British Columbia

Burnaby residents express ‘deep disappointment’ in Trans Mountain ruling

05/02/20
Author: 
Dustin Godfrey
Link: 
Burnaby Now
A group of Burnaby residents released a statement Tuesday expressing their dissatisfaction with a ruling from the Federal Court of Appeal that dismissed challenges from Indigenous communities to the Trans Mountain pipeline project. Photograph By TRANS MOUNTAIN PHOTO

Feb. 4, 2020

Federal Court of Appeal found the Government of Canada's renewed consultations with Indigenous communities was adequate

A group of Burnaby residents has issued a statement expressing “deep disappointment” in a ruling from the Federal Court of Appeals that shot down Indigenous opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline project.

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Alberta
British Columbia
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
Oil - Pipelines
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Who speaks for the Wet’suwet’en people? Making sense of the Coastal GasLink conflict

03/02/20
Author: 
Jody Wilson-Raybould
Link: 
The Globe and Mail
Understanding the period of transition and of nation building or rebuilding is key to making sense of the conflict regarding Coastal GasLink’s pipeline and who speaks for the Wet’suwet’en people – A rally for the Wet’suwet’en Nation in Smithers, B.C. seen here on Jan. 10, 2020 – in approving or not approving developments through their territory. JIMMY JEONG/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

JANUARY 24, 20

“Our people are in a profound period of transition and of nation building or rebuilding.”

I said these words when I was regional chief of the B.C. Assembly of First Nations some eight years ago. They remain true today.

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British Columbia
Canada
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Oil - Pipelines
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BC’s Emergency Management laws must address climate costs, say organizations and academics

01/02/20
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25 BC-based organizations and 4 leading academics.

For Immediate Release – January 31, 2020

 

BC’s Emergency Management laws must address climate costs, say organizations and academics

VANCOUVER, BC, Coast Salish Territories – BC is not doing enough to investigate, prepare for, and protect taxpayers from the looming costs of climate change, say 25 BC-based organizations and 4 leading academics.

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British Columbia
Climate Change
Ecology/Environment
Environmental Groups
Indigenous Peoples
Social
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Canada’s Battle Against First Nations Shows Slide Toward Authoritarianism

01/02/20
Author: 
Samir Gandesha
Link: 
Truth Out
Indigenous youth demand that Canada’s minister of energy and mining meet with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION VIA FACEBOOK

February 1, 2020

Canada seems to have bucked the global trend toward authoritarianism that we have seen from the U.S. and Brazil to Turkey and India. But to what extent is this reality rather than mere appearance?

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British Columbia
Canada
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
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Hundreds of students walk out of classes in Metro Vancouver in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs

31/01/20
Author: 
Charlie Smith
Link: 
Georgia Straight
Minister George Heyman's office Jan. 27, 2020

January 27th, 2020

The federal and provincial governments, LNG Canada, and Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. all thought that a $40-billion fossil-fuel project would proceed in B.C. after proponents signed deals with 20 elected First Nations chiefs and councils.

But they may have underestimated the degree of public goodwill for Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs who are resisting a natural-gas pipeline that will provide fuel for the LNG plant near Kitimat.

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British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
Protest - Revolt
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Action Round Up, Video Updates, And Organizing Asks!

31/01/20
Author: 
Unist'ot'en Solidarity Brigade
Wes Regan took this photo of protesters walking along West Broadway toward Environment and Climate Change Strategy Minister George Heyman's constituency office.
 
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British Columbia
Ecology/Environment
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
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What we mean when we say Indigenous land is 'unceded'

29/01/20
Author: 
Emma McIntosh
Link: 
National Observer
Inside the Gidimt'en Checkpoint on Wet'suwet'en territory in December 2019. The camp was dismantled by Coastal GasLink contractors in early 2019, and then rebuilt and reoccupied. Photo by Michael Toledano

January 24th 2020

You might be living on unceded land.

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British Columbia
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
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Open Letter To Prime Minister Trudeau And Premier Horgan Re: Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs' Opposition To Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Project

25/01/20
Author: 
academics and lawyers from across Canada
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British Columbia
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
Protest - Revolt
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Burnaby’s Svend Robinson rips Jagmeet Singh over LNG, Wet’suwet’en

25/01/20
Author: 
Chris Campbell
Link: 
Burnaby Now    
Protesters rally in support of the Wet’suwet’en nation Tuesday Photograph By GILLIAN DARLING KOVANIC
JANUARY 23, 2020
 
Burnaby South MP and federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is getting ripped online by one of his former candidates over the issue of LNG and the Wet’suwet’en.

Former candidate and longtime Burnaby MP Svend Robinson took a verbal swing at Singh this morning on Twitter.

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British Columbia
Canada
Climate Change
Indigenous Peoples
Protest - Revolt
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Should B.C. build a new natural gas pipeline? Don’t ask Jagmeet Singh

24/01/20
Author: 
Alex Ballingall
Link: 
The Star
Jagmeet Singh

Jan. 23, 2020

Thu., Jan. 23, 20205 min. read

OTTAWA—There’s a reason Jagmeet Singh won’t take a clear stand on the Coastal GasLink, a 670-km natural gas pipeline project in northern British Columbia that has galvanized opposition from Indigenous groups and environmentalists.

In his own words, it’s complicated.

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British Columbia
Canada
Indigenous Peoples
LNG - Fracking
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