Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament facebook group now over 210.000 members as rallies slated for over 60 cities Saturday

Despite standing ovations from his parliamentary caucus today, the momentum opposing Stephen Harper's decision to prorogue Parliament continues to grow as the grassroots group Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament went over 210,000 members at 3:52 p.m. ET. It had 26,000 members on January 5, 2010.

On the eve of his Conservative party's rise to power on January 23, 2006, instead of a celebration, the prime minister and his caucus find themselves doing damage control, even though they won't admit it openly, as anti-prorogation rallies are now scheduled for at least 65 communities in Canada and abroad for Saturday. The Conservatives won the greatest number of seats in the 2006 election and formed a minority government.

Founded by Christopher White, a graduate student at the University of Alberta after Harper phoned Governor General Michaelle Jean to prorogue Pariament until March 3, 2010, the CAPP group on Facebook has taken off with members joining from all regions of Canada and from all demographic groups.

White has become the game changer in how politics is done in Canada as digital democracy brings together citizens in a common cause against a government decision. CAPP members come from all political parties and also include those who have never been interested in politics before.

White is already being called Canada's Newsmaker of the Year for 2010 and it is only January.

Although he  has been available to the media today, White's latest post on Facebook was asking for advice on how to get the water for the hot chocolate hot for the rally in Edmonton Saturday. Really a bottom up movement for sure.

Christopher White deserves a standing ovation for showing: Yes we CAN-ada!

Information on rallies can be found at http://noprorogue.ca/