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10,000 March Against Bush in Ottawa

Tuesday, November 30.

Protestors from Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and all surrounding areas converged on Ottawa today in the thousands.

The rally began at noon in front of Ottawa city hall. Speakers representing Ottawa city council, unions, the Mohawk nation and many other groups set the tone for the massive march: George W. Bush is not welcome in Ottawa.

By the time the march reached its final destination at Parliament hill, the crowd swelled from about 5,000 to about 10,000, blanketing the large front lawn of the parliament with anti-bush banners, placards and slogans.

Following the march, the PGA bloc lead a group of over 1,000 demonstrators to the hotel Chateau Laurier, where Bush is staying while in Ottawa. Demonstrators successfully smashed through several layers of barricades before being met by a large group of masked riot police. Indymedia reports that 5 arrests occured at this action, and one injury to a police officer.

Indymedia will be reporting soon on the details of the arrestees.

Currently, an anti-war vigil is in progress on parliament hill. Organizers expect a larger crowd than the noon rally.