Comments on: Updated: Estimated 27,000+ Canadians rally for democracy

By: Joeflash’s Enigmacopaedia » Why Flash is Not on The iPad

Joeflash’s Enigmacopaedia » Why Flash is Not on The iPad — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:24:51 +0000

[...] into the torture of Afghan detainees , triggering a Facebook group 220,000 users strong, leading to nationwide protests last weekend, surprising every political pundit who had written off the internet as a viable vehicle for change [...]

By: Pull My Strings

Pull My Strings — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:26:18 +0000

[...] of pointing out the significance of the group and the rallies. According to Ian Capstick’s blog, about 27,000 people attended the CAPP rallies overall which sounds fairly accurate based on the [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:31:10 +0000

Your figures about the number of protestors are grossly exaggerated. There were 250 in Halifax, where I live not 750, and 7000 in Toronto.

By: Prorogue, Activism and the Power Personal Networks

Prorogue, Activism and the Power Personal Networks — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:10:34 +0000

[...] has unleashed a whirl of protest in response to his decision to prorogue parliament. Some 27,000 people across Canada rallied in communities large and small, their activities and personal [...]

By: L.Lea

L.Lea — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:07:42 +0000

Whitehorse rally attendance was around 200.

Any word on how many turned out for Grande Prairie, AB?

By: Peter B

Peter B — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:23:46 +0000

Oh Yeah there were ‘protests also slated for London, England, and several U.S. cities.” and how did that turn out after the lefty organizers told us this prorogation protest was sweeping internationally ( don’t wait for the partisan political pundits to tell you after they have hyped this fiasco for weeks) – results are below and now can we hear the lefties spin this as a huge success – actually it is a farce when analyzed – is this the best the combined efforts of the opposition parties can come up with.

“About 20 protesters, most expatriate Canadians now living in Britain, gathered across the street from Canada House – home of the Canadian High Commission in London – holding makeshift placards”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/blogs/bureau-blog/london-prorogation-protest-skips-buckingham-heads-for-pub/article1442093/?cid=art-rail-blogolitics

By: Peter B

Peter B — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:51:17 +0000

From this article in the Globe And Mail
“A crowd of about 100 stood outside the legislature in Halifax”
“In Edmonton, about 250 people”
“In Montreal, hundreds also stood in a downtown public square”
It is safe to assume that numbers are worse in other cities in Canada or they would report them.
To think if anything these figures are inflated, what a dismal turnout for this big rally promoted by the partisan pundits in the media.
Since the CBC took this demonstration on as a personal crusade with incessant publicity for the last few weeks, and yesterday running on screen messages inviting people to attend the prorogation demonstrations in their communities, must just demonstrate once again, that obviously nobody watches the CBC, and we should maybe begin a Face Book protest, that Canadian taxpayers are wasting a billion dollars a year subsidizing this broadcasting abortion. One thing you can be sure, after what Canadians saw on TV and read, these same pundits will not be able to convince Canadians this was a huge success and demonstration – it was a dismal flop. Three party leaders Ignatieff. Layton and May, at the rally in Ottawa as headliners and entertainment couldn’t hold a thousand people there for the duration of the rally. Ignatieff will now have to go back to the drawing board, and follow through with his earlier promise in January “to investigate the conduct of our troops on the ground” in Afghanistan, who they have accused of being complicit in committing war crimes in Afghanistan because “they detained and handed over for torture a lot of innocent people”. What is more, all Ignatieff and the Liberals have found, to this point in time for substantiation of their accusations of abuse, is some Taliban detainee being hit with a shoe, but their slurs and condemnations of our military continue.
To end on something light, the CBC are reporting, would you believe, that in Calgary “a group of protesters gathered outside the prime minister’s constituency office” ( it was never clarified but it was reported that these were people actually waiting for a bus and not prorogation protesters) and the CBC didn’t mention, that in vast majority of the cities across Canada, nobody but nobody showed up.

By: Savant

Savant — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:20:33 +0000

Yor numbers are exaggerated. RCMP in Ottawa said 3500. Police in Toronto said 5-7K. Vancouver, 1000. Waterloo, 500. Hamilton, 350. Montreal, 300. I could go on. Please do some research and check the papers to get the REAL numbers. Using estimates from partisans in attendance will only net you an inaccurate result.

By: Neil Adair

Neil Adair — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:09:14 +0000

It would be interesting to develop a formula to estimate rally turnout based on the number of signs. Clearly not all attendees carry signs and they would be easier to count in photos etc.

By: Marcus

Marcus — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:43:43 +0000

Great bit of reporting on new media implications in the Globe. The Toronto protest was a blast. Unfortunately, they (the Globe) is still reporting “more than 3,000″ at the Toronto rally. More than? I’ll say.