Anti-prorogation protesters greet PM in Toronto
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:03 PM ETA small group of chanting anti-prorogation demonstrators greeted Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Toronto Wednesday.
About 35 protesters picketed Harper's visit to the C.D. Howe Institute.
The group said it's trying to draw attention to a number of rallies across Canada that are scheduled for Saturday.
Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament say hundreds of thousands of people have joined the movement to make MPs go back to work.
The prime minister has defended the decision to prorogue until March 3, saying the extra time was needed to adjust the government's policies now that the economy has moved from recession into the recovery phase.
But polls suggest opposition parties have largely succeeded in portraying the move as an attempt by the Conservative government to evade scrutiny over its handling of the Afghan detainee torture allegations.