Occupy calgary what is it

Parents are wondering what they're going to feed their children. And students are wondering how they're going to deal with all this debt," she said. Calgary 'Occupy' movement hits Calgary, Edmonton Protests against financial inequality, which began on Wall Street and then spread around the world, landed in Calgary and Edmonton on Saturday. Social Sharing. Tavis Ford has been involved with several protest movements in the past, something that apparently runs in his family. Tavis began his activist career in with Greenpeace, and helped form a local Alberta chapter.

The third was in Fort Saskatchewan, and the latest incident was in Ottawa, where Tavis was arrested again for protesting the Keystone Pipeline. According to Tavis, there are about 50 people in total who are regular members of the movement.

This includes people who show up, day or night, to lend support to the camp. While most in the Occupy Calgary movement are in their early to late 20s, Tavis is years-old. So how does a guy decide to shack up in a tent for the long haul?

What led him to this? To find out, I ask Tavis to back-up about 15 years. From there, they then bought a house in McKenzie Towne, located in the southeast of the city. They lived there for about 10 years, but he says they never really felt part of the community. He and his girlfriend were away from their friends and family from North Vancouver.

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