Oct 2nd 2010, Quebec city. Over 60.000 people are reportedly manifesting to regain a professional hockey team.
http://www.demotix.com/news/463046/quebec-citizens-want-back-nordiques
Oct 3rd 2010, 30.000 people walked to collect money against cancer.
Some weeks ago, another manifestation gathered 1000 people to protest against natural gas mining.
Yesterday 5000 people manifested against a law that would allow English speaking families to send their children to PRIVATE English schools.
Seriously, WTF? Where are our priorities?
When I was a kid in Italy we had feminists protest against the rampant sexual harrassment that was usual in the 1970s in the offices, the minimal salaries women had, the rights to abortion, etc.
In France there are regular protests against the rape of pension funds by government.
Why in the hell is it that here in North America, when we hold a protest, a walk, a demonstration, it's never for, or against something relevant?
If I called a walk, on an arbitrary date, to DEMAND better healthcare for which we actually pay for on our taxes (and heavily at that), better roads, better government management, better police protection for victims, better education, a better choice of immigration...
How many people would show up?
Sadly, the walk for the Quebec Nordiques collected a total of 12.5M$.
The walk against cancer the next day? 2M$.
Nice.
Real nice.
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