University of Guelph Vote Mob II - Surprise Harper ;-)

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MEDIA COVERAGE
Guelph Mercury: http://goo.gl/Uc3wO (Our fav., thanks Rob & Phil)
CBC News: http://goo.gl/QNJRN
Global BC: http://goo.gl/GJpm5
London Free Press: http://goo.gl/Xh5QG
Globe and Mail: http://goo.gl/Vm2lz

PRESS RELEASE
April 4th - Guelph, Ontario - Students throw surprise party for Harper during Guelph visit.

When Stephen Harper's campaign tour brought him to Guelph on Monday, students at the University of Guelph were ready for him. A flood of over 500 students crept over to Harper's event at the Delta to throw a surprise party.

The students (also responsible for last winter's Bill C-311 Strip Mob and last week's Vote Mob) aim to promote the vote, simultaneously challenging political leaders to impress youth and challenging campuses across the country to likewise hit the polls.




"Youth voting rates have historically been quite low in Canada," says co-organizer Yvonne Su, a student at U of Guelph. "This is an opportunity to spice up voting, because it's so much more than civic engagement."

Spicy indeed, the party looked like a red-hot parade, dressed in Canadian gear, and complete with bagpipes. After creeping across campus and shouting, "SURPRISE," the students formed a musical procession and approached the Delta to unfurl a banner - "Surprise! We are voting." Then, after a drumroll and trumpet call, "Uh oh."

"We're calling on students everywhere to celebrate the vote and ask themselves what kind of Canada they want to live in," said co-organizer and parade grand marshal, Gracen Johnson (@GracenJohnson). "This also serves as a heads-up. Politicians need to act like students will be going to the polls because right now, Ottawa isn't ready for us."

Abid Virani (@AbidVirani), who produced the video, was moved by the experience. "As youth continue to drive forward innovative initiatives in the NGO world, it's vital that we also practice our democratic privilege in Canada to cast a ballot. It's not about who youth vote for, it's about youth voting."

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[SmokeyPurple5]

Fantastic! How many of you showed up?

McMaster hosted ours yesterday but there was not nearly as many as you guys.

Congrats, seriously.

[Ysu1314]

@SmokeyPurple5 about 500 ppl showed up, but we do have a history of running vote mobs so it didn't need much convincing!! but amazing job, so glad you got to go to both rallies!! and amazing media coverage!

[Mhairecobhthaigh]

I'm 62 yrs old and I've never been more proud of our young people as I am now. I want to hug you all...consider yourself hugged!

[michesounds]

Please check out this channel for the video "Our Drew" and help support a fellow Guelph student!

[happinesson]

Nice way to hear you! Raise your voice youth!

[nelrish24]

w0w

[cyclestring]

this is a good video. . this could encourage more youth to participate in an election. . thumbs up for you guyz! :)

[sexdrugsRnR]

so lame.

[kanawa]

Goofy

[DeliciousDave444]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHA­HAAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAA!!! Maybe you can invite Iggy to the next vote mob? I think he has some free time now!

[EasyEs]

@Dalben202 What are you talking about. There were no laws on the books preventing Canadian banks from buying asset backed securities or creating them. Also the US financial sector wasn't deregulated, and the one major regulation that was removed Glass-Stegal , the similar law in Canada was removed some time ago.

De-regulation had nothing to do with the collapse in the USA. Low intrest rates tax Laws, lending laws, and trillions of liquidity injected into the big financials via Fan and Fred