Cold times for Occupy Winnipeg protesters

The Occupy Winnipeg movement started on October 15 and is being held in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in September in New York and has spread to countries all over the world.

Not even a month into Occupy Winnipeg, their stand is made more difficult by snow.

So now that the first snowfall is here and it is beginning to get a little frigid, I ask myself, why are those Occupy Winnipeg people still at outside? I understand what they are trying to do, but I don't see how camping out at the Leg will solve anything in the immediate or foreseeable future. And now, the protesters are not allowed to use the washrooms at the legislative building right across the road, so maybe they will be packing it in soon. 

But what if the snow and no Leg washroom won’t make them go away? What will? The problems they want solved are not going to go away anytime soon, so I guess they are in for a long camp. You'd think that living in a tent through any Manitoba season would deter any protester. But what about what is happening at other camps in Canada - camps in Vancouver and Quebec are being shut down, and people are dying. 

For those who don’t know what these people are protesting for, they are demonstrating against global financial inequality and corporate greed. And from the looks of it, protesters are going nowhere until the issue is resolved. 

Also, if I were Richard Baschuk, I would just be wondering where all the babes were. (CreCommedy joke)


Here is a Metro article published November 8 about the demands Occupy Winnipeg are making. 


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