A self-described "flash mob" of environmental protesters disrupted Parliament with a raucous demonstration in the public gallery during question period Monday.
Speaker Peter Milliken briefly put questions on hold while shouts and chanting echoed through the chamber as bemused MPs gazed on.
The protesters rose in small groups and chanted slogans about the lack of government action on climate change, with another new group popping up each time security shut one down. Eventually the entire public gallery was ordered out.
A youthful mob filed down through the Hall of Honour, chanting "Green jobs now!" "Tar sands, shut it down!" and "Whose House? Our House!" in reference to the House of Commons.
House security said the crowd totalled about 120 people.
One young woman was seen being dragged down a hallway, yelling that there was "blood on the floor." Six protesters were detained by Commons security and RCMP officers, but no charges were laid, according to the Speaker's office. Instead, the six have been barred from entering the building for the next year.
Originally posted by LineDoggie: The Hippies then left in their Parents Escalades to go back to the nice warm dorms and sing songs about fighting the Powa.......
Originally posted by LineDoggie: The Hippies then left in their Parents Escalades to go back to the nice warm dorms and sing songs about fighting the Powa.......
I had to smile when I read "the youthfull mob" with emphasis on "youthful". Just can't get away from them.
Just can't get away from them.
