Stockwell Day, the leader of the
Canadian Alliance Party, has made
referendums part of his election platform of increased
democracy, and since Monday
Canadians have been showing their
support for the first
popular movement to call a referendum under Mr. Day's platform.
It was all started by
Rick Mercer of
This Hour has 22 Minutes. Mr.Mercer is calling for Stockwell to change his name to
Doris, and so far over 800,000 people have signed the online
petition at www.22minutes.com.
Will Stockwell put his
money where his
mouth is and call the referendum if he
wins the upcoming
election? Or does his call for
grassroots democracy only extend those who agree with him, such as the
pro-life Christian Right movement? And how will Mr. Day feel about having
his right to keep his
name violated by the will of the people?