{"id":224205,"date":"2010-01-25T01:21:37","date_gmt":"2010-01-25T06:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/?p=9200"},"modified":"2010-01-25T01:21:37","modified_gmt":"2010-01-25T06:21:37","slug":"defending-canadian-democracy-parliament-against-stephen-harper-unjustly-proroguing-shutdown-of-parliament-%e2%80%93-part-3-canadians-tell-harper-to-get-back-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/224205","title":{"rendered":"Defending Canadian Democracy & Parliament against stephen harper unjustly proroguing (shutdown of) Parliament \u2013 Part 3 (Canadians tell harper to get back to work)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I felt patriotic yesterday.<\/p>\n

It felt great standing up against stephen harper.<\/p>\n

It felt great standing with Canadians in Calgary and other cities in Canada (and even London, UK) to protest harper’s decision to shutting down democracy and our Parliament in a partisan manner to avoid being held accountable in a Parliamentary democracy.<\/p>\n

Without harper’s partisan and selfish act, I wouldn’t know Canadians CARE so much! mr. harper, YES WE CARE ! harper, GET BACK TO WORK!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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It is amazing to see the rallies around the country being widely reported.<\/p>\n

“Thousands protest Parliament’s suspension” (CBC with video)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Thousands of people attended rallies in towns and cities across Canada on Saturday to speak out against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s decision to suspend Parliament until March.<\/p>\n

More than 60 rallies were planned across Canada, with protests also slated for London, England, and several U.S. cities.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Protest outside Prime Minister Office ” (CTV Calgary with video)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“It was a cold day to be outside protesting, but over 300 people gathered at Stephen Harper’s constituency office Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

They were there voicing their displeasure with the Conservative move to prorogue Parliament.<\/p>\n

“I’m tired of our government acting with impunity and with such an arrogant way that they think democracy doesn’t count any more,” said protestor John Landry.<\/p>\n

“We are telling them to get back to work. Make Parliament work,” added Stan Nykiel.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Globe and Mail report of London prorogation protest<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Early Saturday, the first rally of the day against Prime Minister Stephen Harper\u2019s prorogation of Parliament got started an ocean away from Ottawa amid the opulent art galleries and bizarre street performers of London\u2019s Trafalgar Square.<\/p>\n

About 20 protesters, most expatriate Canadians now living in Britain, gathered across the street from Canada House \u2013 home of the Canadian High Commission in London \u2013 holding makeshift placards, Canadian flags painted on pieces of paper and a large sign with the words \u201cone nation against prorogation\u201d written on it. One man had simply scrawled \u201cget back to work\u201d in blue marker on the inside of a torn up paper bag; demonstration supplies were clearly in short supply”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“Prorogue protests hit Harper \u00a0 Thousands rally across Canada against move to shut Parliament<\/a><\/strong>” (Calgary Herald)<\/p>\n

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“A blast of winter and slick roads couldn’t keep John Prince of Crowsnest Pass from driving with his wife to Calgary for his first political protest.<\/p>\n

He said it was important to be outside Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s constituency office to speak out about his use of a contentious parliamentary procedure used to suspend the House of Commons and Senate until March.<\/p>\n

“I’m concerned at the way he’s taking our country,” Prince said. “I’m concerned about the war, the mounting deficit and that he is behaving as a dictator by shutting down Parliament. It’s a very scary situation.””<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And here are some rally photos at Global TV<\/a>,\u00a0latest polling numbers published on Jan 24, 2010<\/a> and some<\/p>\n

As a member of the steering committee for the Calgary rally, the turnout was great (even better than what we had expected). CTV Calgary reported there were over 300 people attending and that sounds about right as people keep joining the rally until the end and some have left early because of the cold and snow.<\/p>\n

As I stand amongst my fellow Canadians in Calgary, I felt the urge to share my personal experience on our rally “stage”. I shared with the gathering crowd that I came from Hong Kong<\/a> over 15 years ago and its \u00a0chief executive (the top man in HK) was elected by a fake election system consisting of 800 or so people all appointed by the Chinese government with NO REPRESENTATION<\/strong> from the over 7 million Hong Kong people.<\/p>\n

And the irony is that even in Hong Kong’s crippled “democracy”, the chief executive still \u00a0dare NOT to shutdown the legislative council just to avoid accountability. So it pained me to see our democracy being trampled by prime minister harper as he shutdown Parliament to avoid being held accountable by the MPs elected by Canadians across the land.<\/p>\n

May be one day mr. harper can enlighten me by telling me which MP or MPs’ voices (representing tens of thousands of Canadians who elected them) can be totally ignored?<\/p>\n

May be some Canadians’ votes count more than other Canadians’ votes?<\/p>\n

Or does mr harper simply wants to be called King Harper to save him from the formalities and hassles of elections? King harper has a certain ring to it. Someone even made a sign for King Harper.<\/p>\n

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It warms my heart to see Canadians coming out yesterday with their rough handmade rally signs<\/a><\/strong>. And I couldn’t have but have tears in my eyes when I think that we are fighting for our democracy and our Parliament not only for us, but more importantly, for the little boys and girls who joining us in the rally yesterday<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

harper has to be reminded that he reports to the Parliament.<\/p>\n

harper may be the prime minister but we, Canadians, are his BOSS!<\/p>\n

Here is a video of Calgary rally.<\/p>\n

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