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.