Canada

Canada’s Oil Country To Become ‘World Leader’ On Climate Change

July 6, 2015 Emily Natkin, www.thinkprogress.org Resist! Canada, Climate Change, Oil & Gas

By Emily Natkin in Think Progress - Last month, the historically ultra-conservative and oil-rich province of Alberta, Canada, did the unthinkable: It elected a left-wing government. And that new government just made one of its first big moves: It announced a serious clamp-down on climate change. “We need a climate change plan that is bold, ambitious, and will bring Alberta into a new era of responsible energy development and environmental sustainability,” Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said Thursday. “If we get it right, our environmental policy will make us world leaders on this issue, instead of giving us a black eye around the world.” According to Phillips, the province will double its carbon tax. In other words, it will ask oil companies and other high-emitting industries to pay double what they’re paying now for pumping greenhouse gases into the air.

Students Protest Tar Sands In Canada

July 5, 2015 Staff, www.sackvilletribunepost.com Resist! Canada, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Student Activism, Tar Sands

By Staff for the Sackville Tribune Post. About a dozen university students walked into Dominic Leblanc’s office in Shediac this afternoon demanding he sign a letter pledging substantive action on climate change. The sit-in was coordinated with six other student protests across Canada in an effort to halt tar sands expansion. Students occupied MP offices in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal. LeBlanc, the Liberal party’s house leader, has not explicitly addressed the expansion of the tar sands despite voting to “ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change.” Student protesters said this contradiction is unacceptable. “We continue to hear political leaders say they’re committed to action on climate change, but their support of tar sands expansion and major industrial infrastructure projects like the Energy East pipeline, run completely counter to those commitments,” said Emma Jackson, a graduate of Mount Allison University. “It tells us that they’re paying lip service to climate action but are unwilling to take the steps that are required to drastically curb emissions.”

Canada’s New Oil Extraction Methods Put Pressures On Environment

July 4, 2015 Audrea Lim, www.america.aljazeera.com Educate! Canada, Environment, Oil & Gas

By Audrea Lim in Al Jazeera - Environmentalists are hopeful that last month’s provincial election, in which Alberta’s left-leaning New Democratic Party ended 40 years of conservative party rule, will bring about tougher energy regulations. The NDP’s leader, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, haspledged to review the province’s environmental rules and processes for approving new projects. Hudema has urged AER to consider the impact of climate change and the cumulative effects of oil-sands development when it evaluates project proposals, as well as make its standards and inspections more rigorous. He also wants the new government to limit the potential for conflicts-of-interest.

Drinking Water In B.C. At Risk From Mine Tailings Ponds

June 27, 2015 Brent Patterson, www.rabble.ca Educate! Canada, Environment, pollution, Water

By Brent Patterson in Rabble - The drinking water for hundreds of communities and thousands of kilometres of waterways are at risk from tailings ponds in British Columbia. The Globe and Mail reports, "The [B.C. First Nations Energy and Mining Council] has, for the first time, mapped out the 35 active mine tailings ponds [on 48 key watersheds] in the northern half of the province and traced the potential paths of contaminants from dam failures at any of those sites. The survey found that 80 per cent of the chinook and sockeye salmon in the region are either downstream from a tailings facility or would migrate up a river that could be contaminated. It also concluded that there are risks to the drinking water of 33 First Nations and 208 other communities, including Prince George, Smithers and Terrace."

I’m Standing Between Shell & The Arctic—Join Me

June 19, 2015 Mehreen Khan, www.telegraph.co.uk Resist! Arctic, Canada, Environment, Oil & Gas, shell

By Audrey Siegl in GreenPeace - This morning off the coast of British Columbia, I went face to face with Shell’s Arctic drilling rig, the Polar Pioneer. It was terrifying. But there are moments in life when—despite your fear—you must act. Standing in my tiny inflatable boat, feeling small and vulnerable as Shell’s rig approached, I had to steady myself physically, emotionally and spiritually. Feeling the waves and cold wind being out there on the open waters, I was reminded of exactly what I am protecting. I chose to stand there and use my voice to express my opposition to the devastating work Shell’s rig is on its way to do in the Arctic. I am scared that our future is being sacrificed for oil companies that would seal our fate away with catastrophic climate change to pad their own profits.

Open Letter In Support Of First Nation’s Challenge To Embridge

June 18, 2015 Various, www.rabble.ca Resist! Canada, Environment, First Nations, Oil & Gas

By Various in Rabble - We stand in solidarity with Chippewas of the Thames First Nation in their legal challenge against Enbridge's Line 9 pipeline project. Last April, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (COTTFN) filed with the Federal Court of Appeal to challenge the National Energy Board (NEB) approval of Line 9, saying that the federal Crown provided no consultation with COTTFN on the project, as is their right. Line 9 crosses through Chippewas of the Thames' traditional and treaty territory, including the Thames River which provides a source of drinking water to the First Nation. Line 9 crosses every major tributary that flows into Lake Ontario. A spill from Line 9 could threaten the drinking water of over 10 million people and devastate rivers with bitumen that cannot be cleaned up.

Dismantling Democracy: Stifling Debate & Dissent In Canada

June 17, 2015 Voices-Voix, www.voices-voix.ca Educate! Canada, Democracy

By Voices-Voix - Since 2010, we have published more than 110 case studies that ‘connect the dots,’ showing a pattern of actions by the federal government to silence critics, stifle debate, diminish knowledge, and dodge accountability. In Dismantling Democracy: Stifling debate and dissent in Canada, we document the abuse of parliamentary rules, the intimidation of public servants, and the defunding and intimidation of organizations that hold views at odds with the government. The report documents where the federal government has gutted the capacity of its own departments and independent agencies to offer information and analysis needed to make sound policy choices. From scuttling the long-form census, to muzzling scientists, to cutting funding for evidence-based advocacy, the report argues that the government has pursued a deliberate strategy to repress alternative views.

Ottawa Children Honour Residential School Survivors With Art

June 13, 2015 Waubgeshig Rice, www.cbc.ca Resist! Canada, Children, Education, First Nations

By Waubgeshig Rice in CBC News - Students at an Ottawa public school have unveiled four large murals to honour residential school survivors and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The four murals, called Mamawi:Together, adorn an outside wall at the entrance of Pleasant Park Public School in Ottawa's south end. Each represents a season, according to teachings from Algonquin elder Albert Dumont. "These students are now elementary students and they're going to go on to high school and university and colleges, but they're never going to forget this experience," says Dumont. "And their views and how they see First Nations, Inuit and Metis peoples from now on is forever changed because of the experience they've had here with this art project."

Lubicon Lake Nation Wins Early Victory In Anti-Fracking Case

June 12, 2015 Alberta Native News, www.albertanativenews.com Resist! Canada, First Nations, Fracking, Oil & Gas, Sovereignty

By Alberta Native News - On June 5, 2015, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta released Justice Simpson’s decision rejecting in part the Application to Strike brought by the defendant, oil giant PennWest Petroleum Ltd.(NYSE: PWE, TSE:PWT), who is being sued by the Lubicon Lake Nation, as represented by Chief Bernard Ominayak and the Lubicon Council in Ominayak v Penn West Petroleum Ltd. In March 2015, the parties had appeared before Justice Simpson in Peace River, AB, where PennWest argued that the entire action should be struck because it amounted to an abuse of process, pleading that the action was duplicative of a proceeding brought against Alberta and Canada and that the action constituted a collateral attack on the oil company’s authorizations.

Indigenous Name Change Considered For Fort George Park

June 12, 2015 Charelle Evelyn, www.princegeorgecitizen.com Resist! Canada, First Nations, Sovereignty

By Charelle Evelyn in Prince George Citizen - Fort George Park may get a new moniker if city council backs a recommendation to rename it in honour of the local First Nation. Coun. Murry Krause has suggested changing the name to Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park as a step towards acknowledging "historic wrongs that have profoundly impacted generations of the Lheidli T'enneh people." Before it was a city space, Fort George Park was part of a Lheidli T'enneh village that was destroyed in 1913. A cemetery is all that remains of the settlement that was burned down to forcibly remove people from their homes. In a report to council, Krause - who chairs the Union of B.C. Municipalities' First Nations relations committee - said the city's centennial celebrations provide a strong opportunity for Prince George to "strengthen its relationship with the Lheidli T'enneh through meaningful acts of reconciliation."

Canadian Doctors Have A Plan To Save Gazan Lives: Solar Power

June 10, 2015 Paul Weinberg, www.rabble.ca Create! Canada, Gaza, Palestine, Solar Energy

By Paul Weinberg in Rabble - The tragedy of Gaza has largely faded from the spotlight even as the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory of 1.8 million continues to worsen following last summer's military assault by Israel. "Blockades, war and poor governance have strangled Gaza's economy and the unemployment is now the highest in the world," reports the latest World Bank May 2015 study. Power outages lasting more than 16 hours a day continue to ravage Gaza and make sick patients in hospitals especially vulnerable as insufficient power often decides between life or death. EmpowerGAZA is an organization that wants to provide reliable power to hospitals.

We Must Start ‘Shaming’ Those Who Lie To Us, Destroy Our Climate

June 8, 2015 Nick Fillmore, www.rabble.ca Resist! Canada, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Strategy

By Nick Fillmore in Rabble - Today, when people are being treated unfairly, I see nothing wrong with us expressing our anger. It's the powerful in society who have engineered the belief that expressing anger over social issues is, well, not nice. Remember when the Occupy movement scared the hell out of them? Unfortunately, as individuals we have felt there is nothing we can do to help bring change. But, if thousands of people join in, there is one way we can have an impact. We can begin shaming and embarrassing those in powerful positions who lack decent values and who are ruining our country. Many of them know they are guilty.

Great Lakes Citizens Rally For Clean Energy For Wildlife

June 4, 2015 Cathy Collentine, www.tarsandsresistance.org Resist! Animal Rights, Canada, Oil & Gas, Tar Sands, usa

By Cathy Collentine by Tar Sands Resistance - On June 6, thousands will gather in the Twins Cities to express concern over expanded tar sands transportation through the Great Lakes region. Too much toxic and nearly impossible to clean up tar sands oil is already entering our region. The area has seen ill effects like the massive 2010 spill into the Kalamazoo River and piles of dirty, polluting coal-like petroleum coke piling up near refineries. With the U.S. State Department giving backroom approval for a near doubling of the amount of tar sands entering the region primarily along the Alberta Clipper line, it’s time for a clean energy future. People are demanding that no new tar sands enter the region until a transparent, public review process takes place, and cleaner solutions are considered and advanced.

Canada’s 3rd Day Of Action Against Secret Police Bill #C51

June 1, 2015 Bailey Lamon and Mike Roy, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Canada, Law, Police

By Bailey Lamon and Mike Roy in Revolution News - Saturday, May.30th 2015 was the 3rd National Day of Action held in Canada against Bill C-51, a piece of legislation supported by the ruling Conservative government and Liberal Party of Canada that attempts to address and eliminate potential threats of “terrorism”. It has been compared to the Patriot Act in the United States. C-51 passed in the House of Commons just weeks ago, making its way to the Senate who could, if they wanted to, scrap the bill entirely. At this point in time 15 Canadian Senators oppose C-51, while 5 are in support and 52 are undecided. National days of protest have been happening every month since the bill was proposed in addition to consistent campaigning from anti-C51 organizers all over the country.

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