Occupy Wall St. protest to march into Canada
The Canadian Press
Posted: Oct 2, 2011 5:50 PM ET
Last Updated: Oct 2, 2011 9:46 PM ET
An Occupy Wall Street protester hangs out in Zuccotti Park in New York (Jessica Rinaldi/Reuters)
Activists are planning an occupation of Toronto's financial district as well as other Canadian cities following in the footsteps of protesters currently camped out on Wall Street in New York City.
A group calling itself Occupy Toronto Market Exchange has launched a website to organize a march on Bay Street beginning Oct. 15.
That's a Saturday, when the stock exchange is closed and few people are working in Canada's financial capital.
About 830 people on Facebook have replied they would attend the event in Toronto.
Occupations are also planned in the streets in other Canadian cities, including Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary.
South of the border, protesters speaking out against corporate greed and other grievances remain in Manhattan's financial district.
They are holding their ground even after more than 700 of them were arrested Saturday during a march on the Brooklyn Bridge in a tense confrontation with police.
The group Occupy Wall Street has been camped out in a plaza for nearly two weeks staging various marches, and had orchestrated an impromptu trek to Brooklyn.
Protesters are speaking out against corporate greed, government bailouts, and income inequality amid high unemployment and the prospect of another recession.
Canada's economic growth has been slowing, leading some to believe this country could also be headed for recession.
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