I spent today shopping all around Toronto with a friend of mine, we ate far too much and I spent my past few pay cheques far too quickly.... but anyhow, early in the afternoon we were comming out of a shop we found a large group of protestors with signs and slogans relating to current events in Libya. It was really interesting to have such a peaceful rally in the midst of all the shoppers and buskers. A couple police officers were there just in case, but no one was disturbed!
It's estimated that 2000 Libyans died yesterday within their protests, partly due to to the Libyan Air Force bombing them. So anyhow, Canadian politicians are working hard to evacuate Canadian citizens out of the country (Libya I mean.) However Canadian troops are not currently expected to be entering Libya, neither are United Nations Peacekeepers despite the concern of many citizens (as seen in today's protest.) The main factor in the descision this far is that the Canadian troops and UN peacekeepers are already involved in 14 peacekeeping missions internationally, are are hoping to keep their attention to these immediate issues. For now at least.
-Em
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