical thinking brought me to where I am today; I am awake. I understand the nature of the war we are fighting. It has been silent, methodical and subversive.
If there was any doubt to my thoughts, one only needs to view other pre-recorded sessions shared by the university: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuxia0CIY2c Resilience: innovation in a changing municipal landscape featuring Margot Hurlbert
Within Ms. Hurlbert’s presentation, she addresses innovation in a risk changing landscape - climate change risks and sustainability as per the IPCC.