One of the many demands by protestors along the St Lawrence River Luc's second character is Nora Cortinas, a founder of the Argentinian group, Asociacion Madres de Plaza de Mayo which has been holding vigils for 25 years now on Thursdays at three o'clock to remember family members who have disappeared at the hands of repressive dictatorships. Nora opened up the 30,000 strong march in Buenos Aires last month and Luc was able to film her while he was there. Here in Quebec, she made the closing speech at the women's forum and later that night went out dancing with Luc and women delegates to a Latin Bar. Lisa and I are finished sending our reports and we head down to the press room at the People's Summit to send the photos. On the street, the fence has now been closed, the perimeter sealed.
Security forces are everywhere.
Quebec is populated by police and media. Helicopters circle, flying low. Protesters are arriving from all directions with sleeping bags and drums in tow. On St. Jean Street, workers are barricading McDonald's with plywood and fencing. They're late in the game, most businesses did this work yesterday.