On July 10, the Ottawa Grans attended a hastily called demonstration by SumOfUs. Negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement made a last minute change of venue. They were supposed to meet in Vancouver, but Harper moved it to Ottawa to escape planned protests. This trade agreement is being negotiated in secrecy. Leaked information shows that it is a complete corporate takeover.
Grannies Alice, Alma, Ann, Cathleen, Jo, Ria, and Terrie sang two songs, “We are the Corporations“, an old favorite for these corporate take-overs and a new one, “Democracy is Up For Sale.” The demonstration was well organized, good songs, good (and short) speeches, and with more than 500,000 petitions delivered to Don Davies, NDP MP who will deliver them to Parliament when it returns in the fall. You can see a well-made video of the protest here.