Ecology/Environment

B.C. NDP MLAs all voted for LNG incentives—and they only have themselves to blame for the rebellion that's followed

16/02/20

Author:

Charlie Smith

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When NDP cabinet ministers were sworn into office in 2017, they didn't anticipate that some of their own supporters would try to prevent them from entering the legislature less than three years later. JOHN HORGAN

February 15th, 2020

Today, CBC News will carry a story about an alternative route for the Coastal GasLink pipeline, which was proposed by the Office of the Wet'suwet'en.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Church's recent court ruling cited several reasons for the company's decision to reject this, "including inappropriateness for the diameter of the pipeline, increased cost, the desire to avoid urban areas and greater adverse environmental impacts".

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Ottawa rejects police intervention to put an end to blockades, invoking Oka and Ipperwash

16/02/20

Author:

Daniel Leblanc Parliamentary Affairs Reporter

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The Globe and Mail

A protester stands between Mohawk Warrior Society flags at a rail blockade on the 10th day of demonstration in Tyendinaga, near Belleville, Ont., Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. LARS HAGBERG/THE CANADIAN PRESS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

"What I hear back from communities and Indigenous peoples, when we talk about the rule of law, is that the rule of law for them has been time and time invoked to perpetuate what they believe to be historical injustices.”

-- Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller

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Palestinians Stand in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Nation

16/02/20

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Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) / Canada

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International Middle East Media Center

February 15, 2020

The TransCanada Coastal Gaslink pipeline aims to steal Wet’suwet’en land, use resource extraction to solidify control over Indigenous territories, destroy the environment and violate Indigenous laws.

From the occupied Palestinian territory, we stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Nation and land defenders at the Unist’ot’en Camp and Gidimt’en who continue to resist Canada’s colonial incursions of their unceded territories.

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There's Something Happening Here (on the meaning of the Wet'suwet'en struggle)

16/02/20

Author:

Charlie Angus, MP

"There's something happening here and what it is ain't exactly clear." – Buffalo Springfield

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National Farmers Union in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en land defenders

15/02/20

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National Farmers Union

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National Farmers Union

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The National Farmers Union (NFU) stands in solidarity with Indigenous land protectors. We support initiatives by Indigenous People including the Unist’ot’en and Wet’suwet’en to resist resource extraction and energy projects that disrupt their Indigenous food and governance systems and interfere with the health of their lands, territories, and communities.

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Wet’suwet’en Nation Solidarity: Canadian Muslim Community Members Stand with the Wet’suwet’en Nation

15/02/20

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Canadian Muslim Community Members

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Muslim Family Services of Ottawa

Canadian Muslim Community Members Stand with the Wet’suwet’en Nation

We, the undersigned members of the Muslim community, wish to express our solidarity and support for the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and the Indigenous nations across the continent who are supporting them.

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The powerful example of the Wet’suwet’en resistance

15/02/20

Author:

Nora Loreto

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National Observer

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

Author:

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

Author:

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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