After speaking at a few Queen's Park demonstrations, she played a major role at the NDP leadership convention in June, where she seconded the nomination of Peter Kormos. Now she has turned her talents to shrieking at people who attend speeches by Premier Mike Harris.
A few weeks ago Polley was spotted screaming "ASSHOLE!" and "SCUM!" in the faces of people who attended a Harris speech at Varsity Stadium. Polley and some of her friends had blocked the Bloor St. entrance to the stadium and set about yelling and sprayin g spittle at everyone who went in.
The 17-year-old Polley starred as Sara on Road To Avonlea, a Disneyfied, squeaky-clean version of life in turn-of-the-century P.E.I. Aside from her new duties as the NDP's star demonstrator, the busy Toronto high-school student also chairs the lob bying and legislative committee of the Alliance of Canadian Film, Television and Radio Artists.
The vertically challenged Polley, who must have lost her sweet and virginal persona somewhere on a TV soundstage, was visibly embarrassed when one person she denounced as a Tory asshole identified himself as being a non-Tory reporter.
Before ducking away, she confirmed that the band of 15 protesters were all "friends," and that many were official members of the NDP. -- IAN CONNERTY
At the same time, surveys found economists and business owners more optimistic than ever.
Across Canada, the unemployment rate for people under 24 was 16.5 per cent in June, up 1.2 per cent from May. A new federal government report says there are jobs for youth -- they're just hard to find. So a federal task force, headed by Toronto-ar ea MP Maurizio Bevilacqua, recommends that young people use the Internet to look for jobs.
Another Statistics Canada study confirmed that access to computers is directly related to household income and education.
