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June 4, 2011
www.thestar.com
A young woman who spent the past year working as a Senate page was kicked out of the upper chamber and fired for staging a protest during the Speech from the Throne on Friday.
Phyllis Carter It takes a lot of courage to stand up and do the unconventional. It was a peaceful and to-the-point protest, a moment that will be seen around the world and noted - briefly - in history books. So she lost her job. A very small price for the point she made. She won't be unemployed for very long. The media is bound to hire her.
A few decades ago, a journalist from Calgary named David Cowlishaw founded an organization called UNDERDOG. I was an agent for Underdog. It was our task to help people who were treated unjustly. There were some interesting adventures. In one case, David Cowlishaw went up into the Parliament visitors' gallery and dropped a plastic bag of blood (beef, I think) down on the floor of Parliament to draw attention to a case. We are never bored.
A few decades ago, a journalist from Calgary named David Cowlishaw founded an organization called UNDERDOG. I was an agent for Underdog. It was our task to help people who were treated unjustly. There were some interesting adventures. In one case, David Cowlishaw went up into the Parliament visitors' gallery and dropped a plastic bag of blood (beef, I think) down on the floor of Parliament to draw attention to a case. We are never bored.
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