No Prorogue!

The grassroots backlash against Stephen Harper's decision to shut down Parliament will be on national display this Saturday when citizens take to the streets to protest in more than 40 communities across the country.

One of the biggest rallies is planned at 1 p.m. in Toronto. Full details are available for this rally and for gatherings elsewhere in Canada at: No Prorogue - MPs back to work.  

Details on the York Region rally scheduled to start at the Town Square in Newmarket and ending at MP Lois Brown's Constituency Office at 16600 Bayview Ave: No Prorogue - Newmarket.

Citizens everywhere are protesting the decision by Harper - for the second year in a row - to shut down Parliament for partisan Conservative Party purposes and bring the entire public business of the country to a halt.

By doing so, Harper has avoided key parliamentary activities such as the Afghanistan inquiry into the torture of prisoners and he has also wiped all legislation off the order paper. MPs were originally scheduled to resume work on Jan. 25.

To date more than 135,000 Canadians have joined a Facebook group opposing the prime minister's suspension of Parliament - a number that is growing with each passing day. Grassroots demonstrations are also being organized in a number of cities across the country.