Canada: Mobilize Against "Business Without Borders" Conference

Saturday, May 20 2006 @ 05:56 PM PDT - Infoshop

http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=200605201756...

Atlantic Canadians & Residents of Northeastern States Mobilize Against "Business Without Boundaries" Conference - June 8 - 10, Saint John, New Brunswick

ATLANTICA - A unified region consisting of Canada’s Atlantic Provinces and the northeastern United States in which provincial + state legislation would eliminate/stagnate the minimum wage, restrict the ability of workers to organize and drastically reduce public spending on social programs; spearheaded by the Halifax-based Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) and the Eastern Maine Development Corporation. AIMS: “If the border cannot be made to disappear, its impact must at least be blurred.”

THE PEOPLE’S RESPONSE TO ATLANTICA
http://www.stopatlantica.com

People are expected to show up from all over the Altantic Region (Atlantic Canada + Northeastern States) to confront the Atlantica Agenda and declare the People's alternatives

THURSDAY, JUNE 8TH
Coastal Inn Fort Howe Hotel - Saint John (New Brunswick)
Counter-Summit (details still being updated!)

Public meeting with keynote speakers from The Council of Canadians (Maude Barlow) & Canadian Labour Congress (Andrew Jackson) + TBA. Translation Services available.

FRIDAY JUNE 9TH AND SATURDAY JUNE 10TH - PROTEST BEGINS
Hilton Trade and Convention Centre - Saint John

Gathering at the Trade & Convention Centre from around 9:00am Friday and 8:00am Saturday; staying out until the evening both days. Expect (and bring) placards, banners, drums + noisemakers, puppets, chants, etc. Expect creative actions and a demonstration of the power of the people. A proposed Marching Route has been suggested for Saturday from 1 - 3pm in conjunction with a big Labour rally.

*Other details - Free hot food provided by Food Not Bombs Fredericton + a civil society room organized at the Saint John Library. CHECK http://www.stopatlantica.com FOR UPDATES AND MORE INFORMATION.