[Indigsol] Join Vigil calling for a Moratorium on Uranium Mining in Ottawa / Gatineau Watershed

[OCAMU]

*JUST SAY NO TO URANIUM MINING IN OTTAWA/GATINEAU WATERSHED!
*

*Monday May 26, 2008*

*12 Noon – 1pm*

*In front of the CBC building on Sparks Street*, Ottawa Ontario
(between Bank and O'Connor)


The City of Ottawa is downstream from uranium exploration sites in eastern
Ontario and West Quebec. If uranium mines are developed, our water may
become undrinkable due to contamination from heavy metals and radioactivity.

The City of Ottawa and 19 nearby municipalities and counties have said "NO"
to such destructive operations and petitioned the Provinces of Ontario and
Quebec for a moratorium.

Residents on both sides of the river, Aboriginal People, landowners,
environmental and grassroots groups are united in peacefully protecting our
lands and waterways.

Despite this, the Ontario and Quebec governments continue to give mining
corporations the right to stake and drill on public and private land.
Peaceful protests have brought a heavy-handed response, jailing Robert
Lovelace, a retired Algonquin Chief and Queens University Lecturer, for six
months and fining him $25,000.

*PLEASE JOIN A PEACEFUL VIGIL IN DEMANDING: *

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   *AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON URANIUM EXPLORATION AND MINING* *UNTIL A FULL
   ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETED AND AN INDEPENDENT HEALTH AND
   SAFETY STUDY IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC *
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   *AN END TO THE MINING ACT'S OUTDATED 'FREE ENTRY' SYSTEM*
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   *SETTLEMENT OF NATIVE LAND CLAIMS (IN EASTERN ONTARIO) *

*More information: *www.kNOw-URANIUM.org <http://www.know-uranium.org/>

 *Ottawa Coalition Against Mining Uranium** - *a grassroots network of
concerned citizens working on *protecting the greater Ottawa-Gatineau
region, including its watersheds (Ottawa, Mississippi, Rideau and Gatineau),
from uranium exploration, mining and milling-related toxins.*

**Related article: Cameco (uranium) pollutants may be in lake. Financial
Times. 05/22/08 http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=530452*
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