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Thread #98444   Message #1953119
Posted By: GUEST,Seiri Omaar
30-Jan-07 - 10:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Give em shit, Canada
Subject: RE: BS: Give em shit, Canada
:P Peace, I was kidding, and referring to:

Further suggestions of a hidden agenda focussed on the Alliance's direct democracy proposals, which were revealed to require a referendum on any proposal supported by a petition signed by 3% of Canadian voters. Some asserted that "special interest" groups would use the low requirements to put contentious subjects to a national referendum. The proposal was satirized by Rick Mercer of This Hour has 22 Minutes who started a mock online petition calling for a referendum on whether Day should change his first name to Doris. The petition garnered more than a million signatures. /end quote/ <--- this was in 2000, but it stuck with me and I've never not been able to snicker at him since.
Clicky here for info on Day