I know people who are planning to go protest after school on Friday outside Fletcher's office or something, hawt.

It amuses me how all these protests and rallies and such in the news and around here now consist of signs like the one the page got fired for.

I love how all these protests and rallies and such in the news and around here now consist of signs like the one the page got fired for.

 

Do you know how widespread the protests and rallies were? Did many people protest (like many thousands)?

not huge

http://lawyers-law.com/brigette-depape-page-protests-against-pm-stop-harper/

 

Brigette DePape: page protests against PM “Stop Harper”

 

Posted by admin on June 3, 2011

 

Stephen Harper calls Canada a "benign dictatorship" and he's the dictator The CBC's Evan Solomon speaks with Brigette DePape, who stood on the Senate floor during the throne speech holding a 'Stop Harper' sign Credit/Source: Fri. Jun. 3 2011 A Senate page Brigette DePape managed to stand just metres away from the prime minister with a sign saying "Stop Harper" during the government's throne speech in Ottawa Friday afternoon. Marcelle had served in the upper chamber for nearly a year and she said in her press release that the government's policies don't reflect the majority of Canadians. "Harper's agenda is disastrous for this country and for my generation," Marcelle says in the release, which hit the Internet shortly after she was escorted out of the Senate. "We have to stop him from wasting billions on fighter jets, military bases, and corporate tax cuts while cutting social programs and destroying the climate," she says. "Most people in this country know what we need are green jobs, better medicare, and a healthy environment for future generations."

 

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http://www.cbc.ca/

 

Anti-Harper rally draws about 200 to Ottawa core

 

CBC News Posted: Jun 10, 2011 11:16 AM ET Last Updated: Jun 10, 2011 6:20 PM ET Read 24 comments

 

A rally by people protesting against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's speech at the Conservative Party's national convention has begun, with protesters expected to begin their march through downtown Ottawa soon.

 

The demonstrators are hearing speeches at Dundonald Park by former parliamentary page Brigette DePape, who was fired last Friday for holding up a "Stop Harper" sign in the Senate during the government's throne speech, as well as the president of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, Denis Lemelin.

 

"It's people coming together to say that we're going to resist the Harper agenda, to make sure that the Conservatives know that we won't back down," demo organizer Taiva Tegler told CBC News.

 

"Politics isn't relegated to the Hill," she added. "We can talk about First Nations students and youth who have taken over an old police station for a youth centre, we can talk about women's groups who continue to provide services to survivors of sexual violence despite massive funding cuts."

 

From Dundonald Park, the demonstrators plan to march through the downtown core to arrive at the Ottawa Convention Centre by 6:30 p.m. ET.

 

The march is expected to cause disruptions for Ottawa commuter traffic, police said.

 

"More than 40 community organizations from Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Kingston and Vancouver have endorsed the march," according to organizer Pete Blais. "We invite all those opposed to Stephen Harper's right-wing agenda to join us."

 

Traffic disruptions are expected to last until about 7 p.m., police said.

It amuses me how all these protests and rallies and such in the news and around here now consist of signs like the one the page got fired for.

 

It's now becoming a meme:

 

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/stop-harper#.TfPgrXbgrsJ

 

And graffiti artists are now spraying "Harper" on stop signs all over Toronto. :dance:

epic haha

 

i don't really see the point of protests for this though, they should have done it before everyone voted

Health care's not going anywhere. All the right people won. And harper managed to keep us relatively recession-free from the 2008 meltdown. Oh, and the dollar is pretty high these days.

Someone in my neighbourhood taped a piece of paper that said "Harper" under a stop sign! :laugh3::heart:

 

Uhh...is anyone else concerned about the whole asbestos issue? :uhoh:

Health care's not going anywhere. All the right people won. And harper managed to keep us relatively recession-free from the 2008 meltdown. Oh, and the dollar is pretty high these days.

 

Do I really need to go all links and sources on you? Because I really don't.

 

http://compellingcomics.justsomeguy.com/CanadaVotes2011/Canada.html

 

If this doesn't worry you I don't know what will.

:nod:

So, you guys heard about the whole robocall scandal?