Byron Prior stands outside the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa with his placard which reads:
"Child Rape is Okay in Newfoundland if you have power."
Byron's message sends a powerful and shameful alert to all who approach the Hill, as tourists, visitors and state employees.
Most definitely, potential immigrants to Canada might view this image and wonder if Canada truly is an "icon of human rights protection".
On the telephone, he tells me about the events of the day:
"These two guys were walking around on the lawn, they read my signs and they started laughing. I walked up to them and asked them if I could provide them with some information. "
Byron comments that the spectators had made a sarcastic remark, to which he replied,
"You can say just about anything if it is the truth."
He says they listened to his story and then took his information package into the building.
Byron was inspired by the support he is receiving from Jeremy Swanson, an advocate for equal parenting and fathers rights in Ottawa. In fact, Jeremy offered to take the photographs of Byron.
"Here's a man who has lost his family because of the injustice in the law system. He lives at the YMCA, can hardly make it through each month, and here he is, helping me!" Byron was overwhelmed by Jeremy's spontaneous support.
"And there's this guy Bob, he works on Parliament Hill and he stays at the Y as well. Well, he brought me a strawberry muffin and coffee yesterday. He works for the Bloc Quebecois."
Byron tells me that he has handed out more than 1500 information sheets regarding his case and the criminals who preyed on his family for so many years in Grand Banks, Newfoundland.
"I'll be walking around a lot in the days to come, getting more handouts to the people." he says.
No comments:
Post a Comment