[van-announce] Rally against Cdn Tire Big Box Nov. 5 5:30 pm Van. City Hall

[Eric Doherty]

Cycle, sing, and act against a monster Canadian Tire development on Marine Drive!
 
 	Mon., Nov. 5th  (5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.)
 	Bike rally, street theatre, Solidarity Notes 
 	City Hall (12th and Cambie, on south side)
		
 Canadian Tire plans to build a Big Box project that will be the size of
 4.5 football fields.  It will generate up to 11,000 car trips a day,
 pumping an estimated 7,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year into our air.
 Cars will clog nearby neighbourhoods and bikeways, putting children and
 cyclists at risk.   Local stores will be forced to close.  And, once Cdn
 Tire is approved, Wal-Mart will be next.  Plus two more Big Box stores.
 
 *	Cycle to protect the Ontario and Kent bikeways 
 *	Stand up for clean air, reduced traffic, safer neighbourhoods 
 *	Speak out for small businesses in neighbourhood shopping area
 *	Harmonize with Solidarity Notes to demand the city respect
 neighbours who don't want Big Box stores
 *	Insist we protect our industrial land and make wise use of the
 nearby $2 billion Canada Line
 
 Also, sign up to speak at the city's public hearing where final decision
 will be made:
 	Tues., Nov. 13th, at 7:30 p.m. at city hall.  Call  604 873 7269.
 	
 Or write an email to the mayor and council (mayorandcouncil at vancouver.ca) 
 
 Please distribute this notice as widely as possible.  Thank you.