OTTAWA—As resignations from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) nears 40 million, supporters in Ottawa held a rally on Parliament Hill on July 12 to celebrate this milestone in the approach to the end of communism in China.
“Forty million have resigned from the CCP, and that is 40 million steps in a better direction,” said David Kilgour, former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific.
“If everybody would resign from the CCP, think what a better world this would be. It would give the people of China the opportunity to elect their own leaders, elect people who are honest, who believe that government of, by, and for the people—democracy—is the best form of government,” he said.
Pam McLennan, host of the rally, noted that the event also supported the goal of obtaining one million signatures on a petition asking the U.N. and Prime Minister Stephen Harper to demand that China stop persecuting, torturing, and killing Falun Gong practitioners in China.
The Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun Gong (CIPFG), which initiated the petition, plans to present the petition to the U.N., the International Olympics Committee, and various governments and human rights organizations worldwide at the end of July, just prior to the start of the Beijing Olympics in August.
