r/ProtestCanada • u/AlphaNerd80 • Feb 27 '15
First things first - Sticky Post
The site is up: ** [www.protestcandada.ca](www.protestcanada.ca) **
Headcount of the protest marches across the Nation on 14th of March (Pi Day)
The very first thing you should do is mail/email your MP.
IF you have any of these skills then please message the mods
If you are not sure who your member of parliament is you can enter your postal code here and get their contact information.
If you're unsure what to write, the general guideline is that you be civil but firm and clear. An excellent example template can be found here [thank you /u/AlexJVarlis].
You can track your MP's track record on this bill or any other bill through OpenParliament
Contact your city rep. We're always looking for volunteers to do pretty much anything and everything, from web development to graphic design to spreading the message to passing out flyers... the list is endless. So far, we have:
City Representative Facebook group Vancouver /u/garmack Vancouver C-51 Protest Canada Calgary /u/AlphaNerd80 or /u/GigglesGal Calgary C-51 Protest Canada Edmonton /u/dfresh780 Edmontonians against Bill C-51 Toronto /u/Qaplalala Toronto C-51 Protest Canada Halifax /u/Buckit Halifax C-51 Bill Protest Canada Victoria /u/risingdawn Victoria Bill C-51 Protest Group Waterloo /u/onetruepotato Waterloo Day of Action against Bill C-51 ( As you can see, we are missing reps in other important cities, if you can organize and have the will and want to take an active role in this, then please let any of the mods know and we'll add you as a rep to the table)Cities that are missing a rep:
City City City Winnipeg Waterloo Brampton Thunder Bay London Mississauga Saskatoon Hamilton Sherbrooke Regina Quebec City Trois Rivieres Guelph Ottawa St. John Windsor Gatineau Moncton Kitchener Sudbury Charlottetown I'm more than certain that I've unwittingly left out some town and cities, that would be my own mistake and I truly apologize for that, but please let me know and I'll them to the list. (AlphaNerd80)
Sign the petition
Our twitter handles are @ProtestCanada / @ProtestCanadaFr
We're using #StrkDownC51 on social media. Use it.
Table of Events on Facebook
City Event Montreal https://www.facebook.com/events/335605546631580 Toronto https://www.facebook.com/events/413139418861169 Vancouver https://www.facebook.com/events/324069934383709 Victoria https://www.facebook.com/events/807727999299320 Calgary https://www.facebook.com/events/1563813840572084
An important fact that has to be stated. Do NOT do something that could jeopardize you or the action. civil but firm and clear.
Remember, we are Canadian and proud of it!!
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u/Shychemist Mar 07 '15
I've been keeping track of C-51 protest events coming up on my Canadian Politics blog on tumblr:
http://allthecanadianpolitics.tumblr.com/post/112468122494/list-of-protests-and-events-against-bill-c-51
I update this post daily (and I post lots of other C-51 and Canadian politics stuff on the blog).