Another Occupy Toronto protest planned for Wednesday

TORONTO, Ont. – It’s day four of the Occupy Toronto protests, and there are no signs the movement is dwindling.

Two smaller protests took place on Tuesday however numbers are expected to grow at the march planned for Wednesday.

A few protesters split off from the main group and headed to the financial district during the day on Tuesday and a few dozen others made their way to the intersection of Yonge and Dundas in the evening.

Members of the “Occupy Toronto” group will take to the streets on Wednesday to march in solidarity with a first nations’ group.

Octavian Cadabeschi with the action committee told 680News their plan is to have some kind of movement every day.

“We don’t necessarily have consensus yet but we’re basically planning on having a march a day at least from now on, during the day, to raise awareness and continue action,” said Cadabeshi.

He said the group’s big focus now is a march planned for Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., which is expected to draw thousands.

Labour groups and student unions are expected to take part in the march.

Some residents living around St. James Park, where the group has set up base camp are starting to feel resentment.

They are wondering why protesters can take over a public park without a permit and block downtown intersections during rush hour with penalty.

On Monday, the Occupy Toronto group made their way back to their base camp after a day of protest that included two sit-ins at major downtown intersections.

The group staged its first sit-in at the intersection of King and Bay streets, stalling traffic in the financial district for about 20 minutes.

Group members then made their way to Yonge and Dundas streets, where they sat in the form of the number 99. The numerical formation, they said, represented the percentage of people who do not hold the world’s wealth.

The group sat down right on the pavement, blocking traffic and chanting slogans. Police surrounded them during both sit-ins but kept their distance.

The group joined a social justice rally at Ryerson University earlier Monday.

Occupy Toronto is an anti-corporate greed protest that began Saturday morning, and protestors camped in St. James Park, near Jarvis and King streets. Around 60 tents were set up overnight.

Many braved crisp autumn weather to camp overnight Sunday in parks in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver as part of their demonstrations against corporate greed and social inequality.

The Occupy Toronto movement, which began in cities across Canada Saturday, was inspired by the month-long Occupy Wall Street protest south of the border.

Saturday’s protests were peaceful, a contrast to the riots that stemmed from last year’s G20 demonstrations in Toronto and the aftermath in Vancouver when the NHL’s Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final last June.

John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty said things are no better here than they are in the U.S. “Canadians are angry and have a reason to be angry,” said Clarke.

On the Occupy Toronto website, they said they plan to use entirely “non-violent means” to get their message out.