Rally on Parliament Hill by Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament (CAPP)

OTTAWA - 20 January 2010 - The Ottawa Chapter of CAPP is organizing a rally on Parliament Hill to
protest the prorogation of Parliament.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's prorogation of Parliament on 30 December 2009 will postpone the
Government's accountability to Canadian's elected representatives in the House of Commons until 3
March 2010.

Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament (CAPP) is a non-partisan group originally formed through
facebook to protest this abuse of the Prime Minister's discretionary powers.

CAPP is calling for Members of Parliament to return to the House of Commons on 25 January 2010, when
parliament was originally scheduled to resume.

Speakers include:

Arlene Plante, Former Nortel Employee
Maude Barlow, Council of Canadians
Clayton Thomas-Muller, Indigenous Environmental Network
John Bennett, Executive Director, Sierra Club Canada
Daniel Charron, Conseil régional d'action politique de l'Outaouais, PSAC
Slater Jewell-Kemker, Environmentalist, Documentary Filmmaker
Christine Jones, Co-chair, Canadian Peace Alliance
Michael Pilon, Canadian Forces (retired)
Paul Dewar, NDP Member of Parliament, Ottawa Centre
Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party of Canada

Musical guests - The Raging Grannies, Trevor Strong, Erin Peck, Saucy Jack

Note: Each political party was invited to send one speaker of their choice to address the rally on
their behalf.

WHEN: 23 JANUARY 2010, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

WHERE: PARLIAMENT HILL, OTTAWA

CONTACTS:

Alex Hill
613 552 2517
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Jesse Root
613 240 8221
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Neil Adair
613 829 8653
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