Occupy Wall St. comes to Canada

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Occupy Wall St. comes to Canada

Protestors set up camp in a Toronto park
by Nicholas Köhler, and Richard Warnica on Saturday, October 15, 2011 6:25pm

http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/10/15/occupy-wall-st-comes-to-canada/

One of the first arrivals early this morning at Bay and King, the financial district launch spot for today's Occupy Toronto demonstration, was a transgendered woman named Stephanie who parked her silver Dodge Dakota SLT pickup truck on the southwest corner, erected a hefty P.A. system, a microphone and stand, and began blasting dated top-40 hits at high volume into the gathering crowd. At one point, Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible", from 1988, welcomes the arrival of young people in Guy Fawkes masks and skinny jeans.

Her sound equipment, pink Roots sweatshirt and skirt, as well as her wide shoulders and commanding style, evidently persuaded police and at least a few protestors to identify her as a principle organizer. Officers stopped on their bicycles to discuss with her the route the protestors would march. "We're going to shut down a few streets and make some noise," Stephanie told someone nearby. "They're giving us no hassle."