Obert Madondo 312 Cumberland Street, Apt 610 Ottawa, ON K1N 1B3 March 14, 2012 Senator Vernon

White The Senate of Canada Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0A4 Dear Senator White, Im writing to inform you that at 12:01am on Wednesday, March 14, I embarked on an indefinite hunger strike whose five demands include your immediate resignation and the repeal of the new Safe Streets and Communities Act (omnibus crime Bill C-10). My main argument for your resignation centres around the events of November 23, 2011. That day, I tasted the wrath of the Canada that the Act proposes. I was forcibly removed from Confederation Park as one of the eight unarmed Occupy Ottawa protesters peacefully resisting the politicallymotivated eviction carried out by the Ottawa Police. The 100 to 150 officers sent in the hours following midnight applied excessive and unnecessary force. I was subjected to cruel and unusual treatment. The police hurt my back, legs and left arm. I ended up in hospital and since the incident, suffer excruciating pain because of their actions. On one of the three occasions the police officers dropped me while carrying me to the makeshift detention centre, I hit my head against the paved road and now experience frequent headaches. Senator, why did the four police officers who carried me to the makeshift detention centre drop me three times during the trip? Why was I treated differently than my two white colleagues? One was also carried by police officers but was not hurt. The other was driven to the centre in a police cruiser. At the centre why did the officers drop me to the floor and leave me lying on my stomach, a position that further exacerbated my injured back and arm? Why did they ignore my plea for immediate medical attention? Furthermore, in the statement issued to the press immediately following the eviction, the police trivialized my injuries in a severely hurtful way. Senator, you were in charge of the Ottawa Police that morning, and thats why Im demanding your resignation. Ive nothing personal against you as a fellow human being, but that morning, a failure of judgment and Canadian leadership occurred. I strongly question your judgment in a situation that demanded the utmost in sobriety and a quick glance at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. My five demands are: 1. The Parliament of Canada should repeal the Safe Streets and Communities Act in its entirety.

2. Former Ottawa Police chief and newly-appointed Senator, Vernon White, should immediately resign. 3. The federal government should make a commitment to invest 100 times the cost of monitoring and dismantling Occupy encampments across Canada last fall to institute a national inquiry into the case of 600+ missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls. 4. The House of Commons should immediately institute measures to improve accountability and transparency. The measures should include limitations on the governing partys power to a) manipulate Standing Orders; b) evade opposition scrutiny; c) shut down debate d) silence critics; and e) run committees behind closed doors and prevent Canadians from participating. 5. The Conservative government must immediately stop its campaign against Canadians and Canadian democracy. This campaign currently manifests through a) the criminalization of dissent; b) promotion of a divisive agenda and attitude; c) whipping up of unnecessary moral panic; and d) using incendiary labels to stifle debate and criticism on its actions. Ill carry out the peaceful action in my apartment here in Ottawa, and will undertake public actions, including regular visits to Parliament Hill. I look forward to hearing from you. Respectfully,

Obert Madondo Activist and Progressive Political Blogger Tel: (613) 265 4295 Email: ronrich22@gmail.com Website: www.canadianprogressiveworld.com