2018/03/15

10,000 march in Canada say no to Trans Mountain pipeline

On March 10th Coast Salish spiritual leaders and members launched an ambitious project in Metro Vancouver to stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline. They raised a traditional Coast Salish Watch House near the pipeline route which will act as a base for resistance to the project. 10,000 people in Metro Vancouver marched in solidarity with Coast Protectors.

Thousands of people walking peacefully and determinedly behind Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and Indigenous leaders from across Turtle Island to make our collective NO to Kinder Morgan's risky pipeline and tanker project heard across the country, and beyond.
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First Nations and environmental activists say the project will expand highly polluting development in Alberta’s tar sands region, while endangering communities around an expanded export terminal near Vancouver. This is Eriel Deranger, executive director of the group Indigenous Climate Action:

 “In Alberta, we have seen tar sands ravage and rip apart the landscapes in the Treaty 8 territory for over 60 years. We have seen it contaminate our river systems, destroy our food sources and really weaken the spirit of our people. This march represents that resurgence, breathing life into the spirit of our people to know that we are not alone, that while we challenge the Kinder Morgan pipeline, we are challenging to respect and uphold the rights of indigenous peoples, that have the right to say no, that have the right to decide what happens in our backyards and in our territories. We have the right to health; clean, safe environments.”

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