We Stand with Wet'suwet'en- MP Jody Raybould-Wilson Office
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/279182032951137/
January 8, 2019
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
1245 W Broadway, Vancouver
Please join us to stand with Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs in front Attorney General Jody Raybould-Wilson's office as we speak up for their rights that are being ignored as they stand up to protect their lands for future generations.
MP Jody Raybould-Wilson Office
Attorney General of Canada
1245 West Broadway (between Granville & Oak)
Vancouver, BC
Please bring your drum if you have one!
The Federal and Provincial governments have agreed to implement the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. They are failing to implement those rights on so many levels - they MUST respect the rights and title of Indigenous peoples!!
"International Solidarity with Wet'suwet'en
#Notrespass #Wetsuwetenstrong
We are calling for a solidarity action on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 responding to the International Solidarity with Wet'suwet'en Day of Action. This action is taking place on the occupied and unceded Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh territories.
Link to all International Actions: https://www.facebook.com/events/2225649537692362/2225923010998348/?notif_t=admin_plan_mall_activity¬if_id=1546761109391149
Background: On Friday, January 4, 2019 members of the RCMP’s Aboriginal Police Liaison met with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and indicated that specially trained tactical forces will be deployed to forcibly remove Wet’suwet’en people from sovereign Wet’suwet’en territory. The RCMP’s ultimatum, to allow TransCanada access to unceded Wet’suwet’en territory or face police invasion, is an act of war.
Despite the lip service given to “Truth and Reconciliation,” Canada is now attempting to do what it has always done - criminalize and use violence against indigenous people and, so that their unceded homelands can be exploited for profit. The RCMP were advised that there are children, elders, and families visiting and present at the Gidimt’en Access Point, to which they did not respond.
Since it was established, the Gidimt’en Access Point has hosted gatherings, workshops, and traditional activities for Wet’suwet’en, and provided an essential space for Wet’suwet’en to reconnect with their traditional territories. Article 10 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples clearly states “Indigenous peoples shall not be forcibly removed from their land or territories.” Any removal of Wet’suwet’en peoples by the RCMP, or any other authoritarian forces, will directly violate UNDRIP and the Trudeau government’s promise to implement UNDRIP.
We are now preparing for a protracted struggle. The hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en and the land defenders holding the front lines have no intention of allowing Wet’suwet’en sovereignty to be violated. In plain language, the threat made by RCMP to invade Wet’suwet’en territories is a violation of human rights, a siege, and an extension of the genocide that Wet’suwet’en have survived since contact. Canada knows that its own actions are illegal.
The creation of the Gidimt’en Camp was announced in the Wet’suwet’en feast hall, with the support of all chiefs present. Under ‘Anuc niwh’it’en (Wet’suwet’en law) all five clans of the Wet’suwet’en have unanimously opposed all pipeline proposals. TransCanada lawyers have argued that the Unist’ot’en are essentially a rogue group without a rightful claim to Aboriginal title. The Gidimt’en intervention shows that the Unist’ot’en are not alone, and that the hereditary chiefs of all clans are prepared to uphold Wet’suwet’en law in refusing CGL access.
The Wet’suwet’en have laid out a path toward the implementation of UNDRIP, and the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent requirement of international law. Canada has chosen to ignore this path toward reconciliation.
TUESDAY JANUARY 8, 2019
"We are now preparing for a protracted struggle. The hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en and the land defenders holding the front lines have no intention of allowing Wet’suwet’en sovereignty to be violated. In plain language, the threat made by RCMP to invade Wet’suwet’en territories is a violation of human rights, a siege, and an extension of the genocide that Wet’suwet’en have survived since contact."
Read the full Action Alert from Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gidumt'en Territory:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=226308738314920&id=212798726332588&__tn__=K-R
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For guiding principals on how to support, and a fact sheet on the Gidimt’en Access Point, visit: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=225163691762758&id=212798726332588
Donate to Gidimt’en Access Point: https://www.gofundme.com/gitdumt039en-access-point
Donate to Unist’ot’en Legal Fund: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/unistoten-camp-legal-fund "
MP Jody Raybould-Wilson Office
Attorney General of Canada
1245 West Broadway (between Granville & Oak)
Vancouver, BC
Please bring your drum if you have one!
The Federal and Provincial governments have agreed to implement the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. They are failing to implement those rights on so many levels - they MUST respect the rights and title of Indigenous peoples!!
"International Solidarity with Wet'suwet'en
#Notrespass #Wetsuwetenstrong
We are calling for a solidarity action on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 responding to the International Solidarity with Wet'suwet'en Day of Action. This action is taking place on the occupied and unceded Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh territories.
Link to all International Actions: https://www.facebook.com/events/2225649537692362/2225923010998348/?notif_t=admin_plan_mall_activity¬if_id=1546761109391149
Background: On Friday, January 4, 2019 members of the RCMP’s Aboriginal Police Liaison met with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and indicated that specially trained tactical forces will be deployed to forcibly remove Wet’suwet’en people from sovereign Wet’suwet’en territory. The RCMP’s ultimatum, to allow TransCanada access to unceded Wet’suwet’en territory or face police invasion, is an act of war.
Despite the lip service given to “Truth and Reconciliation,” Canada is now attempting to do what it has always done - criminalize and use violence against indigenous people and, so that their unceded homelands can be exploited for profit. The RCMP were advised that there are children, elders, and families visiting and present at the Gidimt’en Access Point, to which they did not respond.
Since it was established, the Gidimt’en Access Point has hosted gatherings, workshops, and traditional activities for Wet’suwet’en, and provided an essential space for Wet’suwet’en to reconnect with their traditional territories. Article 10 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples clearly states “Indigenous peoples shall not be forcibly removed from their land or territories.” Any removal of Wet’suwet’en peoples by the RCMP, or any other authoritarian forces, will directly violate UNDRIP and the Trudeau government’s promise to implement UNDRIP.
We are now preparing for a protracted struggle. The hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en and the land defenders holding the front lines have no intention of allowing Wet’suwet’en sovereignty to be violated. In plain language, the threat made by RCMP to invade Wet’suwet’en territories is a violation of human rights, a siege, and an extension of the genocide that Wet’suwet’en have survived since contact. Canada knows that its own actions are illegal.
The creation of the Gidimt’en Camp was announced in the Wet’suwet’en feast hall, with the support of all chiefs present. Under ‘Anuc niwh’it’en (Wet’suwet’en law) all five clans of the Wet’suwet’en have unanimously opposed all pipeline proposals. TransCanada lawyers have argued that the Unist’ot’en are essentially a rogue group without a rightful claim to Aboriginal title. The Gidimt’en intervention shows that the Unist’ot’en are not alone, and that the hereditary chiefs of all clans are prepared to uphold Wet’suwet’en law in refusing CGL access.
The Wet’suwet’en have laid out a path toward the implementation of UNDRIP, and the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent requirement of international law. Canada has chosen to ignore this path toward reconciliation.
TUESDAY JANUARY 8, 2019
"We are now preparing for a protracted struggle. The hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en and the land defenders holding the front lines have no intention of allowing Wet’suwet’en sovereignty to be violated. In plain language, the threat made by RCMP to invade Wet’suwet’en territories is a violation of human rights, a siege, and an extension of the genocide that Wet’suwet’en have survived since contact."
Read the full Action Alert from Wet'suwet'en Access Point on Gidumt'en Territory:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=226308738314920&id=212798726332588&__tn__=K-R
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For guiding principals on how to support, and a fact sheet on the Gidimt’en Access Point, visit: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=225163691762758&id=212798726332588
Donate to Gidimt’en Access Point: https://www.gofundme.com/gitdumt039en-access-point
Donate to Unist’ot’en Legal Fund: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/unistoten-camp-legal-fund "
Date:
Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 12:30
