Canada

Mining Corps Leave Behind Human Rights, Environmental Damage

January 16, 2016 Scott Price, www.intercontinentalcry.org Educate! Canada, Environment, Extraction, Human Rights, Mining, Violence

By Scott Price for IC Magazine - While much of the controversy surrounding Canada’s extractive industry centers on oil and gas projects like SWN Resources' drilling plans in New Brunswick, Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline and the widely felt impact of Tar Sands extraction in Alberta, there is a significant lack of debate concerning Canada's larger and much more influential mining sector. It’s estimated that 75% of the world’s mining and exploration companies are based in Canada. Collectively, they account for 42 billion dollars of Canada's gross domestic product, making mining and exploration one of Canada's most economically powerful sectors.

Fracking Operation Closed Indefinitely After Earthquake

January 14, 2016 Staff, www.cbc.ca Resist! Canada, Fracking

By Staff of CBC News. Alberta, Canada - A hydraulic fracturing operation near Fox Creek, Alta., has been shut down after an earthquake hit the area Tuesday. The magnitude 4.8 quake was reported at 11:27 a.m., says Alberta Energy Regulator, which ordered the shutdown of the Repsol Oil & Gas site 35 kilometres north of Fox Creek. Carrie Rosa, spokeswoman for the regulator, says "the company has ceased operations … and they will not be allowed to resume operations until we have approved their plans." Rosa added the company is working with the energy regulator to ensure all environmental and safety rules are followed.

People Demand Debate On Controversial Anti-Terror Law

January 14, 2016 Jessica Murphy, www.theguardian.com Resist! Canada, Privacy, Surveillance

By Jessica Murphy for The Guardian - Opponents of Canada’s sweeping new anti-terror law are planning a major campaign to pressure the Liberal government to launch broad public consultations before overhauling the controversial legislation. Civil society groups, legal scholars and labour unions are calling on the government to hold a public debate on reforms for the legislation – known as C-51 – which they say are necessary to protect Canadian civil liberties, freedoms and personal privacy. “We know very little about the government’s plans for C-51, so our hope is they are going to listen to the huge number of Canadians who expressed deep, deep concerns about this bill when it was passed,” British Columbia Civil Liberties Association executive director Josh Paterson says.

37-Day Strike In View For 8,000 City Of Montreal Workers

January 8, 2016 Staff, www.wagingnonviolence.org Resist! Canada, Labor, Worker Rights

By Staff of CUPE - The 8,000 white-collar workers of the City of Montreal will be on a rotating strike for 36 days from January 25 to February 29. The various services, offices and boroughs of the city will be affected in turn. This wave will culminate in a general strike day on March 1, the deadline for the payment of municipal taxes. In addition, the white collars will not do any overtime work during this period. However, they will provide all essential services prescribed by law.

High Stakes Face-Off Taking Place In British Columbia Over Dam

January 8, 2016 Daphne Bramham, www.vancouversun.com Resist! Canada, Energy, Environment, Hydroelectric Power

By Daphne Bramham for The Vancouver Sun - With its echoes of Hollywood movies, it’s not surprising that an armed uprising by white ranchers in the American West wanting free range over public land has gained international attention. But while the ranchers and self-proclaimed militia are occupying an abandoned federal building in southeast Oregon, there’s a similar — albeit more peaceful — occupation taking place in northeastern British Columbia. The unarmed British Columbians are refusing to leave the site where BC Hydro plans to clear-cut parts of the Peace River Valley and flood 57,000 acres of farmland in order to construct an $8.3-billion hydroelectric dam.

TransCanada Will Sue In Trade Tribunal Over KXL

January 7, 2016 Samantha Page, www.thinkprogress.org Educate! Canada, Environment, NAFTA, Pipelines, TPP

By Samantha Page for Think Progress - TransCanada, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, announced Wednesday it is filing a claim under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), saying that the project’s permit denial was “arbitrary and unjustified.” TransCanada is seeking $15 billion in costs and damages due to the denial, and has also filed a separate lawsuit against the U.S. in federal court. Under NAFTA, companies can sue governments that put investments at risk through regulation. If it proceeds, the case will go in front of an international tribunal.

Protesters Of BC Hydro Dam Promise To Stay

January 6, 2016 Staff, www.theglobeandmail.com Resist! British Columbia, Canada, Environment, Hydro-Electric

By Staff of The Globe and Mail - Members of a small but defiant group are pledging to keep protesting the Site C hydroelectric project in northeastern British Columbia, despite being ordered off the land. They set up a camp on Dec. 31, when BC Hydro and Power Authority issued an eviction notice while pressing ahead with land clearing for the controversial $9-billion dam. The crown corporation gave protesters 24 hours to leave the area known as Rocky Mountain Fort, on the south bank of the Peace River, just a few kilometres south of Fort St. John.

A Third Shutdown Of An Enbridge Pipeline

January 6, 2016 Staff, www.canadians.org Resist! Canada, Pipelines, Tar Sands

By Staff of The Council of Canadians - Early yesterday morning, someone shut down Enbridge’s Line 7 oil pipeline near Cambridge Ontario by activating a shutoff valve. This is the third time in less than a month that an Enbridge pipeline was turned off- but the first time that it was done anonymously. On December 7th, activists in Quebec closed a valve on Line 9 and locked themselves to the equipment putting the controversial pipeline out of service for most of the day and resulting in three arrests.

Canada’s Lost Women

December 31, 2015 Sarah Spiller, www.aljazeera.com Educate! Canada, Indigenous Women

By Sarah Spiller for Aljazeera - Canada's aboriginal women make up a small fraction of its population, yet for decades they have suffered disproportionally from abuse, exploitation and murder. Since the 1980s, over 1,000 indigenous women have been murdered in this developed North American nation, yet, according to campaigners and human rights groups, too few of these cases have resulted in arrests or prosecution. Amid mounting claims of official indifference to the problem that some say has its roots in racism and the country's colonial past, People & Power asks why police and the government are not doing more to tackle crimes against Canada's first nation females.

Documents Reveal Canadian Teenager Target Of GMO Lobby

December 23, 2015 Allison Vuchnich, www.globalnews.ca Educate! Canada, GMOs

By Allison Vuchnich for Global News - At the time, Rachel Parent was 14 years old and had a growing social media following. Her message to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food was attracting attention – including from those who promote GMOs in the U.S. Their internal emails reveal they were discussing how they could counter her message. “To think at this point, I was on their radar and I had no clue,” Parent said. The strategizing was revealed in emails, along with thousands of other pages of documents released in a freedom of information request by US Right to Know(USRTK), a non-profit advocacy group funded by the Organic Consumers Association concerned with the safety of GMOs.

Activists Shut Down Enbridge Line 9 In Canada Again

December 22, 2015 Mike Roy, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Canada, Pipelines, Protests

By Mike Roy for Revolution News - For the second time in as many weeks activists in Canada have occupied and shut down Line 9 Endbridge’s 300,000 barrel per day oil pipe line. This action effectively shuts down the flow of bitumen oil from the Alberta Tar Sands into the United States. The activists arrived at the Endbridge site just West of Sarnia, Ontario at 8AM and proceeded with closing the valve and locking themselves to the equipment. Line 9 is a highly contested tar sands pipeline that began shipping crude earlier this month between Sarnia and Montreal. Those involved assert that the operation of line 9 is a violation of indigenous sovereignty and treaty rights.

Land Defense In BC And Western Canada

December 9, 2015 Staff, www.forestaction.wikidot.com Resist! Canada, Indigenous Peoples

By Staff of VIC Fan - A surge of indigenous and allied resistance is challenging pipelines, logging, mining, and development in BC and across western Canada. This list is compiled to keep track of current, ongoing, and flying blockades. Injunction and arrests at Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver Island: Community residents, including indigenous people, are rallying to protect their water. The Shawnigan Residents Association is seeking an injunction to shut down toxic soil dumping in their drinking watershed.

Trudeau Lays Out Plan For New Relationship With Indigenous People

December 9, 2015 Susana Mas, www.cbc.ca Create! Canada, Indigenous Peoples

By Susana Mas for CBC News - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau laid out his plan to reset Canada's relationship with its indigenous people during his address to a group of First Nations leaders in Gatineau, Que. "It is time for a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with First Nations peoples, one that understands that the constitutionally guaranteed rights of First Nations in Canada are not an inconvenience but rather a sacred obligation," said Trudeau to loud applause from First Nations chiefs this morning.

WTO Rules US Faces $1 Billion Annually For Meat Labeling

December 8, 2015 Staff, www.foodandwaterwatch.org, www.nfu.org, www.prosperousamerica.org, www.citizen.org, Educate! Canada, Food and Agriculture, Mexico, WTO

By Staff of Food and Water Watch, NFU, CPA, and Public Citizen - The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled in favor of Canada and Mexico against the United States regarding the labeling of meat. This follows a recent decision on labeling of tuna. The US will be forced to change their laws or face large payments for these trade violatins. The WTO ruled that labeling meat under the Country Of Origin Labelling (COOL) law violates NAFTA and can result in up to a billion dollars in damages annually. Last month the WTO ruled that dolphin-safe tuna labeling laws which are required by U.S. law to protect dolphins from slaughter by tuna fisheries violates the rights of the Mexican fishing industry, also resulting in damages to the US.

Lockdown On Line 9 Infrastructure At Quebec-Ontario Border

December 8, 2015 David Gray-Donald, www.mediacoop.ca Resist! Canada, Pipelines

By David Gray-Donald for Media Co-Op - Several people have locked themselves to infrastructure of Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline this morning, Dec 7, near where it crosses the Ontario - Qubec border in the municipality of St-Justine-de-Newton. This action has caused Enbridge to stop the flow of oil as of now. The 40-year old pipeline recently got final approval from the National Energy Board (NEB) to have its flow reversed, and has begun moving heavy western oils from west to east, it has been reported. There has been strong opposition along the line for a variety of reasons, including Line 9's role in tar sands expansion and climate change.

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