Update from Quebec
Nov 13th, 2010 by admin
Errol and a different Grim Reaper at Imperial Tobacco
Remembrance Day was an extremely long day, in many wonderful ways: I met so many anti-tobacco colleagues and supporters…most notably a group of about 40 young people who, along with about 10 adults, gave me a very loud and boisterous reception as I — accompanied by Stan Shatenstein and 8 youth (and their teacher, `M.C.`) — ran to Imperial Tobacco, where I gave the first of 4 speeches, followed by many media interviews (I don`t have a full list of media who attended, but CTV was there and 24 Hours).
A huge thank you to Heidi, Flory, Francoise (“Grim” for this event) and everyone else at the Quebec Coalition for Tobacco Control, as well as Joanne, Joe and others with tobaccoinfo.ca (an incredible resource for, well, tobacco info) and so many others. And “Merci!” to the Montreal Police Department, which provided a police officer and a police car (with red and blue lights flashing), blocking the lane that we occupied in front of Imperial Tobacco. All in all, very impressive!
It`s late… and I`m up very early tomorrow, as I make my way toward New York with renewed enthusiasm and inspiration.
Thank you, again… ALL OF YOU!
What a gorgeous day you had in Montreal!!! And how wonderful to see all those beautiful young people speaking out against a lifetime of slavery to the tobacco industry. Way to go Errol! You did it.
Congrats! A police car!!