Ottawa Arms Show will face Show of Peace, on Wed. May 27
CANSEC 2009, Canada's largest military trade show, is not going unnoticed or unchallenged. Next Wednesday, May 27, when two hundred of Canada's top military exporters descend upon Ottawa's fair grounds for their big war show, they will face a formidable show of peace.
All-day VIGIL
There will be a continuous, day-long VIGIL with banners and signs near CANSEC's Bank St. entrance to Ottawa's Lansdowne Park. Between 4:30-6:30 pm (while international arms dealers, war fighters, government bureaucrats and foreign military attach? gather for a gala black tie celebration), there will be speakers, poetry and music outside the gates.
Interfaith Peace RALLY (followed by Candlelight Procession)
There will then be a large interfaith Peace Rally at 7 pm on May 27, just across the Bank St. bridge from CANSEC, at Southminster United Church (15 Aylmer Ave). The program includes music, poetry and speakers from various faiths: Buddhist, Christian (Catholic, Quaker, United Church), Jewish, Moslem and Unitarian Universalist. Following this large indoor peace rally there will be a Candlelight Procession across the Bank St. bridge to Lansdowne Park.