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Old 10-30-2011, 01:31 PM   #573
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Originally Posted by Bunk View Post
This is an unprecedented sort of legal situation where the occupation of space itself is the protest - therefore can the City forcibly remove the protest based on City bylaws?
I don't know about that. The G-8 situation was similar.

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John Chaput, the city's G-8 project manager, said the city would not permit public park space to be used as a campsite for anti-summit activists.

Such a decision would violate city regulations, and a special bylaw allowing for a camp in a public park would require the city to seek public input and follow a legal process that would take up to six months, said Chaput.
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