CLAC plans May Day march from city hall to upscale Le 357c private club [View all]
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MONTREAL A march to the front doors of the swanky Le 357c private club Wednesday evening is planned by the citys Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC), as part of what organizers called popular resistance to mark May Day.
The club, on de la Commune St. W. in Old Montreal, shot to public prominence as a favoured meeting, wining and dining spot for the citys corporate and political elite during hearings of the Charbonneau Commission into corruption and collusion in the construction business and municipal politics.
Protesters plan to rally in Place Jacques Cartier adjacent to Montreal city hall, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, before taking to the streets.
Police have not been provided with the route from city hall to the club, a violation of controversial city bylaw P-6.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/montreal/CLAC+plans+march+from+city+hall+upscale+Club+357c/8321046/story.html
Also in Ottawa:
Later this evening, supporters of Families of Sisters in Spirit, indigenous rights activists and representatives from local labour groups will march from the University of Ottawa to Wellington Street, where they will "converge on the Prime Minister's Office," pots and pans in hand, to demonstrate "Solidarity Against Austerity ... in the spirit of the Quebec student strike."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2013/05/pot-and-pan-wielding-anti-austerity-protesters-to-converge-on-pmo.html