Valentine’s Day Card campaign clarification

There was room for confusion in my last post.  The Valentine’s Day Cards mailing address is actually a CAPP Ottawa mailing address and CAPP Ottawa has lined up a horse and carriage and are working on a volunteer Cupid. We will make a spectacle of the delivery so that the press continues to cover the issue.

The FB Group is called Valentine’s Day Cards for Democracy but more important is getting the word out with the Event Invitation on that page. If you’re not on FB, our mailing address is P.O. Box 693, Osgoode, Ontario K0A 2W0.

Please help spread this initiative through the various regional sites and with reposts on the CAPP main site. Please collect cards from everyone you know and send them on. Together, we can make this a news worthy event.

Thanks for supporting the cause.

Valentine’s Day Cards for Democracy campaign

CAPP Ottawa wants to heap a pile of Valentine’s Day cards (“I love Democracy” and the like) on Mr. Harper but we need your help.

So far there are only 84 members at the Valentine’s Day Cards for Democracy FB Group. Out of 222,384!?!? Please join the FB Group “Valentine’s Day Cards for Democracy” and forward the Event Invitation to your contacts.

Collect cards from family, friends and co-workers to send on.

Please post the link to your regional CAPP sites. Please repost this request regularly on the CAPP sites since we only have a short window of opportunity for this initiative. Thanks for your help, and let’s get those cards rolling. Cheers.

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=449845460461&ref=mf#!/event.php?eid=459823830166&index=1

Thank you, Mr. Harper

The last week has seen a sudden and bizarre growth in political engagement. Tens of thousands of Canadians have become interested in the intricacies of Parliament, namely the difference between “adjournment” and “prorogation.” Mr. Harper has chosen to cancel all of the Parliamentary committees and the kill all of the unpassed bills, and that has Canadians angry.

Canadians were quiet when Richard Colvin alleged that our government committed war crimes. Canadians were quiet when Mr. Harper sacked the head of the nuclear regulatory commission for doing her job. Canadians were quiet when the Conservative Party was hauled in front of Elections Canada for their in-and-out financing scheme. But Harper’s recent move to prorogue Parliament may be the straw that broke the camel’s back.

The Facebook group protesting the Harper Holiday has grown from a little under twenty thousand members on January 5 to almost 139 thousand as I write this. We’re even planning a rally in Ottawa.

One hundred and forty thousand Canadians who care about the state of their democracy might not seem like a lot, but it’s a good start. Over the past few decades, we’ve allowed the power of the Prime Minister’s Office grow. We’ve watched passively as our prime ministers have hidden from the media, avoiding difficult questions. Any reversal in that pattern is good for our democracy.

Happy New Year, Mr. Harper. Here’s hoping you’ve started something big.

Originally posted elsewhere.