Make Sure Your Voice is Heard when Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin hosts a
so-called "Public Consultation" on globalization. The event is one part of
Martin's concerted public relations efforts in the lead-up to next week's
Group of 20 meeting in Montreal (and a potential federal election).

EXPOSING PAUL MARTIN, GLOBALIZATION AND THE G-20:
A Workshop and Public Discussion

with Michel Chossudovksy, professor of economics at the University of Ottawa
AND
members of the G-20 Welcoming Committee and the Independent Research
Collective

when: Friday, October 20, 5pm
where: Concordia University (metro Guy-Concordia)
[Exact location to be posted at 2130 Mackay Street and 1455 de Maisonneuve
West (room H-637) before the event, and to be announced in the upcoming
days. The event will take place on the campus of Concordia University near
de Maisonneuve West and Mackay.]

This Friday, Canadian Finance Minister Paul Martin will be hosting a
so-called "Public Consultation" on globalization. The event is one part of
Martin's concerted public relations efforts in the lead-up to next week's
Group of 20 meeting in Montreal (and a potential federal election). The
G-20 meeting brings together the bank governors and finance ministers of
the G-7 nations, as well as other countries defined as "emerging markets."
Importantly, the G-20 is also made up of the heads of the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. These men are some of the most
powerful proponents of capitalist-style globalization in the world.

Just before Martin's so-called consultation, members of the G-20 Welcoming
Committee and the Independent Research Collective will be hosting a
popular education workshop and discussion to expose Paul Martin's
destructive economic policies in Canada, as well as to unmask the IMF and
World Bank, two key players in the imposition of corporate fundamentalism
on the world.

Speaking at the workshop will be Michel Chossudovsky, a vocal critic of
capitalist globalization, and the author of "The Globalization of Poverty:
Impacts of IMF and World Bank Reforms" (Zed Books, 1997) as well as
members of the G-20 Welcoming Committee and the Independent Research
Collective.

The workshop on Friday is part of a series of events in clear opposition
to the G-20 and its destructive agenda organized by the G-20 Welcoming
Committee. Next Sunday, October 22 the Welcoming Committee is organizing a
popular education day. On Monday, October 23, at 4pm, the Welcoming
Committee plans on greeting the G-20 leaders with a street party and
protest outside the Sheraton Hotel where the G-20 meeting is to be held.

For more information about G-20 Welcoming Committee activities, e-mail
stop...@tao.ca