CANSEC - Day 1 Report

Lia Tarachansky, 09.04.2008 21:48

Only one day into Canada's largest armsfair, the delegates and corporations attending CANSEC have already felt Ottawa's dissent against them. Before the conference even began, the Rideau centre was forced to evacuate the black-tie dinner kicking off the conference due to a fire alarm.
( http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20080408200009719).
The conference hosted 620 corporations displaying weaponry, support, and surveillance technology and served 6-7000 delegates. Attendees ranged from government and military employees to company representatives. International delegates were also expected at the conference, namely from the United States, and due to a recently signed security deal between Canada and Israel, Israeli officials were also expected.
The first official day of the conference was faced with two actions; a Noon hour "March of the Victims of War" that demonstrated the offices of war profiteers and a 5:00 p.m. disruptive action. The later saw a crowd of roughly 60-70 demonstrators and a very loud speaker which sent the sounds of war to the delegates who attempted to enjoy a dinner inside.
A number of speeches were along with songs from the Raging Grannies. For video footage of the events please see www.freewebs.com/leichik in the television footage section.

The images presented here are of the rallying point and march down to the Ottawa Congress Centre. Following articles will display events that took place during the protest's presence at the Congress Centre.

e-mail:: lia@rabble.ca
Homepage:: http://www.freewebs.com/leichik

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