Dogwood News This Week: Fossil Fools Day

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news and action Saturday April 1, 2023 Spring is coming to B.C. and momentum is building. People are pushing back against oil and gas companies, the banks that fund them and the cops that do their dirty work.

This week 100 teams across the province put up bold, beautiful “End Fracking” posters and dropped banners from highway overpasses. Where will Frack Free BC strike next? Find out and get involved at the next organizing call on Monday.

Also this week, a dozen pipeline mercenaries from the RCMP’s notorious C-IRG unit trooped into a village site on Wet’suwet’en territory and arrested five people on very shaky charges....

The Abolish C-IRG campaign responded the next morning with a free breakfast and rally outside police minister Mike Farnworth’s office in Victoria. You could feed a lot of people with the $36 million top-up our government just gave C-IRG.

Today is Fossil Fools day, a great chance to picket the Canadian banks funding Coastal GasLink and Trans Mountain’s ongoing Indigenous rights violations.

Next week is Royal Bank’s annual general meeting, where shareholders – and Indigenous leaders – get to grill executives on why they’re losing money to prop up fossil fuel projects.

The land is reawakening. Pipeline construction is about to bog down in the big thaw. All these projects are bleeding money. It’s our job to make the most of this swing in momentum.
NEWS Stories we’re following

End Fracking movement reaches 40 B.C. communities This week started off with a bang. People honked in support and stopped to take pictures of posters and banners all over the province. - Dogwood BC

RCMP arrest five land defenders on Wet’suwet’en territory C-IRG officers zap strap a chief’s daughter and punch a man in the head after tackling him to the ground. All supposedly for a missing chainsaw, which police didn’t find. - The Narwhal

Amnesty International report pans Canada's record on Indigenous rights One day before the Wet’suwet’en raid, an international human rights group highlights Canada’s systemic rights abuses – zeroing in on the Coastal GasLink pipeline. - CBC News

Vatican Repudiates ‘Doctrine of Discovery’ The Catholic Church bows to decades of pressure from Indigenous peoples. A key piece of the colonial project is dismantled. Now it’s up to governments to change domestic laws. - The New York Times

B.C. government can’t have it both ways on UNDRIP Politicians say B.C. is committed to Indigenous rights. But Crown lawyers are arguing in court that the province has no obligation to respect UNDRIP when it comes to mining claims. - Vancouver Sun

Ottawa in talks with Indigenous groups for TMX ownership But negotiations have stalled as project costs soar past $31 billion. Who wants to own a destructive, toxic project that will never turn a profit? - The Globe and Mail

Corporate subsidies dominate Budget 2023’s climate spending Our federal government could have spent $31 billion (and more) on fossil-free housing, public transit or clean renewable energy. Instead they’re giving more tax breaks to corporations. - National Observer

Renters Face Another Hot Summer with Scant Protections Two years after then-premier John Horgan shrugged and said “fatalities are a part of life,” renters in B.C. are still waiting for life-saving upgrades to cool their buildings. - The Tyee

B.C. isn’t spending what it takes to confront the climate emergency A similar story in B.C. The provincial budget contains good news, but we’re only spending one fifth of what we need to turn the tide on rising emissions and really tackle the climate crisis. - Vancouver Sun

Could Giving Youth a Voice in Politics Help Fix Climate Change? Politicians refuse to lower the voting age. Will they at least consult the people who will inherit their decisions before voting on bills that affect greenhouse gas emissions? - The Tyee
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Saturday, April 1 Land defender solidarity rallies across B.C. Today! Join your local action highlighting RBC's investments in climate-destroying fossil fuels and the ongoing violation of Indigenous sovereignty. It’s part of a growing wave of actions across the country to ensure bank customers know where their money is going.

Monday, April 3, 5:30 P.M. P.T Frack Free BC welcome and next steps call The nascent Frack Free BC alliance is working hard to keep our province’s biggest climate problem on the front burner. Join Monday’s organizing call to help shape the next big collective action.
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