Burnaby solidarity event
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- Published on Monday, 24 November 2014 11:22
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MIWIN shares with you the following event:
When: 4:30pm, Tues Nov 25
Where: "Inner Harbor", former Songees village site
Why: Gathering in solidarity with #BurnabyMountain and beyond!
Who: Cheryl Bryce, Lekwungen and Songhees member, and more speakers
TBA Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/705297866233450/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
#BurnabyMountain, on unceded Coast Salish Territory, is facing
estruction by corporation Kinder Morgan. Many people have gone there
to support the protection of the mountain and the self-determinationand sovereignty of the local Indigenous nations, only to face mass
arrests and racist police violence. Shame!
>>
>>There is widespread destruction of Indigenous lands all over Turtle
>>Island, from Spaet (Bear) Mountain in the territories of the Lekwungen
>>people to Grace Islet... and Penelakut territories all the way to
>>Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh territories and beyond. It's
>>time for it to stop!
>>
>>Come to the "inner harbor" (a place that was a Songhees village site,
>>now desecrated for tourism in so-called "Victoria BC") and bring signs
>>and noise-makers, to show some love for all the land defenders! Also,
>>please come to learn more about local land struggles, including the
>>desecration of burial sites in Lekwungen lands and more. If you have a
>>canoe or a kayak, come join from the water!
>>
>>Speakers:
>>Cheryl Bryce, Lekwungen and Songhees member More speakers TBA
>>
>>More information:
>>
>>For more on what's currently happening at #BurnabyMountain, check out
>>Burnaby Mountain Updates.
>>
>>The Tsleil-Waututh Nation has been opposing Kinder Morgan's expansion
>>project since 2012 and earlier this year launched a lawsuit in
>>opposition to its' pipeline and tankers project. You can read more in
>>the Tsleil-Waututh Nation's recent statement on events on Burnaby
>>Mountain here:
>>https://www.facebook.com/tsleilwaututhnation/photos/a.737820096292031.
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>>and on their website at http://twnsacredtrust.ca/
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>>The Union of BC Indian Chiefs recently made a statement in support of
>>the people arrested at Burnaby Mountain: ""The Union of BC Indian
>>Chiefs stands in solidarity with those that have been arrested and we
>>will continue to stand in support with those on the Mountain to uphold
>>and defend Indigenous rights, land rights and human rights," stated
>>Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs."
>>(http://www.ubcic.bc.ca/News_Releases/UBCICNews11201401.html#axzz3JgDN
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>>More information from "Seattle solidarity rally with the Burnaby
>>Mountain Caretakers"
>>(https://www.facebook.com/events/1506085126332784/1507675256173771/?no
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>>"The City of Burnaby and its residents have been vocal for several
>>years against Kinder Morgan's $5.4 billion Trans Mountain pipeline and
>>terminal expansion proposal that would transport even more diluted
>>bitumen and bring even more tankers to the Burrard Inlet and the
>>Salish Sea
>>
>>Burnaby Mountain is public land (on unceded Indigenous territories)
>>that is used frequently as a recreational area and is a designated
>>Conservation Area.
>>
>>Over 70% of Burnaby residents are opposed to Kinder Morgan¹s expansion.
>>(Source: http://is.gd/j79aOJ) Residents have been educating themselves
>>through town halls, teach-ins and personal research and have
>>determined that the risks to public safety and environmental
>>degradation from Kinder Morgan¹s proposal are too high. Many residents
>>are no strangers to the harmful health impacts of tar sands crude
>>given that the city was home to a terrible oil spill in 2007.
>>
>>The Tsleil-Waututh Nation has also launched a legal challenge of
>>Kinder Morgan's pipeline and tankers project. This is the first legal
>>challenge by a First Nation against the new pipeline and tanker
>>proposal, citing the federal government's failure to first consult
>>Tsleil-Waututh on key decisions about the environmental assessment and
>>regulatory review of the project.
>>
>>The pipeline facilitates Tar Sands expansion on Indigenous territories
>>along the pipeline route and at the source. This would violate
>>numerous Aboriginal Treaty Rights and the overall well-being of these
>>communities, many of whom have already emphatically said no to Kinder
>>Morgan's expansion. As the Supreme Court of Canada has consistently
>>upheld, it is the federal government¹s duty to respect these treaties,
>>as well as the inherent rights of Indigenous peoples living on unceded
>>lands along the pipeline route.
>>
>>Therefore it should come as no surprise that community members are on
>>Burnaby Mountain. These caretakers and residents should not be facing
>>an injunction or a multimillion-dollar lawsuit by a corporate energy giant.
>>Given the federal government's failure to respond to residents, to
>>Indigenous communities at the source of Tar Sands destruction and
>>along the proposed pipeline route, and to municipal concerns, we laud
>>these protectors for their bravery in taking a stand against Kinder Morgan."
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Margo MatwychukDirector
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