http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/revoke-the-governor-generals-award-for-literature-from-raziel-reid.html Online petition signatures en-us Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:56 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/24516839?utm_medium=rss Wed, 26 Feb 2025 01:35:08 UTC 24516839 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/24506292?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Dec 2024 07:52:42 UTC 24506292 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21192128?utm_medium=rss Biased, disgusting and innapropriate book with a very clear agenda in mind: to promote the gender ideology "religion" into innocent young children and minds. That book is garbage and what this homosexual writer pretends is child abuse.

]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2017 02:03:44 UTC 21192128 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19724470?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Feb 2016 09:50:36 UTC 19724470 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18995065?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2015 01:23:01 UTC 18995065 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18903221?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 May 2015 01:18:23 UTC 18903221 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18884832?utm_medium=rss This book has been called "Value-void", which is flattering it. It is marcissistic filth. Raziel Reid says in his interview that kids today really do think and talk like this. Well, for the most part they do not. But if we push filth like this at them, them will be damaged for life.

]]> Fri, 15 May 2015 05:43:42 UTC 18884832 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18847034?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 May 2015 09:00:57 UTC 18847034 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18710623?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2015 10:00:46 UTC 18710623 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18710106?utm_medium=rss This is no different than "Fifty Shades of Grey", & I don't see that in the children's section. You can't actually expect Canadians to accept this as the children's award do you? I have a 16 yr old daughter who is quite versed in street smarts and book. And I wouldn't let HER read this, let alone my 12 yr old son. This is disgusting trash!!!

]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2015 04:14:34 UTC 18710106 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18703380?utm_medium=rss This is NOT appropriate children's or even teen literature.

]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:26:08 UTC 18703380 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18702113?utm_medium=rss Considering this as a child literature is sick

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 10:06:08 UTC 18702113 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18701535?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:58:13 UTC 18701535 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700779?utm_medium=rss Is this for kids in the library.. Don't think so

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:01:37 UTC 18700779 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700636?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 04:12:24 UTC 18700636 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700582?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:53:38 UTC 18700582 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700459?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:15:35 UTC 18700459 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700452?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 03:13:41 UTC 18700452 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700400?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:57:45 UTC 18700400 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700397?utm_medium=rss I believe that transparency is needed but this content goes toward explicit that's unnecessary to be effctive.

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:57:00 UTC 18700397 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700385?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:53:32 UTC 18700385 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700383?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:52:47 UTC 18700383 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700357?utm_medium=rss Let's stop rewarding sexual ly exploiting children.

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:44:31 UTC 18700357 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18700319?utm_medium=rss What is this garbage? What are you doing to our children? Give your head a shake!

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 02:37:35 UTC 18700319 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18699933?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2015 12:37:02 UTC 18699933 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18689112?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Mar 2015 06:28:36 UTC 18689112 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18688050?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Mar 2015 12:50:17 UTC 18688050 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18684092?utm_medium=rss I suggest we burn the book,imprison the author for trying to corrupt children mind and finally remove the governor general.

]]> Sat, 21 Mar 2015 02:05:49 UTC 18684092 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18678024?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Mar 2015 04:07:05 UTC 18678024 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18677659?utm_medium=rss I wonder what the Governal General wanted to prove with this award? Did he read the book? Would he like his grandchildren read it? Or he did not read it at all, in that case he should fire his advisers. How will young people who soil their minds with such trash, form stable healthy families as adults? And the family is the basis of a healthy society. Canada! where are your leaders leading you?!

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:14:10 UTC 18677659 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18677618?utm_medium=rss I watched Canada Reads & I'm glad this book didn't win the competition. I feel that although I sympathize for the plight of the author, yet that any account published in written form needs to have the discipline & ability to communicate without diminishing / degrading both the author & their audience. Personally I am not interested in being dragged down into the same gutter intellectually or morally, in print or in the concepts that the author has chosen to express him/herself. It seems that there is a constant social battle going on & if you want my interest, along with my sympathy the author needs to learn to at least communicate with some standards that would attempt to show some respect. A "Gov. General's Award" needs to take into consideration "what makes a book a GREAT book, and a fine piece of literature" and not just give into yet another voice for the disenfranchised on their terms. I'm tired of being inundated with pornography, smut and perversion on the Internet; I shun it as much as possible, to me it is an intellectual assault. For me to see now that an "Award" is given & few if any literary standards are expected, shows the demise of future literary accomplishments.

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2015 09:48:19 UTC 18677618 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18677463?utm_medium=rss Just did a check on Amazon, Chapters/Indigo, and several other online book outlets. Raziel Reid's book, "When Everything Feels Like the Movies" is listed for children aged 9 to 12 years old! A 16 year old may be able to handle the graphic descriptions, violent scenes, ugly misogyny (yes, crude and demeaning comments about female sexuality), portrayals of gay sex, and vulgar language. However, I don't feel that this book is suitable for any children under the age of 16. Please, Samara Koning, I urge you to notify the media of this discovery. Raziel Reid denied on CBC (interview with Wendy Mesley) that there is any porn in his book, but the book contains exactly that -- porn, atrocious role models for both sexes, disrespect for adults, and a rather sleazy and not-too-subtle reference to pedophilia. Is this the kind of "children's literature" we want to promote to kids in Canadian bookstores and school libraries? Even if the award is not revoked, the Governor General & Canada Council needs to be made aware that this book will shock, disturb, and upset most children -- as well as the general adult public. Please alert the media that it's NOT for children!

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:17:34 UTC 18677463 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18672889?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:44:21 UTC 18672889 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18672581?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:55:32 UTC 18672581 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18667722?utm_medium=rss Mon, 16 Mar 2015 02:38:27 UTC 18667722 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18663249?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:51:27 UTC 18663249 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18658120?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Mar 2015 03:29:02 UTC 18658120 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18657318?utm_medium=rss Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:51:21 UTC 18657318 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18657223?utm_medium=rss Shameful how low our standards have sunk!

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:11:19 UTC 18657223 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18656025?utm_medium=rss This book has no business in the children
Section.

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 08:59:13 UTC 18656025 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18655599?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2015 06:26:35 UTC 18655599 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18654781?utm_medium=rss The Canadian government has no morals left and no will or courage to hold our country to a high standard. We are sinking into quick sand.

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 03:10:42 UTC 18654781 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18654711?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2015 02:54:10 UTC 18654711 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18654595?utm_medium=rss My heart is saddened that our greatest asset, our youth, are being exposed to this immoral behaviour and degrading activity. I feel sorry for Mr. Raziel Reid - that his mind is so distorted to believe this behaviour is any where close to normal or valuable. Let it stop here.

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 02:15:50 UTC 18654595 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653879?utm_medium=rss The prize was given for Children's literature?? WHO makes these decisions?? Are they out to lunch? Will libraries have a porn section in the children's area now?

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 08:03:54 UTC 18653879 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653784?utm_medium=rss How do we get it of the shelves of the childrens section? This is just wrong and immoral. Our kids pay the price here and there for dos ourb society. How much tollerance is enough.

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 07:11:09 UTC 18653784 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653392?utm_medium=rss Our society has hit a new low when a children's book that contains porn is given an award. Disgusting!

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:17:02 UTC 18653392 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653379?utm_medium=rss Gay doesn't give you the right to be disgusting! Porn of any kind is not appropriate for children!

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:02:12 UTC 18653379 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653295?utm_medium=rss Whatever literary merits this book may or may not have it certainly does not belong in this category, and should not be a candidate for the Governor Generals Award.

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:35:50 UTC 18653295 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653271?utm_medium=rss When a person chooses to live a perverted life-style and then chooses to promote that lifestyle to impressionable young people they should be charged criminally, not rewarded with cash and publicity by publicly funded agencies.

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2015 10:11:14 UTC 18653271 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653242?utm_medium=rss The author reminds me of Luca Magnotta -- yikes! His protagonist is so self-obsessed, deluded, sex-crazed, and porn-addicted, that he can't live a normal life. And, no, I am not anti-gay. I shudder to think that kids of 10-15 years old might be exposed to the nihilism, narcissism, and "death-wish" culture promoted in this book. The author is using his gay point of view to groom young adults into adopting a culture of drug use, to endorse lack of respect for others, to support using abortion as a means of birth control for young teen girls, and to promote an empty life for which the only solution is suicide. Yeecccch! Who needs this drivel? How could the judges have chosen such a terrible book for the Governor General's Award for Literature? Is this truly the best entry you could come up with? Is it a literary masterpiece? Think deeply about what the Governor General's Award means. It has "the mandate to honour the best in Canadian Literature." Raziel Reid does not deserve this award, and I also suspect he's an advocate of pedophilia (i.e. his hidden -- or not-so-hidden -- agenda). The author can surely do much better than this if he really wants to write for children!

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:44:53 UTC 18653242 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653212?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:27:38 UTC 18653212 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653179?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2015 09:05:35 UTC 18653179 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18653135?utm_medium=rss i hope that they revoke this aword from this guy since just reading the first chapter made my stummic turn and lissening to a interview with him on cbc he sounds like a real gay fag for shure and he should not put this filth in the public.

]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2015 08:35:48 UTC 18653135 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18652066?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:48:50 UTC 18652066 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18650048?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 04:54:28 UTC 18650048 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18649500?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:00:17 UTC 18649500 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18649217?utm_medium=rss Garbage in society exposed and glamourized. The symbols flashed by the author signifies it's ties to the filth it represents.

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:01:00 UTC 18649217 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18626370?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Mar 2015 07:40:04 UTC 18626370 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18623949?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 Mar 2015 06:08:44 UTC 18623949 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18617637?utm_medium=rss Disgusting literature.

]]> Tue, 3 Mar 2015 05:48:23 UTC 18617637 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18612112?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Mar 2015 08:49:33 UTC 18612112 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18608646?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Feb 2015 04:00:19 UTC 18608646 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18606611?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:56:06 UTC 18606611 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18606576?utm_medium=rss The content is vulgar and not suitable for young adults.

]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:28:56 UTC 18606576 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18600885?utm_medium=rss What will be the next level we will drop to? I have truly enjoyed children's literature in the past. I've read some books that made me pause. This book, however, goe3s way too far for any sense of decency.

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 04:32:15 UTC 18600885 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18600571?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Feb 2015 03:12:21 UTC 18600571 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18600564?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Feb 2015 03:11:48 UTC 18600564 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18599667?utm_medium=rss Of particular concern is the fact that the classification of "Young Adults" includes as its audience children as young as 12. The content is too mature and sexually explicit to lend itself to the understanding and interests of all younger readers of the intended audience.

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:07:21 UTC 18599667 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18599086?utm_medium=rss I find the vulgarity offensive.

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:38:13 UTC 18599086 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18597742?utm_medium=rss Yikes ! Who was doing the judging?

]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:53:30 UTC 18597742 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18597555?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:05:41 UTC 18597555 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18597328?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Feb 2015 10:04:53 UTC 18597328 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18590365?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2015 04:04:49 UTC 18590365 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18589602?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:58:08 UTC 18589602 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18567289?utm_medium=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2015 10:06:14 UTC 18567289 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18561016?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Feb 2015 05:06:07 UTC 18561016 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18556398?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Feb 2015 08:38:12 UTC 18556398 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18554062?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:34:14 UTC 18554062 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18549579?utm_medium=rss The world is perverted and Raziel Reid is one of perverted disturbers we don't need... also on its own path of destruction.... but he does not know the outcome yet, because he is young and willingly ignorant...in short STUPID... and therefore dangerous for our kids.

]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:01:25 UTC 18549579 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18546290?utm_medium=rss Against my believes and freedom as Christian which should be respected and granted by Canadian Law and regulations.

]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2015 05:48:01 UTC 18546290 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18546112?utm_medium=rss The most disappointing addition to Canada Reads. Potentially damaging for Young Readers. Please prove to me that our nation and Governor General has greater integrity than this.

]]> Sun, 15 Feb 2015 03:39:05 UTC 18546112 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18543053?utm_medium=rss I think this book is not appropriate for our children and especially not for the Governors Award!!

]]> Sat, 14 Feb 2015 12:46:07 UTC 18543053 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18540595?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Feb 2015 06:31:49 UTC 18540595 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18539337?utm_medium=rss No problem with the writing style, content, or genre. I do have a problem with who the audience is. If it has to be available to such a young audience, that's fine. But it should not receive my tax money or such an honourable award.

]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:29:32 UTC 18539337 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18535600?utm_medium=rss Even if this book wasn't about the queer/transgender lifestyle, the language and descriptions are way too graphic for children and young adults. Please pull your heads out of the sand...parents should be able to trust reputable adults in your position to choose and recommend age appropriate literature.

]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:54:34 UTC 18535600 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18523675?utm_medium=rss The content of this novel is totally inappropriate for teens and preteens who might also pick it up. Why reward literature which uses explicit and frequent sexual references gratuitously? Surely, there are more sophisticated ways for an adept author to depict a character's personality and family life. I can't believe that the committee could not find another novel with more redeeming qualities to award.

]]> Mon, 9 Feb 2015 06:47:31 UTC 18523675 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18522759?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Feb 2015 02:34:53 UTC 18522759 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18517197?utm_medium=rss This kind of reading materials is disgusting and unacceptable if we are to raise a decent,God-fearing society for generations to come.This is pure evil and must not be allowed to continue.What were you thinking,Raziel Reid????There are other ways to make money.

]]> Sun, 8 Feb 2015 08:38:56 UTC 18517197 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18515465?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Feb 2015 10:29:39 UTC 18515465 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18514910?utm_medium=rss Barbara Kay sums it up best.

]]> Sat, 7 Feb 2015 06:19:35 UTC 18514910 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18513261?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Feb 2015 11:36:33 UTC 18513261 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18512638?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Feb 2015 09:11:21 UTC 18512638 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18510232?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2015 07:14:33 UTC 18510232 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18508719?utm_medium=rss So when the forces school kids to read a book this book cause's its on the Governor General's list, how are you gonna deal with the damage it does to kids who have been sexually assaulted and have to relive it in this book.

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2015 12:58:14 UTC 18508719 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18508458?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2015 11:29:36 UTC 18508458 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18508209?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2015 10:01:45 UTC 18508209 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18508109?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2015 09:23:45 UTC 18508109 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18508072?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 Feb 2015 09:06:50 UTC 18508072 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18507984?utm_medium=rss We should be making a concerted effort to providing our young people with literature that contributes to development of character and maturity. This book fails on both counts.

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