Protestors Crash VANOC Recruitment in Halifax
Protestors Crash VANOC Recruitment in Halifax
On the morning of April 24, 2007, VANOC kicked off a recruitment drive in Nova Scotia with a keynote presentation by Donna Wilson, Executive Vice President of the Human Resources division at VANOC held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Halifax.
At approximately 8:15 am, half a dozen protesters crashed the event, overtook the podium at the front of the room and spoke to the detrimental impacts that the Olympic Games have already had and will continue to have on the urban poor, low-income communities, and Native peoples. Fact sheets were
dropped on all the tables while one of the activists read out a list of grievances from groups in BC.
Shouting 'No olympics on stolen land! Homes not Games!' as they were forced out of the room, the protestors vowed to return with increased resistance and force should VANOC attempt any further bullshit promotional charades on the East coast.