Don Rogers (politician)

Don Rogers (politician)

Don Rogers is a politician in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He served for fifteen years as a municipal councillor in the Sydenham district, and has campaigned for the Canadian House of Commons. He was 62 years old as of 2005.

Rogers was born in Toronto, Ontario, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Arts degree from Carleton University.[1] He is a former distribution officer for the National Film Board of Canada and head of the audio-visual department at Royal Military College of Canada, and retired in 1996.[2]

Rogers was on the progressive wing of the council, and favoured a number of environmental initiatives. He supported managed growth and preserving the city's architectural heritage, and argued in 2001 that the pace of city development should be slowed.[3] Rogers has sought to improve poor living conditions in the "student ghetto" area around Queen's University,[4] and has argued that the student population should be spread out more evenly throughout the city.[5] In 1994, Rogers was one of the first city councillors to participate in Kingston's Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Pride Day.[6]

Rogers is known for his Canadian nationalism. In 1965, he attending the official unveiling of Canada's maple leaf flag. In 1990, he walked out of the Canada Day festivities at Kingston City Hall to protest the playing the American national anthem, which he described as a "desecration" of the national holiday.[7] He also opposed the Meech Lake Accord, claiming that its passage would result in "nothing but a hollow shell [being left] for Canada".[8]

Rogers was not a member of any political party during his time on council, but joined the Canadian Action Party shortly after his defeat.[9] His primary issue in the 2004 election was opposition to the North American Free Trade Agreement, which he described causing unemployment and taking power away from elected officials.[10] He received 179 votes (0.33%), finishing seventh against Liberal incumbent Peter Milliken.

In recent years, Rogers has spoken out against a data-processing contract between his bank, Citizens Bank of Canada, and a firm in the American state of Georgia. He has argued that this arrangement could result in violations to his privacy and subject him to American laws such as the Patriot Act. In protest in late 2005, he made several minor transactions each day as a means of slowing the bank's computer system. His thirty-five page statement in November 2005 had 985 entries, and totalled $257.60.[11] He paid the bill in pennies.[12] Rogers was later quoted as saying, "I don't want George Bush to know how many cases of Viagra I bought last month".[13]

Rogers campaigned for the Canadian Action Party again in the 2006 federal election, and finished sixth with 222 votes (0.36%).

Shortly after the 2006 election, Rogers wrote an article for the Toronto Star newspaper about the first unveiling of Canada's national flag.[14]

In September 2008, the Queen's Journal reported that Rogers had been photographing student parties and posting the pictures on his organization's website, as a means of protesting "illegal partying and rowdy behaviour" in the Queen's student housing area. Some students have described this as intrusive.[15]

References

  1. ^ "CBC - Canada Votes 2004". Cbc.ca. 1946-11-12. http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes2004/riding/143/. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 
  2. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 26 June 2004
  3. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 30 June 2001
  4. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 14 February 2001
  5. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 26 November 2004
  6. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 17 June 1995
  7. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 3 July 1990
  8. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 30 May 1990
  9. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 25 May 2004
  10. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 17 June 2004
  11. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 23 November 2005
  12. ^ National Post, 7 January 2006
  13. ^ Kingston Whig-Standard, 14 January 2006
  14. ^ Toronto Star, 15 February 2006
  15. ^ "Students under surveillance - Queen's Journal". Queensjournal.ca. http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2008-09-16/news/students-under-surveillance/. Retrieved 2009-06-05. 

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