On Sunday January 25th, CUPE 3903 held a rally in front of Queen’s Park in Toronto to protest back to work legislation announced by Ontario premiere Dalton McGuinty. The event was attended by several hundred union supporters, including members of other unions, York U. students who are unaffiliated with CUPE 3903, and NDP city councillor Howard Moscoe.
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Also, please pardon the sound quality. It was not only very windy, but there was a lot going on, sound-wise. Pump up the voluuuume!
Earlier today thousands of Torontonians braved the cold and snow in support of two opposing rallies. I’d guess at least 2,000 made their way to Nathan Phillips Square in support of a coalition government (the Toronto Rally for a Progressive Coalition, while about 500 rallied at Queen’s Park to support the Conservatives and oppose the coalition (the Rally for Canada). There was certainly a lot of strong words said on both sides, and the occasional clash as seen near the end of the video. Regardless of your political inclination, I think today’s events speak volumes about how contentious an issue this is for Canadians and how passionate they’ve become about it.
