Hello -

CBC estimates about 150,000 Canadians all told and several
million around the world hit the streets today to voice their opposition to Bush's war plans; here's a link to their report:
Indymedia estimates over ten million world-wide. I can't find a report on the Gatineau-Ottawa march yet, but my best guess is there were 2 to 3000 of us - given the bitter cold - with wind chill, it must have been about minus 25, especially on the bridge (which shook alarmingly at times).  We were a quiet and well-behaved lot - I think people were just too cold to do much besides keep walking - although, we did work up some steam, in both official languages, of course (and some Spanish) when we got close the the US Embassy.  We could have used a samba band!  Wish I had carried a notebook and written down some of the wording of the placards - there were some really clever ones.  Some worked better in one language or the other; e.g. "Stop the Bush-tchery" doesn't have quite the same panache as "Arrêtons la Busherie."  I understand there will be a pan-Canadian student action on Mar. 5 and Bush is scheduled to visit Ottawa on May 5 - will send more details as soon as I have them.

Peace be,

Chris