Armed with two banners and four tickets at $40 each (senior rate), members of the Ottawa Raging Grannies infiltrated a Canadian Club lunch where the corporate group gathered to hear the President of Energy East, Francois Poirer, praise the pipeline. The grannies wanted to bring a different message to the crowd and to the press. During his speech, Grannies Bessa, Gale, Jo and Ria stood, unfurled banners smuggled inside their purses, and walked silently to stand in front of the speaker. The banners said “You can’t drink oil” and “Stop Energy East”. While the business-oriented audience moaned and groaned about the protest, it received a good deal of media coverage. (Vancouver Observer. Ottawa Citizen) Thanks to Ecology Ottawa in supporting this event with publicity and by sending in two volunteers to do the filming. See a short video of the protest.