A day after Canadians rallied against the controversial anti-terrorism bill introduced by the country’s Conservative government, a protest song mocking the legislation has gone viral.
Edmonton, AB banjo artist Ian A Patton’s Bill C-51 is mostly about fear-mongering tactics used by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his cabinet ministers to drum up support for Anti-terrorism Act of 2015 dubbed by opponents as the “Secret Police Bill”.
More than 100 academics, four former Prime Ministers and scores of legal scholars have warned that the bill gives the authorities “extraordinary” and potentially unconstitutional powers with little or no oversight to target opponents of the government including environmentalists and indigenous peoples.
On Saturday, protests were held in 55-cities across Canada drawing large crowds demanding the withdrawal of the bill supported by Conservatives and Liberals and opposed by official opposition NDP and the Green Party.
Bill C-51 is currently at committee stage and hearings will continue when the House of Commons reconvenes on March 23.
Bill C-51 by Ian A Patton
Stephen Harper loves his bill C-51
Gives his poodle Tory MP’s a wee hard-on
They just want to scare us spitless
They think that we are witless
Yes wee Stevie loves his bill C-51And it’s a ky-yi yippy yippy yay
Just bend over Canada do what we say
Give your rights up as deposit
And you won’t need a closet
And it’s ky-yi yippy yippy yayJason Kenney loves his bill C-51
Wear a head scarf near him and you are done
Take off your niquab or he’ll do you
And by fiat he will screw you
Jason Kenney loves his bill C-51And it’s a ky-yi yippy yippy yay
Just bend over Canada do what we say
Give your rights up as deposit
And you won’t need a closet
And it’s ky-yi yippy yippy yayBoth Blaney and McKay love 51
We’ll call “a cat a cat” and we won’t run
The real problem is your freedoms
That’s why you cannae keep them
Both Blaney and McKay love 51And it’s a ky-yi yippy yippy yay
Just bend over Canada do what we say
Give your rights up as deposit
And you won’t need a closet
And it’s ky-yi yippy yippy yayAll those Tory MP’s love 51
Canada won’t be Canada when we’re done
We’re all trained to yip and clap
To smirk and vote for crap
All those Tory MP’s love 51And it’s a ky-yi yippy yippy yay
Just bend over Canada do what we say
Give your rights up as deposit
And you won’t need a closet
And it’s ky-yi yippy yippy yayYes it’s a ky-yi yippy yippy yay
Just bend over Canada do what we say
Give your rights up as deposit
And you won’t need a closet
And it’s ky-yi yippy yippy yay
