CLAC plans May Day march from city hall to upscale Le 357c private club

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Last edited Wed May 1, 2013, 05:07 PM - Edit history (1)

MONTREAL — A march to the front doors of the swanky Le 357c private club Wednesday evening is planned by the city’s 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 city’s 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

[Amonester]

1. About 300 demonstrators arrested in Old Montreal (Montreal Gazette)

The Gazette

A May Day demonstration in Old Montreal was brought to an end in little more than an hour Wednesday night after police moved in and made about 300 arrests.

The demonstration was organized by CLAC, the anti-capitalist group, and began at Montreal’s City Hall with a march planned to head toward the exclusive Club 357C on De la Commune St. The club has been mentioned often during the Charbonneau Commission as a gathering place for meetings where city officials allegedly discussed matters like bid-rigging with contractors and engineers.

More than 500 people were estimated to have attended the demonstration, which the Montreal police declared illegal shortly after the group left City Hall and headed toward the club. The police declared the assembly was in violation of the city’s P-6 bylaw outlawing large public assemblies in which organizers do not submit a parade route to police at least 24 hours before their march.

The Montreal police also alleged, on their Twitter account, that some demonstrators committed illegal acts by striking officers with sticks and throwing billiard balls at them.

More at: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/About+demonstrators+arrested+Montreal/8323850/story.html

[Joe Shlabotnik]

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