"Stop that train, I want to protest"

"On October 13, the Canadian Pacific Spirit Train arrived at its third scheduled stop at the Cooksville Go-Station in Mississauga. The train, intended to promote the Vancouver 2010 Olympic spirit, made stops in cities across the country on its trans-Canada journey to Vancouver.

Despite the excitement over free promo-swag and concerts, the Spirit Train has received harsh criticism from activism groups such as No One Is Illegal and NO 2010. The groups argue that the Canadian government is paying corporations to build one-use only Olympic sites where they receive large profit margins, while simultaneously evicting and destroying native land to build them. Both groups have protested at Spirit Train stops since the train left its first stop in Montreal..."[The Medium]

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