[van-announce] [ Sept 28th ] UPDATE: No Pipeline! Protest at Enbridge's Cocktail Party in Whistler

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No Pipeline! Protest outside Enbridge's Cocktail Party

In solidarity with communities fighting the Enbridge Pipeline from the 
Tar Sands to the BC Coast

 

*Tuesday Sept. 28th @ 6:30 pm*

*Meet at Carleton Lodge (under covered area), across from the Lululemon 
Store.*

*Mountain Square (in Main Village at base of ski lifts)*

*Whistler, BC*

 

/>>>  _RIDES FROM VANCOUVER TO WHISTLER:_   If you able to provide or 
require a ride from Vancouver to Whistler to join the protest please 
contact us: hgrewal at canadians.org or 604 340 2455.  *Rides will be 
leaving from Vancouver at 3:00 pm from Safeway parking lot at Broadway 
and Commercial (please RSVP if you need a ride and arrive by 2:45).*/

 

Enbridge is attempting to drum up support with municipalities for their 
controversial pipeline by hosting a cocktail reception during the Union 
of BC Municipalities Annual General Meeting.

 

The Enbridge pipeline would carry tar sands crude oil from Alberta to 
Kitimat and the coastal waters of BC.  The pipeline is estimated to 
cross over 1000 rivers and streams and would result in tanker traffic 
through the Douglas Channel putting the sensitive eco-system in 
jeopardy. Much of the pipeline route, and the entire oil tanker route, 
are through lands and waters where indigenous nations have never signed 
treaties with Canada. 

 

Indigenous communities have clearly said that they do not want this 
pipeline through their territories.   People campaigning against 
Enbridge are also standing in solidarity with indigenous people in 
Alberta who are seeing their lands devastated from the development of 
the Tar Sands, the most environmentally devastating project in human 
history.  The Gateway Pipeline would infringe on the title and rights of 
indigenous communities along the pipeline route, provide infrastructure 
for the expansion of tar sands development and completely undermine any 
attempts to address the climate crisis.

 

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/This demonstration is being organized by the Council of Canadians and 
Whistler Watch.  /

 

*For more information please contact 604 932 2664  or 
whistlerwatch at hotmail.com*