On October 14, 2006, practitioners held an activity in Toronto’s Chinatown to support the14 million people who have withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party. They passed out the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party, various Falun Gong materials, and collected signatures. They also called upon the Canadian government to take action to stop the persecution in China.

Practitioners exposed CCP brutality and broadcast the withdrawal from the party through banners, display boards and loudspeakers.

A banner to Support 14 million People Quitting CCP

Learning the truth of the CCP’s crimes

Signing names to support Falun Gong

Mr. Wang, a practitioner, said that the trend of quitting the party cannot be stopped. More and more Chinese people want to quit the party now. Due to the CCP Internet blockade, many renouncements cannot be sent out.

Mr. Wang said that at the beginning of the persecution, Falun Gong practitioners appealed to the CCP, hoping that it could understand them and give them a free environment to practice. But later, practitioners found that the CCP knew very well what Falun Gong is. When arresting practitioners, the policemen even knew that whoever refuses to lie is most likely a practitioner.

The persecution has been stepped up time and time again over the last 7 years. The CCP tries to brainwash practitioners, tortures them and harvests organs from them. "The CCP tries to ruin the traditional moral standard of Chinese people," said Mr. Wang. "We believe that evil deeds meet evil returns, and the CCP will get back all that it has given. Not all members of the CCP are bad people. Many innocent people have pledged oaths that they would devote their lives to the CCP. These people should not be punished for the CCP’s crimes. They will have a wonderful future if they quit the party."

"We don’t believe in the violent revolution that the CCP preaches." said Mr. Wang "I think that the hope of Chinese people depends on Chinese people’s hearts. If everybody quits the party, then China will transfer to a peaceful and rational country."

A 50-year old practitioner from Anhui Province has witnessed CCP crimes himself.

Many people in his village starved to death in the 1950’s as a result of CCP policies. A member of his own family was among them.

He said that the CCP has distorted Chinese people’s hearts. "The CCP is evil and it has brought many disasters to people in the last 100 years. We didn’t know this, and became members of it. Now, I believe in gods. Since the CCP is so evil, gods will eliminate it for sure. If people don’t quit it, they will be punished too."

One practitioner talked to the passersby: "If you cherish your life, and you are responsible to your life, please listen to us. Please learn more about the truth of Falun Gong and the CCP. More than 14 million people have already quit the party. Why did they do it? The CCP is about to crumble. Save yourself from the Party’s fate and renounce it today."

The Southern US Falun Dafa Experience Sharing Conference was held on October 15, 2006, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Institute of Chinese Culture in Houston, Texas. Practitioners from Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston gathered together to share their practice experiences.

Sixteen practitioners made speeches at the conference. Ms. Zeng from Houston said in her speech, "It has been ten years since Master came to the United States to spread Falun Gong, and I have also practiced for ten years. At that time, I knew Falun Gong was great. After walking through all the trials and tribulations, my determination in practicing Falun Gong has become stronger and stronger. During my practice, I understand that studying the principles of Falun Gong is so important, but the interference is also very great. After I read fellow practitioners' articles published on Minghui/Clearwisdom introducing their experiences of reciting the Falun Gong books, I started reciting myself. It was very difficult the first time, but now I have recited [the book Zhuan Falun] once and have started a second time. It is not so difficult this time. I recite whenever I have time. Since 2004, I have gone to the Chinese Consulate to clarify the truth. At that time, there were interferences from my work and family, but I kept on studying the Falun Gong books. I have walked through the tribulations and will walk steadily on the last leg of the journey."

Mr. Gou from Dallas said in that when they had a comparatively big project in their local area this year, all the practitioners got together to share their understandings and discuss it. While working in the project, everybody made full use of their capabilities, and at the same time, looked within when there were conflicts, forming a whole body. 

Falun Gong practitioner Ms. Tan shared one story about her family. One day, her five-year-old son fell off the sofa and landed on a piece of glass. He passed through the glass, and left crushed pieces of glass all over the floor, but her son was safe and sound and safe. Another practitioner, Mr. Huai, talked about his family. Before his wife and he practiced Falun Gong, they had many illnesses. One month after starting to practice they no longer needed to take medicines. However, due to the pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), he gave up Falun Gong practice, and his illnesses relapsed, and he grew polyps in his nostrils. This was a painful lesson for him. Later, he resumed his Falun Gong practice, and now he does his best to do well in distribution work in the media that practitioners set up for truth clarification. He also used various means to clarify the truth to people from Mainland China and advise them to withdraw from the CCP and its affiliated organizations.

Ms. Peng shared the tribulations she encountered in her family. Prior to 1999, when the persecution of Falun Gong started, her whole family were Falun Gong practitioners. After the CCP started the persecution of Falun Gong in 1999, believing that Falun Gong is the righteous method, she stepped forward to appeal for Falun Gong. But her husband started creating interferences for her practice. She persisted in righteous thoughts and righteous action, overcame various difficulties, and walked through the tribulations in her family.

Other practitioners also shared how to use various ways to clarify the truth, particularly clarifying the truth to Chinese people; how to do well in working in the media to do truth clarification; and how to do well in other projects.

The experinece sharing conference successfully concluded at 5:00 p.m. Many practitioners commented that experience sharing is a good opportunity for everybody to mutually encourage each other, advance diligently together, and make improvements together.