On Friday October 22, more than 400 people gathered to protest outside Old City Hall in Ottawa where the fifth round of negotiations on the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement were taking place.
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Speakers included Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians, Terry Boehm of the National Farmers Union, Peggy Nash of the Canadian Auto Workers, Clayton Thomas-Muller of the Indigenous Environmental Network, Claude Vaillancourt of ATTAC-Quebec, Dave Coles of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers union, Denis Lemelin of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers, and Hassan Yussuff of the Canadian Labour Congress.
Watch the 5-minute video of Maude Barlow speaking at the rally above or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwAEkSedBac.