[R-G] Low-income tenants and homeless move furniture to Ottawa Recruiting Centre

[Anthony Fenton]

Copyright 2007 CNW Group
Canada NewsWire

October 9, 2007 Tuesday 11:00 AM Eastern Time

DISTRIBUTION: Attention News/Assignment Editors

LENGTH: 255 words

HEADLINE: Media Advisory - Low-income tenants and homeless move  
furniture to Ottawa Recruiting Centre, just 5 days before Throne Speech

DATELINE: MONTREAL Oct. 9

BODY:


Hundreds of low-income tenants and homeless people will move  
furniture in front of the Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting Centre,  
situated right in the middle of downtown Ottawa, not far from the  
Office of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. This action is intended to  
denounce the growing disproportion between the federal government's  
humungous military expenditures and the meagre investments aimed at  
responding to the basic need of housing. The Front d'action populaire  
en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU), a Quebec housing coalition of 130  
local organizations, including the Outaouais group, Logemen'occupe,  
are organizing this event, just five days before the Throne Speech  
that will decide the future of the Harper government, particularly on  
the issue of whether or not to continue Canada's military involvement  
in Afghanistan.

Date : Thursday October 11th 2007

Time : 1:30 p.m.: Gathering point and furniture move in front of the

Canadian Armed Forces Recruiting Centre, 66 Slater Street (corner

of Elgin), in Ottawa. Media Availability and Speeches on site

followed by a march to the office of Prime Minister Harper, at the

Langevin Block, corner of Wellington and Elgin.

N.B. Interviews are possible before the demonstration, during a  
community lunch which will take place at 11:30 a.m. at the Centre  
Père-Arthur-Guertin, 16 Bériault Street in Gatineau.



CONTACT:François Saillant, FRAPRU, (514) 919-2843 (cell), (514)  
522-1010; François Roy, Logemen'occupe de l'Outaouais, (613) 277-6507  
(cell), (819) 778-1325