These diverse leaders, with diverse backgrounds and interests, and diverse problems in their respective countries, will huddle together behind closed doors, protected by a steel wire fence that is three meters high and 3.8 km long. Some 6,000 policemen will be protecting them with many of them trained sharpshooters, who would be sitting on the rooftop of surrounding buildings watching movements on close circuit TV cameras. A parallel People's Summit will also run in Quebec City which is expected to be attended by 10,000 participants, opponents of FTAA, representing 700 groups, ranging from Greenpeace to the Raging Grannies, from all over north and south America. This summit has varied topics for discussion ranging from women and globalization to the environment and the state's role in the fight against poverty. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, the host of the official Summit of Americas, said he's not very concerned about the threat from 25,000 anti-FTAA demonstrators who are descending on the streets of Quebec City as they would be there just to have fun.
People say to themselves that they have a chance to protest.