Violent Confrontation: Oilsands

G20 Dept: There were drums, chanting, loud speeches and many detentions by police, according to The Chronicle Herald. "It s a peaceful and serious tone that we created on the Hill here today, and a peaceful and serious message regarding the impacts that the tarsands are having, that we re seeking to deliver to the prime minister," said Greenpeace organizer Mike Hudema and oTTAWA AS PROTESTS GO, it was the antithesis of the G20 in Toronto. Several hundred people showed up on Parliament Hill on Monday to protest the Keystone XL pipeline and the expansion of the oilsands. But unlike last summer s demonstrations in Toronto, where destruction and violent confrontation were the order of the day, this event was downright sedate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.