[OnTheIce]

And when all is said and done, this is another stunt but the Liberals in a desperate attempt to gain any traction with the Canadian people.

But yet again, they've failed. Canadians don't give a rats ass about Afghan prisioners and proroguing parliament is an issue that's on the mind of Liberals.

As it appears now, the NDP and Bloc will leave the Liberals to their lonesome with their protest.

You know a Liberal idea is bad when the NDP has said "they're not sure the hearings will accomplish much, and believe the protest could easily appear hyper-partisan and poorly organized."

Sounds like the entire reign of Michael Ignatieff summed up by an NDP'er.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/1001 ... n_politics

[Zipperfish]

Whooo-eeee. Up to 176,784 now! Thanks for bumping up the numbers, all the trolls joining (gigs is in there, I'm sure).

[Canadaka]

I am a member of the group and joined the event to attend a rally in Vancouver on the 23rd.

[Zipperfish]

I imagine I'll be there too!

[martin14]

Well, at least the protest is on a Saturday.

After all, we wouldn't want a bunch of people taking time off work
to go tell a bunch of other people to get back to work.

[Zipperfish]

martin14 martin14:

Well, at least the protest is on a Saturday.

After all, we wouldn't want a bunch of people taking time off work
to go tell a bunch of other people to get back to work.

Zing!

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[Curtman]

Mr_Canada Mr_Canada:

If the fact that my city is listed in the end of that video is any indication that there is a protest here, I will definitely be attending.

Hopefully after 6.

There are local groups in every city holding a rally, you can get information on when the planning meetings are here:

http://noprorogue.ca

[OldChum]

Best form of protest vote them out put Jack in. :

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[romanP]

I support perogies in Parliament!

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[FieryVulpine]

Canadaka Canadaka:

I am a member of the group and joined the event to attend a rally in Vancouver on the 23rd.

After looking I have to say the irony of accusing Harper and the Conservatives in contempt of democracy just kills me considering that the very idea of the Coalition was in itself grossly undemocratic. Now if you pardon me...

[Zipperfish]

199,643 now. Should crack 200,000K any time.

Michael J. Morris Reports

$1:

As Tony Clement, the Harper government industry minister, became the elite spokesperson for the chattering class of Ontario's cottage country, Tom Flanagan, Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, was distancing himself from his former boss, "I hope nobody thinks I'm a Harper stooge anymore."

Meanwhile, while Harper was chattering away about the economy, Jim Flaherty, his finance minister, contradicted his boss's comments, giving a different chatter line. But today is the day that Kevin Page, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who the Harperites have tried to muzzle by reducing his budget, releases his report.

Also this week, Christopher White, a University of Alberta graduate student, has become the game changer in Canadian politics, as the facebook group Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament passed 178,000 members. On January 5, it had about 26,000 members. Unquestionably, the way politics is done in Canada is undergoing a huge change no matter the end result of the members on this facebook group.

Largely ignored by professional politicians and the media when he started it, Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament has now become a reference point for media types daily. For example, Jane Taber referred to it in her Globe and Mail piece this morning right there with her insights into the Kevin Page pending report.

$1:

A big test for the anti-prorogation movement will come on January 23 with rallies planned for at least 40 communities all across the country.

[EyeBrock]

The Liberals join the FaceBook page and go to the odd rally, the Tories dispatch aid to Haiti.