Canada: Mobilize Against "Business Without Borders" Conference
Saturday, May 20 2006 @ 05:56 PM UTC
Contributed by: Anonymous
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.
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Atlantic Canadians & Residents of Northeastern States Mobilize Against "Business Without Boundaries" Conference - June 8 - 10, Saint John
Canadians & Residents of Northeastern States Mobilize Against "Business Without Borders"
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
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 www.stopatlantica.com FOR UPDATES AND MORE INFORMATION.
Sign onto Atlantic Canadians' Declaration Against Atlantica here
STOP Atlantica Newsletter #2 here
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