Veterans launch ‘Anyone But Conservatives’ campaign during Harper stop
FREDERICTON – A veterans group opposed to the Harper government says it is planning to regularly picket campaign events, post lawn signs and use social media in its Anyone But Conservatives campaign, launched Monday.
The group kicked off its efforts with a protest outside the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Fredericton as Stephen Harper made announcements to boost the number of military reservists in the next mandate.
Tom Beaver, the chair of the campaign, said the veterans will be holding similar rallies and protests across the country.
He said he was among a group of veterans who waited outside the campaign gathering but weren’t permitted to enter the local legion building.
Beaver, a former member of the army who served as a peacekeeper in the 1990s, says the group has a network of about 320 volunteers who are poised to help a board of 12 directors arrange the national campaign.
He says the Fredericton rally was arranged at short notice, and he expects the protest will be repeated at Conservative campaign stops across the country.
Veterans wearing their uniforms will be stationed near polls on election day in an effort to dissuade voters from supporting Harper, he said.
Beaver also said in a single day the group’s fundraising website – which was launched Monday – raised about $1,800.
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FREDERICTON – A veterans group opposed to the Harper government says it is planning to regularly picket campaign events, post lawn signs and use social media in its Anyone But Conservatives campaign, launched Monday.
The group kicked off its efforts with a protest outside the Royal Canadian Legion branch in Fredericton as Stephen Harper made announcements to boost the number of military reservists in the next mandate.
Tom Beaver, the chair of the campaign, said the veterans will be holding similar rallies and protests across the country.
He said he was among a group of veterans who waited outside the campaign gathering but weren’t permitted to enter the local legion building.
Beaver, a former member of the army who served as a peacekeeper in the 1990s, says the group has a network of about 320 volunteers who are poised to help a board of 12 directors arrange the national campaign.
He says the Fredericton rally was arranged at short notice, and he expects the protest will be repeated at Conservative campaign stops across the country.
Veterans wearing their uniforms will be stationed near polls on election day in an effort to dissuade voters from supporting Harper, he said.
Beaver also said in a single day the group’s fundraising website – which was launched Monday – raised about $1,800.
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