Route for climate march laid out
CTV says it has the route for the climate march, but a gathering the size expected Friday at noon might not all stick to that route, since who can speak for all the groups and individuals involved?
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Joey 14:58 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
I think the bigger issue is many marchers will drop off throughout the afternoon. Four hours from start to Greta’s speech; seven hours from end to end, ouf. Seems extraordinarily long, no? Especially if the aim is to get as many people to to attend Greta’s speech as possible. A march down Parc winding up at the QdeS for speeches would make more sense, no? Over and done with in a few hours…
EmilyG 15:18 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
I’m concerned about places to get water and food, and to use the bathroom, along the route.
EmilyG 15:19 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
Also, that article is weirdly written – implying that nobody reading it will be one of the climate marchers.
walkerp 15:46 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
My understanding is that only the organizers and the cops know the route. This looks like CTV just made it up out of rough guesses, which doesn’t surprise me. What are their sources?
Kate 16:39 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
Well, it turns out I can’t be there, so I hope a lot of you folks can turn out. …Or at least not till later than noon, so who knows what I will run into in any attempt to get downtown.
Kevin 19:02 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
@walkerp
Do you think that organizers wouldn’t talk to reporters?
walkerp 23:09 on 2019-09-26 Permalink
Not to tell them the route. Read the CBC article, it is actually factual and responsibly written:
The exact route of the march is unclear. In a Facebook post, one of the organizers said they will keep the route and the final destination of the march under wraps for “security and logistical reasons.”
CTV, responsible journalism – for the auto lobby.
Kevin 07:31 on 2019-09-27 Permalink
@walkerp
Well, your impressions are wrong. If I’ve learned anything from three decades of participating in/associating with/reporting on the environmental movement, it’s that it’s a herd of cats.
One organizer may say he doesn’t want to talk about the route for security reasons. Another may decide to share it with reporters. A third person may decide to take a completely different route Friday because reasons.
That FB post is absolutely meaningless, especially considering the open nature of the environmental movement. They’re not doing background checks on protesters. The organizers don’t even know the full names of other organizers, let alone how many undercover cops are part of the organizing committee.
walkerp 08:11 on 2019-09-27 Permalink
Well let’s see what the actual route turns out to be and then compare that to the one in the CTV article.
Chris 15:07 on 2019-09-27 Permalink
CTV was exactly right.
Tim S. 08:32 on 2019-09-28 Permalink
In that case, they might as well have officially announced the route. One of the reasons I didn’t go is I didn’t feel like being a pawn in someone else’s game of “let’s disrupt the city and annoy the cops.” They seem to have done alright without me, though.
Kate 08:42 on 2019-09-28 Permalink
There are only so many routes you can take a march of half a million people.
EmilyG 12:20 on 2019-09-28 Permalink
From what I saw during the march, there seemed to be a main route, where most of the people were walking, but also many people turned off onto side streets because they were less crowded and they could move a bit faster, and then rejoined the main route later.