Candlelight Peace Vigil outside the
"Secure Canada" Arms
Bazaar
The vigil has been cancelled due to the demise of "Secure
Canada 2008."
Our campaign to oppose other arms exhibitions in Ottawa CONTINUES.
See COAT website
But here, for the record are excerpts from our promo for the now-cancelled vigil. This solemn vigil was being organized by the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT), NOWAR/Paix and Ottawa's Raging Grannies to remember the terrible costs of war and its innocent civilian victims.
Secure Canada?
On the evening of September 30, after attending an arms exhibition inside
Lansdowne Park called "Secure
Canada 2008," representatives of the military-industrial complex will rub
shoulders at a festive celebration. Following cocktails at what they're calling
a "GALA Reception," these war profiteers, top military brass, politicians and
bureaucrats will then hold their "GALA Dinner."
Canada's new Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.-Gen.
Walter Natynczyk
-- who commanded 35,000 troops
in Iraq throughout 2004
-- is the invited keynote speaker at this private, closed-door, $150-a-plate
"GALA."
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Think Globally, Act Locally!
Please join our candlelight peace vigil to shed some light on the terrible human
costs of war faced by civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and so many other tragic
zones of armed conflict.
While the war insiders feast at their dinner -- secure behind the fence of this
publicly-fund City facility -- we will also be shining some light on the vast
material costs of war paid by taxpayers.
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"Secure Canada 2008" will be the first military trade show hosted on City of
Ottawa property in almost 20 years. (In 1989, in response to a
COAT campaign against ARMX,
Ottawa Council passed a Motion
banning all such events from municipal facilities.)
Online Petition
Join us in demanding that the City continue to respect Council's popular
1989 decision to prohibit such arms bazaars on publicly-subsidized property. (Sign
the online petition now!
Contact City Hall.)
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For more information
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade
This vigil has been cancelled due to the demise of "Secure Canada 2008"
See COAT website