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For Location details of the North York work stoppage, see here:
http://risingtidetoronto.cmail2.com/t/ViewEmail/d/CD0FF050385D5C18/4DC26C355D83B556C67FD2F38AC4859C

It is close to York University, and accessible by public transit.

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Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:18 AM

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This morning, a group of residents calling themselves the Community
Response Unit for Decontaminating our Environment (CRUDE) interrupted a
work-site on a section of Enbridge’s Line 9 near Dufferin and Finch in
North York. The group’s action is in support of the work stoppage near
Innerkip, ON that was evicted yesterday and is part of a broader fight
against the Line 9 reversal.

At both Innerkip and North York sites, Enbridge is doing work that is
necessary before the company can bring the reversal of Line 9 into
operation. The reversal of flow is set to transport tar sands bitumen
and Bakken crude through Ontario.
  [image: CRUDE shut down Line 9 site]

*UPDATE FROM #DAMLINE9*

Yesterday at #Damline9 two protesters locked themselves into barrels to
continue to block work on the construction site after an injunction was
served to the blockade on day 6 of the protest. By 11p.m. last night both
protestors had been removed by police.

If you are nearby, please visit Brant County jail in Paris, Ontario at 28
Mechanic St, M3L 1K2 now to show support. They need solidarity!

Jail and court support will be needed as well as donations
<http://risingtidetoronto.cmail1.com/t/d-l-edukhl-wduhjykl-r/> for legal
costs.

Solidarity,

Rising Tide Toronto

CRUDE (Community Response Unit for Decontaminating our Environment) is
highlighting the risk of spills associated with the pipeline. “Line 9 was
not built to transport tar sands bitumen and the reversal is threatening
communities along the route,” activist Kaleigh McGregor-Bales pointed out.
“This section of the Line 9 pipeline passes through low income communities
and communities of colour, part of the broader pattern of environmental
racism and colonialism where Indigenous communities, poor communities and
communities of colour face disproportionate levels of harm and toxic
exposure.”

Line 9 passes through or close to 18 First Nations communities, many of
whom say they have not been consulted, as required under Section 35 of the
Canadian Constitution. The Chippewas of the Thames First Nation recently
announced it is challenging the National Energy Board’s approval of Line 9
 on the basis that the community was not consulted on the reversal project.
An example of the ongoing corporate negligence, according to CRUDE, was the
recent spill in B.C. of an estimated 10 billion litres of toxic water from
a tailings pond under the management of Imperial Metals. “Companies are
trying to cut corners in the interest of the bottom line.” Umair Muhammed
said. The group is calling on the Ontario government to conduct an
environmental assessment of Line 9 and for Enbridge to stop work on
the pipeline until the lawsuit with the Chippewas of the Thames is
completed.


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