April in Review, Pt I http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/3963

Out against war, oil patch uproar, 10,000 vs. Ford.Hundreds of people marched in anti-war demonstrations across Canada on April 7, including in Halifax, Montreal and Toronto. Participants spoke out against Canada's involvement in bombing Libya and the ongoing war in Afghanistan. People protested in Halifax and more than 100 other cities around the world on April 12 to mark the Global Day of Action on Military Spending. Halifax protesters called on the Canadian government to re-direct money from the military to social spending on health care, education and housing initiatives.More than 100 University of Toronto students held a raucous protest denouncing controversial mining magnate Peter Munk's $35 million donation to the school. Spurred on by speeches by professor Noam Chomsky and journalist Linda McQuaig, the students called on the university to reverse course on the corporatization of education.