One of these yahoos said that this nationwide protest marked the "turning point", demonstrating the overwhelming will of the Canadian people in opposition to our mission in Afghanistan. The biggest one of these protests garnered a whopping 1000 protesters, definitely not a sea-change in Canadian public sentiment, whatever our old pal Jack Layton may have said to the media from Queen's Park.
The sizes of the crowds varied from location to location, with cities like Montreal and Toronto having protesters numbering in the hundreds. Other sites, such as Halifax, had only a few dozen demonstrators.
In Calgary, some protesters wore two hats. One minute they were demonstrating against seal hunters. But minutes later they swapped their placards for anti-war signs.
Everyone loves the professional protester class, and they were out in (what passed with them for) force Saturday, and all over the news. The biggest one was 1000 people, and you can get 1000 people to support almost anything in a city the size of Toronto, so not impressive. The comments from Calgary are also revealing, showing their colours as general malcontents. Well, at least they didn't smash anything. This time.
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