[van-announce] National and International Actions Against Oil and Gas Pipelines

[Harsha W.]

National and International Actions Against Oil and Gas Pipelines
List of actions below.

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Actions are taking place across Canada and internationally on Tuesday
November 27 in support of the Unis’tot’en, who grabbed national headlines
when they evicted shale gas pipeline surveyors from their territories in
the interior of BC last week. The Unis’tot’en have made it clear that no
proposed pipelines will proceed in Unist’ot’en territories and that
corporations, investors, and governments have no jurisdiction to approve
development on their lands.

On November 20, Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chief Toghestiy intercepted and
issued an eagle feather to surveyors from the Can-Am Geomatics company,
working for Apache’s proposed shale gas Pacific Trails Pipeline. In
Wet’suwet’en law, an eagle feather is used as a first and only notice of
trespass. The surveyors were ordered to leave the territory and the road
entering into the territory has been closed to all industry activities
until further notice.

Since July of 2010, the Wet’suwet’en have established a camp in the
pathway of the Pacific Trails Pipeline. Likhts’amisyu hereditary chief
Toghestiy states, “Unist’ot’en and Grassroots Wet’suwet’en have
consistently stated that they will not allow such a pipeline to pass
through their territory. The federal and provincial governments, as well
as Indian Act tribal councils or bands, have no right or jurisdiction to
approve development on Unist’ot’en lands. By consulting only with elected
Indian Act tribal councils and bands, the Canadian government breaks its
own laws as outlined in the 1997 Supreme Court of Canada Delgamuukw
decision which recognizes Hereditary adjudication processes.”

Freda Huson, spokeswoman for the Unist’ot’en Clan, states: “Pacific Trails
Pipeline does not have permission to be on our territory. This is unceded
land. Through emails and in meetings, we have repeatedly said NO. Pacific
Trail Pipeline’s proposed route is through two main salmon spawning
channels which provide our staple food supply. We have made the message
clear to Pacific Trails, Enbridge, and all of industry: We will not permit
any pipelines through our territory.”

The Unist’ot’en clan is against all pipelines slated to cross through
their territories. This includes Enbridge Northern Gateway, Pacific
Trails, Coast Gas Link, Kinder Morgan’s northern proposal, and others.
Pacific Trails Pipeline is the most pressing and immediate threat to the
community. Enbridge pipeline would be built side by side to – with
essentially the same right of way as Pacific Trails, thus raising concerns
that the Pacific Trails Pipeline might ‘blaze a trail’ for the Enbridge
project.

Brigette Depape, known as the Rogue Page for standing up in Senate with a
Stop Harper sign, is lending her support to the Unist’ot’en, “I believe we
will stop the agendas of reckless governments and industries because of
strong leadership from communities like the Unis’tot’en as they take
action against irresponsible pipelines.”

According to the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, much of the
shale gas produced in BC is currently destined for Alberta, where it is
used as fuel in the tar sands. While industry sells fracking as a “green
transition fuel,” Robert Howarth from Cornell University emphasizes that
“Shale gas is worse than conventional gas, and is, in fact, worse than
coal and worse than oil.”

The Council of Canadians, one of Canada’s largest organizations, is
supporting the day of action. Chairperson Maude Barlow has recently
written, “The Enbridge Northern Gateway, Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain and
the Pacific Trails Pipelines would put the economic interests of industry
ahead of people and communities. These pipelines would add more tanker
traffic to BC’s pristine coastlines, expand fracking and tar sands
industries, increase climate pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and
violate First Nations rights to hunt, trap, and fish on their land and to
make decisions about the future of their traditional territories. We need
to do everything we can to turn the tap off to these pipelines.”

Judy Da Silva of the Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) Land Defenders
states, “The Asubpeeschoseewagong Land Defenders stand with the
Unist’ot’en. When we come together to protect the land, we are doing it
for all of our future generations. This government and all of industry
needs to understand that no means no. We will not sacrifice our lands,
cultures, and children for their greed.”

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Unist’ot’en: Unist’ot’en (C’ihlts’ehkhyu / Big Frog Clan) are a clan of
the Wet’suwet’en nation. The Wet’suwet’en are made up of five clans, with
territories that they are expected to manage for their future generations.
Neither the Unist’ot’en People or the other Grassroots Wet’suwet’en are
associated with the Office of the Wet’suwet’en.

Pacific Trails Pipeline: Pacific Trails Pipeline is a $1 billion
partnership between Apache Canada, Encana Corporation, and EOG Resources
(Enron Oil and Gas). Royal Bank of Canada, the largest financier of oil
and gas companies operating in the tar sands and the second largest
financier of Enbridge, is also a major investor in Encana. In fact, David
P. O’Brien, Chairman of the Board of Encana, is also the Chairman of the
Board of Royal Bank of Canada. The 463-kilometer pipeline would connect a
liquefied natural gas terminal in Kitimat to Summit Lake near Prince
George in northeastern BC, with the aim of transporting upto 1 million
cubic feet of natural gas per day extracted through hydraulic fracturing
of shale gas (fracking), to international markets through supertankers.
The BC government approved the pipeline’s expanded capacity in April 2012.

Asubpeeschoseewagong Land Defenders: This week marks the 10 year
anniversary of the Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek
blockade in northern Ontario. For the past decade, the community has
maintained a blockade that has held off some of the world’s largest paper
corporations from logging their territories.

Globe and Mail: BC First Nation members evict pipeline surveyors and setup
road block
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/bc-first-nation-members-evict-pipeline-surveyors-set-up-road-block/article5547325/

The November 27th call to action is issued by the Unist’ot’en and
grassroots Wet’suwet’en and is supported by Algonquins of Barriere Lake,
Anishinabek Oshkimaadiziig Unity Camp, Anti-Colonial Solidarity
Collective-Montreal, Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) Land Defenders,
Boreal Forest Network, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3903 First
Nations Solidarity Working Group, Climate Justice Research/Action (Science
for Peace), Council of Canadians, Deep Green Resistance, Independent
Jewish Voices-Toronto, Indigenous Action Movement, Indigenous Defenders of
the Land Network, Indigenous Environmental Network, Indigenous Network on
Economies and Trade, Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement-Ottawa,
Indigenous People’s Solidarity Movement-Winnipeg, Indigenous Reoccupation
of Ancestral Lands- Ancestral Pride Ahousaht Sovereign Territory,
Indigenous Sovereignty and Solidarity Network-Toronto, International
League of People’s Struggles-Canada, Leadnow, Média Recherche Action,
Mining Justice Alliance, Mother Earth Justice Advocates, Native Youth
Movement, No One Is Illegal-Toronto, No One Is Illegal-Vancouver Coast
Salish Territories, Rising Tide-Vancouver Coast Salish Territories, Rising
Tide-Toronto, ShitHarperDid, Sierra Club-Prairie Chapter, Stop the Pave,
Streams of Justice, Submedia.tv, Tadamon, Toronto Bolivia Solidarity,
Truth Fool, Turning the Tide Bookstore, Vancouver Island Community Forest
Action Network.

List of actions:

Trinidad: Canadian High Commission at 10:30 am. 3-3A Sweet Briar Rd., St.
Clair, Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Organized by Rights
Action Group and Trini Eco Warriors.

Chico, California: Noon at Kinder Morgan Chico Terminal, 2570 Hegan Lane.

Edmonton: Noon at Royal Bank, 10843 82 Avenue Northwest.

Hamilton: Noon at Royal Bank, Jackson Square.

Kamloops: Noon in front of TNRD public library main branch, 465 Victoria.

Montreal: à 10h00 en face du Banque Royale du Canada- 1 Place Ville Marie
(Coin University et René Levesque).

Prince George: 10 am in front of the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
building and Royal Bank main branch, 1460 6th Ave.

Regina: Noon at Royal Bank, 11th & Hamilton.

Smithers, Unceded Gitdumden territory: Noon at the Royal Bank on Main and
Broadway.

Toronto: 11 am. Demo at Royal Bank Headquarters, Bay and Front.

Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories: Noon at Apache Canada, 200 Burrard St
(corner Cordova).

Victoria: Noon at Royal Bank Main Branch, 1079 Douglas.



-- 
Harsha Walia

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-- 
Harsha Walia

https://twitter.com/HarshaWalia
https://www.facebook.com/NoOneIsIllegalNetwork