Report on Parliament Hill Rally
The rally to support all our troops overseas and their families was quite impressive. I would estimate 3-5,000 people (but I'm hardly an expert). Not bad considering that almost all the advance publicity was done by one media outlet: CFRA, Ottawa.
Photos here and here.
Prime Minister Harper gave one of the most impassioned speeches I have heard from him. He pointedly stressed that our journalists only have their press freedom as a result of the sacrifices of our military--an obvious reference to these famous lines:
Messrs Graham and Dosjanh from the Liberals were there along with Peter Stoffer from the NDP (good on him).
A sea of red.
And a good comments thread at Army.ca.
Earlier, Afghan President Karzai gave an excellent speech in Parliament. Video of speech is available here, on right.
Update: Some great photos taken at the rally by Bruce Gottfred. (Babbler's update - sorry for jumping into your post, Mark)
Babbling: Thank you. More photos here. I will add that the age mix of the crowd was not skewed towards those of my generation.
Upperdate: Video of rally here via SDA.
Uppestdate: A marvelous column by Earl McRae of the Ottawa Sun on the rally and "Lollipop Jack".
Photos here and here.
Prime Minister Harper gave one of the most impassioned speeches I have heard from him. He pointedly stressed that our journalists only have their press freedom as a result of the sacrifices of our military--an obvious reference to these famous lines:
The SoldierThe prime minister also usefully re-empasized the UN mandate for the forces in Afghanistan.
It is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag,
who serves under the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
who allows the protester to burn the flag.
By Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC
Messrs Graham and Dosjanh from the Liberals were there along with Peter Stoffer from the NDP (good on him).
A sea of red.
And a good comments thread at Army.ca.
Earlier, Afghan President Karzai gave an excellent speech in Parliament. Video of speech is available here, on right.
Update: Some great photos taken at the rally by Bruce Gottfred. (Babbler's update - sorry for jumping into your post, Mark)
Babbling: Thank you. More photos here. I will add that the age mix of the crowd was not skewed towards those of my generation.
Upperdate: Video of rally here via SDA.
Uppestdate: A marvelous column by Earl McRae of the Ottawa Sun on the rally and "Lollipop Jack".
posted by Mark, Ottawa at 1:44 p.m.
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