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G20 protesters to be confined to downtown Toronto park
Colin Freeze
Security agencies are routing dissenters to Trinity Bellwoods park on Queen Street West, three kilometres from the G20 meeting at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
An RCMP spokeswoman, Sergeant Michele Paradis, said a video link at the park will pipe the protestors’ grievances in to the high-security bubble surrounding the centre where world leaders will gather during the June weekend.
“I don’t know if it will be closed circuit, but there will be a feed in,” she said.
Portable toilets will also be provided to the public in the park.
A protest zone will also be set up for the earlier G8 summit in Gravenhurst, Ont., but no venue has been decided as yet.
A coalition of labour and activist groups are planning a three-hour march from Queen’s Park to Trinity Bellwoods on June 25. Organizers hope 5,000 people will march.
Discussions had originally centred on a park closer to the convention centre, Coronation Park across from the CNE grounds, but police were concerned about the protestors cutting off one of the city’s main arteries, Lake Shore Boulevard.
Sgt. Paradis said police will be consulting with protestors on how to accommodate them in the park. “Our community relations group will be reaching out,” she said.
Source: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/g20-protesters-to-be-confined-to-downtown-toronto-park/article1550432/