2010-05-06 

G20 security team moves protest site from Trinity Bellwoods

By Rob Roberts

Toronto police say the G20 summit’s Designated Protest Area will not be in Trinity Bellwoods Park as planned because of local residents’ discomfort with it.

“Following discussions with the community in and around the Trinity-Bellwoods area, a decision was made to find an alternate location for the Designated Speech Area. We are currently considering options,” police said in a release this afternoon.

The decision was made together by the City of Toronto and the G8-G20 Integrated Security Unit, which includes several police forces and the Canadian Forces.

“Designated Speech Areas are open forums created to give people a place to congregate safely and have access to media to share their message,” said the release. “It is our hope that people will take advantage of this area and express themselves in a peaceful, lawful way.”