City of Ottawa to Host Arms Shows this Fall (Sept.30-Oct.1)

City of Ottawa to Host Arms Shows this Fall (Sept.30-Oct.1)

In 1989, Ottawa's City Council wisely decided to ban all future arms exhibitions from taking place on municipal property. For almost 20 years no such arms shows have taken place at any City of Ottawa facilities.

Now, the arms shows are back! City Staff have signed a contract with organizers of a large military trade show called "Secure Canada 2008," sponsored in part by the US Embassy, and are negotiating with organizers of an even bigger show next year called "CANSEC 2009."

Read more about "Secure Canada 2008" [url=http://coat.ncf.ca/ARMX/SecureCanada.htm]here[/url].

Here are a few corporate news articles on the subject:

[b]Ottawa Sun[/b]
Exhibit adds to OT woes: Police budget already stretched thin (July 27, 2008)
[url=http://www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/07/27/6276036-sun.htm... it here[/url]

Councillors up in arms over security exhibit (August 23, 2008)
[url=http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/08/23/6545826-sun.html]... it here[/url]

Up in arms council gets way with staff (August 28, 2008)
[url=http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2008/08/28/6593666-sun.html]... it here[/url]

[b]Ottawa Citizen[/b]
U.S. Embassy booking reopens debate on arms shows (August 25, 2008)
[url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=8ec89df4-8c52-480... it here[/url]

[url=http://coat.ncf.ca/ARMX/what-to-do.htm]WHAT CAN WE DO?[/url]
Click above for information on efforts to expose and oppose the arms bazaars scheduled for Ottawa.

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