The Saviours Of The World...

...have one thing in common; their passion obscures the problems in their own backyard ie: the struggling single mother next door, senior abuse, kids going to school hungry,  gangsta violence in their city, etc. etc. etc.

Matt Gurney: While rogue page calls for a Canadian Spring, dozens die in Damascus

She Doesn't Appear To Have Missed Any Meals...

DePape probably doesn't intend violence in the streets, but that's what a "Canadian Spring" would mean.

Today, I liveblogged the Throne Speech while watching the feed on CBC NewsNet, and due to the CBC’s camera angles, didn’t see Bridgette DePape (a.k.a. Bridgette Marcelle) approach the Prime Minister and Governor General and hold up her “Stop Harper” sign. I found out about it via Twitter, as both reporters and government officials in the Senate reported the rare protest during a major speech. Indeed, it wasn’t until after the speech had concluded that I (and the rest of Canada) learned more about Ms. DePape, who helpfully released a press statement (with her phone number) even before she’d been escorted from Parliament in her newly unemployed state.

In her statement, she called for a Canadian version of the Arab Spring. As that pearl of wisdom reached me, via both online and televised mediums almost simultaneously, I couldn’t help but note the irony of Ms. DePape’s statement. Exactly while I was reading her call for a Canadian Spring, CBC was providing a news update from the Middle East. Today’s stories: Dozens killed as violence continues to flare across the region. Read More »