A group calling themselves the Olympic Resistance Network Ontario is planning a protest at the entrance of Victoria Park, just in time for the torch's arrival.

Protest organizers are calling the gathering a "peaceful rally" to take place during the Olympic Torch celebration, which they say is a farce.

The protestors are looking to send a message to Canada and the Vancouver Olympic Committee "that they can neither whitewash the ongoing colonization of First Nations, nor can they greenwash this country's abysmal environmental record. We will use their Olympic circus as an opportunity to shine the international spotlight where it belongs, on the truth."

The protest is aimed at shining the international spotlight on what protestors call Canada's "shameful relationship" with its indigenous people, noting that this country is one of only three yet to sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

In addition, protest organizers said Canada is attempting to use the 2010 Olympics to promote itself as "green" global citizens – another farce, they say.

"Canada has made the least progress of all developed countries on our Kyoto Protocol commitments, and Canada has been one of the most disruptive and uncooperative countries when it comes to international climate change talks – such as those currently taking place in Copenhagen," said protest organizers.