Comments on: Indigenous voices challenge Royal Bank tar sands policies, supported by hundreds at shareholder meeting

By: During a day of action against tar sands financing | Toban Black

During a day of action against tar sands financing | Toban Black — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:14:59 +0000

[...] of us went out to Toronto to join the protesting there. We brought signs and a banner. Here are remarks about other contributions that our London delegation made that [...]

By: James Ploeser

James Ploeser — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:26:26 +0000

Great to see the prior informed consent (PIC) demand being discussed at IGHIH.

If frontline communities don’t have say, and their rights to make autonomous decisions about their land, air, and climate aren’t respected, then all the climate science in the world won’t save us from catastrophe.

In my mind it’s just another reminder that we have to fight the underlying model of economic globalization that grants corporations still greater power to undermine, overturn and even supersede the rights of local peoples.

We’ve got to challenge the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank if we’re to win in more than symbolic victories.

By: Joshua Kahn Russell

Joshua Kahn Russell — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:22:48 +0000

HUGE thanks to London organizers who really made this event amazing!!

By: T.B.

T.B. — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:35:20 +0000

Activists from London, Ontario and Lindsay, Ontario came out to join the March 3rd protesting in Toronto. I was there with a delegation from London, Ontario.

Two of the three activists who went in to disrupt the shareholder meeting were there from London. The photos and video at that action also were taken by two others (including me) who had come out from London.

The action in the shareholder AGM space started around a corner, at the bottom of the escalator. The activists were shoved and otherwise brought over to the escalator; and there were chanting and yelling, all along.

By: Susan Smitten

Susan Smitten — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:36:58 +0000

The Beaver Lake Cree Nation has launched legal action to stop the expansion of the tar sands – and they are using their Constitutionally guaranteed rights to hunt and trap in their traditional territory to make it happen. This huge lawsuit is being supported by RAVEN (Respecting Aboriginal Values & Environmental Needs). raventrust.com
This kind of legal action is a real tar sands stopper because a Supreme Court ruling that this is unconstitutional means the 17,000+ permits that have been issued are illegal. Null and void. But to keep the case going, we have to raise the funds to hire the team of lawyers needed. So if people want to help, they might consider donating. Climate change is the moral dilemma of our time and the Beaver Lake Cree are poised to be the band that can actually hold Canada accountable.