Cornwallis park peace protests

About an hour ago a number of people showed up to protest the defence conference called the Halifax Forum. The event is being held in the Westin Nova Scotian, just across the street from Cornwallis Park, where the protests are being held. At just after the appointed hour not all that many people were there, though eventually a few more did show up.

This clip was taken at just after 1:00 PM.



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When I went back to watch things a little later a sheet was in the process of being placed over the statue of Cornwallis.



Below the statue there was a little of the traditional call and response and drum banging going on.

All in all, things seemed to be pretty calm the last time I looked. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but the turnout out really wasn't as big as I expected given the list of attendees and the amount of time that people had to plan the event.