Category: Focus

Stuart Ryan has a message. As the Communist party's candidate in Ottawa Centre, Ryan knows he is not likely to get elected on Oct. 2.

Demonstrations still part of an old debate, writes Gavin Taylor.

Activists park themselves on the broad lawns around the Eternal Flame and the wide cement walkway to the stairs of Parliament Hill. They march, wave signs and shout their message to the federal government. But how many politicians behind the windows of the surrounding grey brick buildings are listening is anyone’s guess.

The hand painted anti-war slogans on hundreds of signs dancing above the crowd give the protest a spontaneous feel. But a demonstration on Parliament Hill is not a spontaneous event.