Canada Politics#NationalStopHarperDay trends on Twitter
There's some special days coming up this summer: June 16th is Father's Day, July 1st is Canada Day and September 2nd is Labour Day.
Here's another one to add to your calendars, if you wish: June 28th is National Stop Harper Day.
On the 28th, a group of anti-Harper activists are planning a series of protests across the country.
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A National Stop Harper Day Facebook page says that the demonstrations will call "for the removal of the Harper government and an election be called."
Across Canada concerns are growing over the Harper Government’s legitimacy to rule and the complete disregard for our democratic rights by this government.
So last year a few of us managed to create a National Stop Harper Day on Canada Day. Over 14 cities participated and it was a huge success despite the lack of media coverage.
We want to recreate that again this year - a second annual event.
The main event will be in Calgary, to coincide with the Conservative Party policy convention and they're expecting solidarity protests across the country.
Whether the event will be a success remains to be seen. There are over 20 'solidarity' Facebook pages, but some of them have as little as 20 confirmed attendants.
To their credit, however, the activists were able become the top trend on Twitter, on Saturday — their 'Twitter storm day.' (It was even trending higher than "Kim K" — Kim Kardishian gave birth to a baby girl on Saturday).
With the hashtag #NationalStopHarperDay, thousands of tweets denounced Harper and promoted the June 28th event.
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So why exactly do they want to "stop Harper"?
Here are some of their reasons:
For removing environmental protection of all but less than 100 of Canada’s lakes and rivers #NationalStopHarperDay
— Jane Thompson (@Obadiah6610) June 15, 2013
Because the #FIPA with China is a slap in the face to anyone who seeks meaningful First Nations sovereignty, it's #NationalStopHarperDay — Kyle Farquharson (@kylefarq) June 15, 2013
For repeatedly forcing closure on Bills in the HoC, refusing to work with Opposition parties on any real ammendments #NationalStopHarperDay
— NerVousLURker (@nervouslurker) June 15, 2013
For causing depression in the younger population that have no prospects of finding descent paid Summer jobs, yes it's #NationalStopHarperDay — M y l è n e (@CopperBronzed) June 15, 2013
#NationalStopHarperDay for increasing Canada's federal debt to $612-billion, $17,000 per Cdn, $51,000 per family of 3 http://t.co/CAED3s9fg0
— Glen type guy (@canadianglen) June 15, 2013
(Photo courtesy of the Canadian Press)
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