Occupy Toronto Wish List: seven Toronto celebrities we hope to see at some point at St. James Park

By Mishki Vaccaro | October 21, 2011

By Mishki Vaccaro | 10/21/2011

Occupy Wall Street marked its one-month anniversary on Monday, and over the course of the last 30-odd days it’s attracted some big name supporters—Kanye West and Russell Simmons were spotted checking out the scene at Liberty Square and Zuccotti Park, as were Mark Ruffalo, Penn Badgley, George Clooney, Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore, Tim Robbins and Mike Myers, just to name a few. Here at Occupy Toronto, we’ve witnessed a single star commingling with the 99 per cent: Rachel McAdams. Since the Toronto protest is still relatively new, we thought we’d put out a call to a few of our favourite local celebs to help give the campers in St. James Park a little extra exposure. See the slideshow of who made our celebrity wish list, after the jump.

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Dave Matthews seemed to be everywhere during TIFF, but we suspect Occupy Toronto’s makeshift tent city is more to the jam-band legend’s tastes than the glitz and glamour of the film festival. The man has his own flavour of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, after all.

Donald Sutherland raised a fist in solidarity with Occupy Vancouver protestors this week. We say it’s high time Ontario’s own Gordon Pinsent or even Montreal’s William Shatner braved the weather and got their protest on, old-school style.

Frankly, we’re surprised something has been going on for a week in Toronto and not a single member of Broken Social Scene, which is currently on hiatus, has made an appearance. We’re pretty sure more than half the city was affiliated with the band. It’s about time front man Kevin Drew dropped by, perhaps accompanied by Feist.

Rapper Talib Kweli performed at Occupy Wall Street. What are the chances of Drake finding his social conscience and getting all political alongside Toronto breakout star The Weeknd?

Feminist author Naomi Wolf was arrested during the protests in New York this week. We’d love to see Margaret Atwood throw some of her political clout behind the movement with an “End Corporate Greed” sign or two.

Sarah Polley used to be a raging activist. What happened? Now is her chance to win back some street cred. Sure, she’s pregnant, but that’s no excuse when you’re down for the cause.

Yes, McAdams showed up—but where has former flame Ryan Gosling been? The Gos is pretty much the hottest thing going right now. If he showed up, the foundations of capitalism would surely start quaking.

(Images: Occupy Toronto, Marc Falardeau; Ryan Gosling, Christopher Drost; I Was Told There Would Be Cake, Kelly Finnamore; Sarah Polley, Lia Grainger; Hands in the air, Ryan; Margaret Atwood, Marco Secchi/ Getty Images Entertainment/ Getty Images; Trickle Down Economics, Michael Kooiman; Drake, Brennan Schnell; Occupy Toronto, Marc Falardeau; Kevin Drew, Simon Schoeters; Feist, Amanda Hatfield; Occupy Toronto General Assembly, Ryan; Gordon Pinsent, George Pimentel/WireImage; William Shatner, Greg Hernandez; Dave Matthews, Grey Goose Soho House; Occupy The Planet, Michael Kooiman)

2 thoughts on “Occupy Toronto Wish List: seven Toronto celebrities we hope to see at some point at St. James Park”

Riffy says:

October 22, 2011 at 12:05 am

Gordon Pinsent is “Ontario’s own”?

He’s from Grand Falls, Newfoundland.
lisa says:

October 22, 2011 at 1:32 am

How dare they say “ontario’s own”?.. Everyone knows he is a Newfoundlander by..Born and bred in my home town .. He is NEWFOUNDLAND’S OWN BY.!!A native son of Grand falls.!!!

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