This is the way it seems to go cordone off the protest in its own little area. As soon as the protest tries to move arrest everyone.
RCMP Cancels 25-km Security Perimeter for SPP in Montebello Written by Brent Patterson Tuesday, 14 August 2007 The RCMP has told the Council of Canadians that there will not be a 25-kilometre security perimetre and that Security and Prosperity Partnership opponents will be able to assemble in Montebello for the upcoming leaders summit.
In a new plan approved by the RCMP this past Friday, there will be two areas near the now heavily-fenced Chateau Montebello grounds where people can gather for the two-day summit which will be negotiating political and economic integration between Canada, the United States and Mexico.
We are looking at having Maude Barlow, former Mexican ambassador Gustavo Iruegas, and former US state department official Ann Wright - all opponents of the SPP - speak outside the Chateau Montebello in the early afternoon on Monday, the first day of the summit.
The Council of Canadians will also be negotiating with officials to allow a delegation led by Maude Barlow to deliver more than 10,000 petitions opposing the SPP to the gates of the Chateau Montebello.
Despite the Council's concerns about the limited size of the protest areas, it does appear that the RCMP is backing down from earlier reported plans of checkpoints outside Montebello and the turning away of cars and buses, which we believe would have been contraventions of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees of freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.
A coalition of groups will be holding an Integrate This! Public forum on Sunday August 19 at 4:00 pm at the University of Ottawa. The forum was originally scheduled to take place in a Papineauville community centre but police prevented the municipality from renting the space to the Council of Canadians. For more information on the public forum, please go to www.integratethis.ca.
Please read the Council of Canadians 'statement on non-violence'.
Brent Patterson Director of Campaigns / Organizing The Council of Canadians 700-170 Laurier Avenue West Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5V5 Canada Tel: 1-800-387-7177 x291 www.canadians.org
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