As the eviction deadline for Occupy Vancouver's tent city approaches, demonstrators are strategizing over what they will do when the police enforcement order also kicks in at 2 p.m. on Monday.
"I'll be here standing guard peacefully. I plan on locking arms with everyone else and sitting down, and I'll do that until they come," Occupier Jordan Malcolm told CTV News.
On Friday, Justice Anne MacKenzie of the B.C. Supreme Court granted the City of Vancouver's request for an injunction order to clear out all tents and other structures from the Vancouver Art Gallery grounds by Monday afternoon. MacKenzie also granted a police enforcement order.
Despite the city's legal backing, some protesters are not willing to leave the encampment and are not afraid of police action.
"I am not worried about getting arrested," Malcolm added. "If they do arrest us, they'll just drag us away, throw us in a jail cell for a couple hours or more, and then release us. And I am not sure if they'll charge us."
City workers have issued notices about Monday's eviction and are offering help with packing.
"The stuff that we take today, tomorrow, and up to 2 p.m., will be stored for 30 days in the National Yard. After 2 p.m., anything that we do acquire will be disposed of," Vancouver's Manager of Street Operations Murray Wightman said.
Meanwhile in Victoria, Occupiers were faced with a 7 a.m. court-ordered deadline to pack up and leave Centennial Square on Saturday. While dozens of tents are gone, about 15 people are vowing to remain. Unlike in Vancouver, police are not allowed to intervene at this time.
"We don't have an enforcement clause as part of that court order, and if there isn't compliance with that order we will go back to court next week," Insp. Andrew Lacon of the Victoria Police Department said.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Bhinder Sajan
