Paul J James

In a mesmerizing letter to newly appointed President of York University Rhonda Lenton, Mike Young a 17 time EMMY & BAFTA winner outlines his shock and dismay at the academic institutions appalling treatment of former employee Paul James who is currently embarked on his seventh hunger strike in protest of the social injustice which has been delivered to him. In the correspondence Mike Young urges the President to “do the right thing” immediately in resolving the ongoing dispu

Preface to this latest submission. I am 17 days into my fifth hunger strike. While I have ingested more calories per day in this protest than the previous four, it is still less than a thousand a day, still painful and I am very thin. As of Tuesday, September 26th, I will be on total starvation which will accelerate my demise at lightning pace. The Liberal Government and Canadian Soccer Association have still not made contact in spite of numerous emails from me regarding the

“To confirm human dignity is to reject discrimination,” yet, “the tendency to fall into discrimination is deeply rooted in the human psyche.” Honourable Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada 2006, Beverley McLachlin Christopher Hitchens communicated to his audience a decade ago to paraphrase, “if you want to make good people do bad or evil things then give them religion”. Well similarly, I say, if you want to turn genuinely good people against you then tell them you ha

“Never Wrestle with Pigs or Chimney Sweeps” The Malcolm Mercer Contribution Existential Anxiety is the excruciating razor sharp cutting feel and experience that there is nothing. Absolutely nothing. No superstitious god, no afterlife, just the laser beam, precision feel of the total futility of life. That is Nothingness. It is what those poor persons on the 9/11 planes would have felt as they realized their lives would be taken before their time. In the early part of substanc

“Anatomy of an Absolute Nightmare” If prejudice is an emotional commitment to ignorance as coined by the brilliant Jane Elliot famed for her blue eyes brown eyes exercise on racism then discrimination, prejudice, and abuse of a persons known poor mental health is an absolute commitment to EVIL. Today, as a 53 year old man I remain homeless and penniless with nothing to my name except debt with no realistic opportunity to improve my circumstances without resolution, as I remai

September 5, 2017 It is with profound disappointment but without reservation that I request/demand the Canadian government take the necessary steps to now renounce my Canadian citizenship and the Canadian Soccer Association to annul my individual inductee status as a member of the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame with immediate effect, without impediment, rebuttal or argument. As of 12:01am today, September 5, 2017, I began my fifth and final hunger strike. I will be ingesting ju

August 21, 2017 Dear MP Adam Vaughan, Please copy this correspondence on to the office of the honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and to each Liberal Party MP. My living circumstances are as bad as they have ever been and therefore it is very difficult to communicate and disseminate information through normal channels and with the proficiency I would like. The conclusion first. If the Paul James matter is not resolved on or before September 18, 2017 I will begin my fifth

In this video: Paul touches on: • Why he has chosen to refuse governmental handouts and to now live on the street. • Why he has lost his standing in society because of the improper handling of his career by York University. • The inaction of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party. • The disgraceful comments made by Deb Schulte, Member of Parliament for King-Vaughan, regarding Paul's situation. • The rights of Canadians versus the Omar Khadr case. • The support he

In this video: Peyvand Mossavat of the UOIT Ridgebacks expresses the support for Paul James along with former players and friends. #Stigma #SubstanceAddiction #stigma #Soccer #Justice #CanadianSoccerAssociation #FIFA #YorkUniversity #CSA #CONCACAF #PrimeMinisterJustinTrudeau #HungerStrike #RCMP #GOLTV #CANMNT #SupremeCourtofCanada #RayHudson #Max #RickWaugh #BellLetsTalk #PeyvandMossavat #UOITRidgebacks

In this video: After 15 days of hunger striking and having not heard back from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Paul commits to a total starvation hunger strike.Legendary U.S. Soccer analyst, Ray Hudson, supports Paul's quest for justice. Paul confronts Rick Waugh, York University Chair of the Board of Governors, the Canadian soccer media and outlines his intentions of the next week. Also: Max In this video: This is my best friend Max...he was a bundle of wrinkles when he was 1