If you are anywhere close to Caledonia, Ontario this is not a protest to miss. Those located in Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara or even outside of Ontario should come out to support this.

Freedom March
Location - Caledonia Ont
When - Oct 15th, 2006

Visit Caledonia Wake Up Call for location specifics, videos, and radio shows of this event.

Here is a story from a local paper today.

Tension Builds Over Rally
Mayor to Declare State of Emergency if Violence Erupts
By Marissa Nelson
The Hamilton Spectator(Oct 12, 2006)

The man organizing the controversial "March for Freedom" in Caledonia this weekend says it will go onto the disputed Douglas Creek Estates, despite pleas from the mayor, the OPP and politicians of all stripes at Queen's Park.

"At least it's legal for us to walk down a street and onto government land," Gary McHale said in an interview from his Richmond Hill home. "We spent $20 million for that precious land and we have a right to be on it."

The OPP issued a statement yesterday urging anyone planning to participate in the protest to reconsider.

Haldimand Mayor Marie Trainer said last night she is ready to declare a state of emergency in Caledonia if the march triggers violence.

The rally comes after several months without serious clashes, and Trainer said it amounts "to poking the bear just because it is there."

The mayor said she's hoping for rain Sunday to dampen any tempers.

McHale, a 44-year-old computer programmer, stressed that he has called for a peaceful march.

"I've held town hall meetings. If we're peaceful, we win. If there's one racial slur, the media will focus on that and we'll lose," he said.

When asked if he'd force his way on to Douglas Creek Estates Sunday, McHale said he hoped the OPP would enforce the law.

"We will walk up and people will see first-hand that the only reason we cannot step on that land is because of our race," he said.

"The fact is we have a system now in Caledonia and Ipperwash where the laws of the land are dictated by your race. That's the whole point of the march."

McHale and his wife of 25 years, Christine, run a website called caledoniawakeupcall.com.

The couple, who have come to prominence in the last few months, maintain they have no connection to the town and didn't know anyone in town before they got involved in the issue. McHale said he got involved only because of the crimes, media coverage and police handling of the dispute.

"In the last two days, I've done 25 interviews. I'm probably the N0. 1 news story in Ontario at this time," he said, adding that he's getting advice from police about how to stay safe after receiving "serious threats."

McHale said he's had to sweep aside his own life to take up the cause.

He puts race at the centre of the Caledonia dispute, then scoffs at any insinuation he is racist.

"Obviously anyone takes a stand against a group in Canada, people throw out the racist card. I make no racist statements against them," he said. "The concept of equality, multiculturalism, the concept of freedom are not exclusive to any one group."

On his website and in interviews, McHale often refers to a "two-tier justice system," to the violation of the Charter of Rights, and to accusations the OPP are not enforcing the law.

He said a fence put up next to the Catholic school near the former subdivision is "segregation."

"People have to recognize that the natives are so violent that we have to build walls, put up cameras and station OPP officers (at the school) and yet we still don't have them being arrested."

The rally, which he hopes 20,000 will attend, will start at 1 p.m. at the Lion's Hall in Caledonia, near Douglas Creek Estates and on the same side of the Grand River so protesters can't be stopped at the bridge.