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Full article at LinkShaking with anger, their voices trembling with emotion, native leaders brought the conference to a standstill Tuesday as they spoke of their dismay over the decision and of their commitment to fight to stop the project from ever getting built.
Pretty shocking its a tough, tough piece of news, said Wigvilhba Wakas, a hereditary chief of the Heiltsuk Nation.
We see this all over the world, where corporate interests are overriding the interests of the people, said Guujaaw, past president of the Council of Haida Nation and one of the top political leaders among native people in B.C.
These folks live north of the border, but it's the same fight we're fighting against KXL.
e.t.a.
Canadas indigenous: We are the wall that the pipeline cannot pass
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The government has moved their legal responsibility to consult with First Nations to Enbridge, and thats a wrong move on their part, said Grand Chief Edward John of the Tlazten Nation. Enbridge is the Canadian energy company behind the planned Northern Gateway pipeline.
The Canadian government has a legal duty, according to the constitution, to consult with the First Nations and to accommodate aboriginal treaties in decisions that may impact First Nations lands and resources.
Enbridges Northern Gateway a 730-mile, $7 billion pipeline would carry tar sands oil from the province of Alberta to the coastal town of Kitimat, British Columbia, where the oil will be loaded onto tankers and transported along the coastlines.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)All people must unite across all of these national borders as the corporations have already formed their alliances in many countries and ignore the will of the people living within them.
Thanks for posting this article here. I'm hoping all those against fracking and this monstrosity will keep on going with renewed spirit and vigor in the days ahead.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)This goes for the increased coal trains as well.
Uncle Joe
(58,524 posts)Thanks for the thread, Algernon Moncrieff.
peoli
(3,111 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)oil and gas corporations in Canada, who are unable to defend themselves against the massive onslaught of words and truth and logic and experts and science and economics the scary environmentalists shoot them with without mercy.
They rarely mention the native Canadians, the First Citizens, who speak the exact same words.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,795 posts)The Manifesto
The Treaties are nation to nation agreements between First Nations and the British Crown who are sovereign nations. The Treaties are agreements that cannot be altered or broken by one side of the two Nations. The spirit and intent of the Treaty agreements meant that First Nations peoples would share the land, but retain their inherent rights to lands and resources. Instead, First Nations have experienced a history of colonization which has resulted in outstanding land claims, lack of resources and unequal funding for services such as education and housing.
The state of Canada has become one of the wealthiest countries in the world by using the land and resources. Canadian mining, logging, oil and fishing companies are the most powerful in the world due to land and resources. Some of the poorest First Nations communities (such as Attawapiskat) have mines or other developments on their land but do not get a share of the profit. The taking of resources has left many lands and waters poisoned the animals and plants are dying in many areas in Canada. We cannot live without the land and water. We have laws older than this colonial government about how to live with the land.
Currently, this government is trying to pass many laws so that reserve lands can also be bought and sold by big companies to get profit from resources. They are promising to share this time Why would these promises be different from past promises? We will be left with nothing but poisoned water, land and air. This is an attempt to take away sovereignty and the inherent right to land and resources from First Nations peoples.
There are many examples of other countries moving towards sustainability, and we must demand sustainable development as well. We believe in healthy, just, equitable and sustainable communities and have a vision and plan of how to build them.