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St. John's chapter protested Harper's campaign stop in Bay Roberts, NL, October 3, 2015!

10/3/2015

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Stephen Harper visited Bay Roberts today (first time he's been in Newfoundland since 2011 and first time this election campaign) and got this reception! The Public Service Alliance Of Canada organized the rally.
CBC reports, "Conservative Leader Stephen Harper ventured into a lion's den that is perhaps the least fertile electoral ground for him in Canada on Saturday. The Tory leader attended a rally in the riding of Avalon in Newfoundland and Labrador. ...By mid-afternoon Harper supporters and protesters had gathered at the site of his rally at Harbour International in Bay Roberts, N.L., some waving placards and chanting slogans. ...The event in Bay Roberts is Harper's first foray into the province this election campaign. Newfoundlanders have shown little electoral warmth toward Harper. In the 2011 federal election they elected only one Conservative MP."

VOCM adds, "About 50 protesters [were there] chanting 'Heave Steve' and 'Harper has to go'. ...Ken Kavanagh of the Council of Canadians doesn't think the Conservatives have a chance of even a single seat in the province. He says the only reason Harper is here is because the other two leaders were in NL last weekend."

 Thanks to Jim Parsons for footage of the chants!
The Telegram highlights, "Overall, the difference in tone was stark between the Harper event in the riding of Avalon, and the campaign rallies last month by New Democratic Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in the capital city region. Both the Mulcair and Trudeau events were open to anybody, and featured hundreds of supporters, whereas security was heavy at the Harper event, and a generous estimate of the crowd would be maybe 100 people. The Harper event was by invitation only, and an RCMP officer physically grabbed the Telegram reporter when he tried to enter the event, demanding to see identification. ...Harper's event was also the only one of the three that featured protestors outside, with a couple dozen people holding signs and chanting anti-Conservative slogans on the road outside the MoorFrost building."
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The CBC report also notes, "The provincial Progressive Conservative government has been at times openly hostile toward Harper... [Former premier Danny Williams] had accused Harper of breaking a promise to protect offshore oil earnings from federal equalization funding clawbacks. Harper was also heavily criticized for what many fishers in Newfoundland and Labrador saw as a betrayal of a promise he made during negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement [CETA] with the European Union. According to Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis, Harper's government [has reneged on its promise of a] $400 million fisheries fund to compensate fishers for losses as a result of the trade deal."
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Sylvia J. Wilson
10/4/2015 12:12:33 am

EXCELLENT job today guys! Well organized! LOVED the chants and singing Harperman.

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Wanda White
10/4/2015 12:18:09 am

Any politician who has done so much harm to Newfoundland and its people out of spite for not getting his/her own way, doesn't deserve to set foot on our soil. Any politician who has caused so much hardship for Canadians and stirred up so much hatred and bitterness where there is no need, does NOT DESERVE to be Prime Minister. On Oct 19th, HEAVE STEVE!

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