In the heart of Canada’s financial district at King and Bay, surrounded by multi-story office buildings that blocked out most of the sun, more than 50 people stood in a row on the sidewalk outside the Toronto-Dominion Centre, holding up their banners and signs.
But the men, women and children hadn't come to protest against any of the Big Five banks or blue chip corporations.
Instead, they marked the 2012 Japan Dolphins Day, an event to raise awareness about the plight of dolphins in Taiji, by handing out Japan Dolphins Day pamphlets and copies of the The Cove to pedestrians in front of the office of the Consulate-General of Japan at 77 King Street West in Toronto.
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