Canada

Protests Helping To Stop Tar Sands Extractions

May 30, 2015 Hannah McKinnon, www.priceofoil.org Resist! Canada, Oil & Gas, Tar Sands

The Alberta tar sands has been on a collision course with the climate since industry and government made it clear they would bend over backwards to make this high cost, high carbon, high risk oil the centerpiece of a misguided strategy to become an ‘energy superpower’. For over two decades, the governments of Alberta and Canada have done everything possible to pave the way for rapid growth of the sector, leaving the industry to plan for rapid growth without giving a second thought to greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulations, or even the rights of the First Nations on whose territory the tar sands are mined. But it was never going to be that easy to get away with such reckless expansion. Too many conditions need to be perfectly aligned for such rapid development.

Saskatoon Cathedral Rings Bells For Missing And Murdered Women

May 29, 2015 The Star Phoenix, www.thestarphoenix.com Resist! Canada, Faith, Indigenous Women

The chimes atop St. John's Cathedral in Saskatoon will ring out this week in honour of Canada's missing and murdered aboriginal women. As part of national initiative by the Anglican Church of Canada, the bells in Saskatoon will ring 1,017 times — one chime for each aboriginal women and girls murdered between 1980 and 2012, according to a press release by the church. The chimes will also ring for 105 times for the women and girls "classified as missing in suspicious circumstances." The chimes will ring for five sessions over a span of 22 days, starting May 31, the day Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s closing events commence.

New Study Points To A New Normal: Job Insecurity

May 26, 2015 Ella Bedard, www.rabble.ca Educate! Canada, Inequality, Labor, Worker Rights and Jobs

A new study released today confirms the broad ranging consequences of precarious labour in urban areas of southern Ontario. In 2013, PEPSO, a research partnership between United Way Toronto and McMaster University conducted a major study on precarious labour in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas. Using data collected from a survey of over 4,000 workers and 28 in-depth interviews, The Precarity Penalty, released today, builds on those findings. "The first study generated some questions that we wanted to look at in more detail," said Wayne Lewchuk, co-author of the report and Professor at McMaster University's School of Labour Studies and Department of Economics. He explained that revisiting the study three years later has allowed PEPSO researchers to take note of some changing trends within the labour force, and to address some of the issues that came up in their earlier study more thoroughly, such as discrimination, access to child care, and job training.

David Suzuki: ‘People Have The Power To Bring About Change’

May 18, 2015 David Suzuki, www.ecowatch.com Resist! Canada, Environment, First Nations, Oil & Gas

Recent events in Canada have shown not only that change is possible, but that people won’t stand for having corporate interests put before their own. When plummeting oil prices late last year threw Alberta into financial crisis, people rightly asked, “Where’s the money?” They could see that an oil producer like Norway was able to weather the price drop thanks to forward planning, higher costs to industry to exploit resources and an oil fund worth close to $1 trillion! Leading up to the election, the government that ran Alberta for 44 years refused to consider raising industry taxes or reviewing royalty rates, instead offering a budget with new taxes, fees and levies for citizens, along with service cuts.

Indigenous Group Rejects $1 Billion For Gas Project

May 16, 2015 Ian Austen, www.nytimes.com Resist! Canada, Capitalism, Environment, First Nations, Oil & Gas

A small aboriginal community in British Columbia has rejected a $1 billion payment for a natural gas project, the latest setback for the Canadian energy industry’s effort to bolster exports. A group led by the Malaysian energy company Petronas had offered the money to the Lax Kw’alaams Band, to help push through a plan to build a liquefied natural gas ship terminal near their remote community. It is part of an overall pipeline and gas drilling project that the group, Pacific NorthWest LNG, values at 36 billion Canadian dollars. The community, which has about 3,600 members, has consistently rejected the plan over concerns that it would harm fish habitats, particularly for salmon. After six public meetings over the issue, the band council voted against the payment.

Canada May Charge BDS Supporters With Hate Crimes

May 12, 2015 Neil Macdonald, www.cbc.ca Resist! BDS, Canada, Israel, Law, Political Prisoner

The Harper government is signalling its intention to use hate crime laws against Canadian advocacy groups that encourage boycotts of Israel. Such a move could target a range of civil society organizations, from the United Church of Canada and the Canadian Quakers to campus protest groups and labour unions. If carried out, it would be a remarkably aggressive tactic, and another measure of the Conservative government's lockstep support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. While the federal government certainly has the authority to assign priorities, such as pursuing certain types of hate speech, to the RCMP, any resulting prosecution would require an assent from a provincial attorney general. And it would almost certainly be challenged under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, civil liberties groups say.

Enbridge Bypasses U.S. Permit For $7-billion Pipeline Upgrade

May 12, 2015 Jeffrey Jones, www.theglobeandmail.com Educate! Canada, Environment, FERC, Law

Enbridge Inc.’s $7-billion replacement of a major oil pipeline – its largest project to date – will boost overall shipping capacity to the United States while sharply reducing the maintenance bill on its system, the company says. The replacement has the added benefit of allowing Enbridge to avoid a U.S. State Department presidential permit process that has led to long delays in decisions for TransCanada Corp.’s contentious Keystone XL pipeline and Enbridge’s own Alberta Clipper pipeline expansion, CEO Al Monaco said. Enbridge said it has support from its shippers to replace the 46-year-old Line 3 between Edmonton and Superior, Wisc., with new pipes. The existing line has suffered a number of ruptures over the years and currently runs well under capacity.

Kincardine Nuclear Waste Site Gets Federal Seal Of Approval

May 10, 2015 John Spears Business and Lauren Pelley, www.thestar.com Educate! Canada, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

Tabuns wasn’t surprised that the report was favourable towards the project. “I just haven’t found that the regulators have been sufficiently critical or skeptical in their thinking when dealing with these proposals,” he said. “With the Harper government, you can’t expect safety and the environment to be the first things on their minds.” Kincardine Mayor Anne Eadie said the project has always had the consistent support of her municipality. “What I’ve been saying all along is we need the experts to decide, and they have put forward their recommendation,” she said. “I want to stress that it was an objective assessment. The Joint Review Panel even opened up another session for public input last fall, just to make sure that everything was covered off … I feel it’s been quite an extensive investigation in many different areas, not just the geology of the site.”

Canada Set To Pass It’s Patriot Act Despite Opposition

May 6, 2015 David Christopher, www.rabble.ca Resist! Canada, Law, Privacy, Surveillance

It's rare in Canadian politics to see intense public interest in government legislative proposals -- let alone to see Canadians take to the streets in the tens of thousands to protest a piece of legislation by name. Yet that's exactly what has happened in the case of Bill C-51, which critics, including The Globe and Mail's editorial team,say will undermine basic democratic values and lead to the creation of a "secret police force" in Canada. In the space of a few short months since Bill C-51 was announced, hundreds of thousands of people have taken action to stop it: signing petitions, writing letters to local newspapers, phoning and writing to their member of Parliament, and hitting the streets in nationwide demonstrations in over 70 communities across Canada.

Revealed: Alberta’s Ploy To Break First Nations’ Pipeline Opposition

April 30, 2015 Martin Lukacs, www.theguardian.com Resist! Canada, First Nations, Oil & Gas

The Alberta government escalated its campaign to build tar sands pipelines under Premier Jim Prentice by seeking to have First Nations become full-blown proponents of the projects in return for oil revenues. Documents obtained by the Guardian show that under a proposed agreement the province would have funded a task force of Alberta First Nations and government officials to “work jointly on removing bottlenecks and enabling the construction of pipelines to tide-water in the east and west coasts.” The push was part of a broader diplomatic offensive launched by Progressive Conservative Premier Jim Prentice after he came to power in late 2014, making approval of pipelines his highest priority. Prentice is currently struggling to win re-election.

Idle No More Helped Aboriginal Canadians Break Cycle Of Despair

April 30, 2015 Ken Coates, www.exchangemagazine.com Educate! Canada, First Nations, Idle No More

The Idle No More movement first grabbed headlines more than two years ago, when thousands of First Nations people and their supporters took to the streets in protest over conditions for Aboriginals that in many cases were far below what other Canadians have come to expect. In this excerpt, Coates explores the history of abuse and exploitation that led to what has been an amazingly optimistic and powerful expression of Aboriginal unity and engagement. Many Canadians have long since forgotten about the movement. But Coates says the movement’s legacy continues today. Ken Coats“The combination of deeply entrenched grievances, sustained prejudice, and serious community difficulties, with the recent significant achievements and important victories of real re-empowerment has proven to be an extremely powerful mix”, he writes.

Our Power: Battling Austerity With A Bold Green Vision

April 27, 2015 Avi Lewis, www.thischangeseverything.org Educate! Canada, Environment

Just about the lowest childcare spending in Canada, the lowest participation rate in post-secondary education, the lowest minimum wage, the fastest-growing income inequality, and women still making 60 cents on the male dollar. In 2015. And then there is the small matter of greenhouse gas emissions, far and away the highest and fastest-growing in the country. Now I may well be just the latest Easterner in a long line to descend on Alberta and denigrate your province’s accomplishments. But to be fair, I extracted that litany of factoids from PIA’s own election primer, “A Fair and Just Alberta For All: Priorities For Change.” It is an excellent document. Its recommendations amount to nothing less than a roadmap to restoring decency to Alberta’s public sphere. It presents a positive vision of public reinvestment, rather than just opposition to cuts.

Xeni Gwet’in Mining Activist Wins Goldman Environmental Prize

April 21, 2015 Payal Sampat, www.earthworksaction.org Resist! Canada, Environment, Grassroots, Mining

We are thrilled to join the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's largest prize for grassroots environmental activism, in honoring Xeni Gwet’in leader Marilyn Baptiste of British Columbia, Canada for her work to stop Taseko Mines' proposed Prosperity gold and copper mine. We are thrilled to join the Goldman Environmental Prize, the world's largest award for grassroots environmental activism, in honoring Xeni Gwet’in leader Marilyn Baptiste of British Columbia, Canada for her work to stop Taseko Mines' proposed Prosperity gold and copper mine. Marilyn overcame great odds to spearhead a successful campaign to protect her community from the Prosperity mine proposal.

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