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Hi, I'm Joel Dryden, a reporter for CBC News based in Calgary, covering the local impacts of the G7 summit.
Protests continue today at Calgary's city hall, mostly against the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the summit.
The biggest demonstration we saw was on Sunday, when hundreds gathered at city hall and then marched through downtown Calgary. Crowds were notably smaller than they were in 2002, the last time the summit was held in the region.
Roberta Lexier, a historian of progressive social movements at Mount Royal University in Calgary, told me this likely reflects the increasing difficulty of organizing public protests due to heightened security over the years, especially around global summits.
Still, one demonstrator told me they saw Sunday's protest as an energizing show of solidarity — and one that challenged the idea that Alberta lacks political activism.
'This weekend really showed that people in Calgary are awake to the political situation,' said Isa Carlin, a member of Migrante Alberta, an organization that advocates for the rights of migrants.
