TORONTO — When members of Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament (CAPP) were set to confront Industry Minister Tony Clement about prorogation at York University today, Mr. Clement had the perfect solution: running away. Unfortunately for him, CAPP caught up.
After a security guard told a dozen sign-carrying CAPP members that Mr. Clement might talk to them after completing his tour at the university, protestors waited in the rain for the Minister to emerge. But as 4 p.m. approached, the student protestors couldn’t “prorogue their classes,” so they went looking for Mr. Clement.
After 25 minutes of rain-soaked patience, Toronto CAPP organizer Walied Khogali found him trying to escape the protestors by taking a back exit. “He was running away from us the way he and the Prime Minister ran away from their responsibilities to Parliament,” said Mr. Khogali.
When Mr. Khogali urged the Minister to return to Parliament, Mr. Clement demurred, replying, “All you have to do is vote us out.” Commenting on CAPP’s 25,000-strong nationwide anti-prorogation rallies last Saturday, Mr. Clement said, “I’m not proud of stunts.”
For photos of the event (showing Tony Clement and Walied Khogali), please see http://twitpic.com/zqvv6 and http://twitpic.com/zqvkp.
Tony Clement calls the CAPP protests "Stunts"
A press release from CAPP concerning their meet up with Tony Clement at York University Monday.
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