Ecology/Environment

The powerful example of the Wet’suwet’en resistance

15/02/20

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Nora Loreto

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Lekeyten of Kwantlen First Nation, photographed at the Gidimt'en Checkpoint on Wetsuewt'en territory in 2019. Photo by Michael Toledano

February 13th 2020

It took longer than it should have, but Canadians are finally paying attention to the struggle at Wet’suwet’en. The hereditary chiefs and supporters first built cabins on their traditional territory in 2010 to try to stop a pipeline from being built across their land but their campaign has grown thanks to effective solidarity actions.

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The Wet’suwet’en are more united than pipeline backers want you to think

15/02/20

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Amber Bracken

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Macleans

This is, left to right: Dinï ze’ Knedebeas, Warner William, Dinï ze’ Hagwilnegh, Ron Mitchell, Dinï ze’ Woos, Frank Alec, Dinï ze’ Madeek, Jeff Brown, Dinï ze’ Gisday’wa, Fred Tom. In back is Dinï ze’ Ste ohn tsiy, Rob Alfred. Wet’suwet’en territory near Houston, B.C. on Jan. 4, 2020. (Amber Bracken)

Feb 14, 2020

The difference between Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and elected chiefs are rooted in Aboriginal title, an issue that the Government of Canada continues to leave unresolved

Amber Bracken is an award-winning photojournalist based in Edmonton. Much of her reporting focuses on issues affecting Indigenous people. She’s spent months, over multiple trips, covering the interpretation of Aboriginal title rights inside Wet’suwet’en territory.

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What will it take to resolve BC Pipeline dispute?

14/02/20

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Sen. Murray Sinclair

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Mizana Gheezhik (Sen. Murray Sinclair)

February 14, 2020

The rule of law is an important consideration in this dispute. Has Canada complied with its own legal requirements? That’s a question that has largely been ignored in the issuance of injunctions in disputes such as this. Canada’s obligation to resolve this jurisdictional dispute is clear from the case law, but it has failed to do so, mainly because it has declined to negotiate. Injunctions are supposed to be issued only to those “with clean hands” and Canada would likely fail on that point.

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Wall Street Invading Wet’suwet’en Territory

13/02/20

Author:

Joyce Nelson

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Counterpunch

Wet’suwet’en fishing site on Bulkley River and the entrance of Moricetown Canyon, in Moricetown, British Columbia, Canada. Photograph Source: Jerome Charaoui – FAL

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The uprising across Canada in support of Wet’suwet’en First Nation land defenders shows no sign of stopping. As of February 11, ports, bridges, rail lines, highways and roads have been blockaded across much of the country by solidarity protesters, who have also occupied the offices of politicians and at least one bank.

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What you might not know about Indigenous law and the raids on Wet’suwet’en

13/02/20

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Jesse Firempong

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Greenpeace

10 February, 2020

The images and stories coming out of the the RCMP raids on Wet’suwet’en are disheartening, disturbing and reflect a certain dishonesty about Canadian officials’ self-described commitment to Indigenous rights and reconciliation.

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The Wet'suwet'en, Aboriginal Title, and the Rule of Law: An Explainer

13/02/20

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Kate Gunn & Bruce McIvor

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First People's Law

Feb. 13, 2020

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Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Against the Colonial Policies of the Canadian State

13/02/20

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The Bullet

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The Bullet

February 13, 2020

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'At what cost, Canada?' TMX

13/02/20

Author:

Elizabeth May

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National Observer

February 12th 2020

On Friday, February 7, 2020, the CEO of Trans Mountain pipeline, Ian Anderson, announced that the costs of building the pipeline expansion have “soared from an initial estimate of $7.4 billion to $12.6 billion.”

That seemingly straight-forward statement is replete with misconceptions.For one thing, the pipeline’s “initial estimate” was not $7.4 billion. In the National Energy Board hearings, Kinder Morgan estimated the cost of building the pipeline expansion at $5.4 billion. So the real leap in costs is from $5.4 to $12.6 billion.

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(Some) Investors Fading from Tar Sands, Extraction Increases

12/02/20

Author:

Christopher Flavelle

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New York Times

The Syncrude Canada plant at the Athabasca oil sands near Fort McMurray, Alberta.Credit...Ben Nelms/Bloomberg

Feb. 12, 2020

Some of the world’s largest financial institutions have stopped putting their money behind oil production in the Canadian province of Alberta, home to one of the world’s most extensive, and also dirtiest, oil reserves.

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Time to Tear off the Masks in the Media’s Framing of the Horgan Pipeline Debacle

12/02/20

Author:

Stuart Parker

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Stuart Parker's Blog

February 11, 2020

Names are important. Terms are important. We need to use them more carefully and precisely than ever in this current era of spin, obfuscation, fake news and outright lies that comprise a larger and larger proportion of both our social and mainstream media.

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