Concerns raised with decision to put G7 demonstration zone in downtown Banff

Concerns raised with decision to put G7 demonstration zone in downtown Banff

Officials with the Town of Banff are speaking out about against a plan to set up a demonstration zone for this spring’s G7 in the mountain town.

Town of Banff protests G7 Summit demonstration zone in tourist town, worries about making congestion chaos worse

“The Town of Banff commends the efforts to facilitate freedom of speech and the right to peaceful protest, but we feel it would be more appropriate to allow demonstrators to congregate in places where the G7 leaders may be able to see and hear their message, while decreasing the impact on traffic."