Government of British Columbia, Genocide & Ecocide — March 2020

BC Environment & Climate Change

Sprawling Our Way to Climate Catastrophe | The Tyee

Unmeasured GHG emissions ignored – In-Sights

UBC quietly appeals conviction for dumping fish-killing ammonia in Fraser River tributary | The Narwhal

https://twnsacredtrust.ca/tmx-supreme-court-of-canada-denies-leave-as-tsleil-waututh-announces-further-appeal/

Managed wind-down of BC’s fossil fuel industries: A just transition to a green economy : Policy Note

Harold Steves’ unfinished coastal business | West Coast Environmental Law

Ottawa prepares multibillion-dollar bailout of oil and gas sector – The Globe and Mail

Documenter of Discover Island wolf says hunters killed ‘Takaya’ Wednesday

Canada mourns Takaya – the lone sea wolf whose spirit captured the world | Environment | The Guardian

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/wet-hurting-canada-200229123112969.html

https://thenarwhal.ca/to-understand-b-c-s-push-for-the-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-think-fracking-lng-canada-and-the-site-c-dam/?

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/managed-wind-down-of-bcs-fossil-fuel-industries-good-for-climate-jobs-and-communities-new-report/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/supreme-court-redwater-decision-orphan-wells-1.4998995?

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-with-spotlight-on-indigenous-rights-gitxsan-nation-assert-control/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-oil-industry-subsidies-1.5476030

https://in-sights.ca/2020/03/04/radioactive/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/03/04/news/disputed-environmental-claim-championed-tories-comes-shell-insider

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1128705630798313/?type=3&theater

https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-taxpayers-on-the-hook-for-1-2-billion-in-mine-cleanup-costs-chief-inspector-report/

https://www.theprogress.com/news/restoration-of-salmon-habitat-in-the-lower-fraser-is-key-report/

https://reneweconomy.com.au/gaslighting-on-emissions-ieefa-says-burning-lng-worse-than-coal-for-climate-19615/

https://www.facebook.com/WolfAwarenessCanada/posts/1606101089554507

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-takaya-the-grey-wolf-will-become-bcs-cecil-the-lion/

BC Energy, Mines Petroleum Resources

Tribes worry a Canadian mine could poison Washington salmon | Crosscut

To understand B.C.’s push for the Coastal GasLink pipeline, think fracking, LNG Canada and the Site C dam | The Narwhal

Managed wind-down of BC’s fossil fuel industries good for climate, jobs and communities, new report | Corporate Mapping Project

Supreme Court rules energy companies must clean up old wells — even in bankruptcy | CBC News

Why it’s time to end corporate welfare for Canada’s fossil fuel industry | CBC News

Radioactive – In-Sights

Ten per cent of northeast B.C. oil and gas wells leak — more than double the reported rate in Alberta: new study | The Narwhal

Warren Buffett’s company bails on Saguenay LNG project because of ‘Canadian political context,’ promoter says | CBC News

B.C. taxpayers on the hook for $1.2 billion in mine cleanup costs: chief inspector report | The Narwhal

Shelley Falk Ouellette #StopSiteC on Twitter: “1) It’s very telling how your MP/MLA conducts themselves after an election. Which issues they choose to champion, committee work they do, access to them in their local offices to name a few. I live in a #SacrificeZone of dams and O&G. The entire region is a cesspool.” / Twitter

BC Hydro’s long-standing culture of deception – In-Sights

Coal miner Teck baffled by fish collapse downstream of British Columbia mines

B.C. taxpayers on the hook for $1.2 billion in mine cleanup costs: chief inspector report | The Narwhal

Gaslighting on emissions: IEEFA says burning LNG “worse than coal” for climate | RenewEconomy

Oil price plunge has knock-on effects for BC natural gas – BC News – Castanet.net

Our BC Hydro bills subsidize fossil fuel industries – In-Sights

‘A limbo situation’: B.C. landowners owed more than half a million dollars after oil and gas company goes bankrupt | The Narwhal

$40B LNG project cuts hundreds of workers to prevent COVID-19 spread in B.C. work camps | CBC News

Province permits proposed gravel quarry in Highlands – Goldstream News Gazette

B.C. mine workers fear Teck not taking adequate precautions against coronavirus | The Narwhal

B.C. mine workers fear Teck not taking adequate precautions against coronavirus | The Narwhal

16 Site C workers in isolation | Alaska Highway News

‘Send everybody home’: potential coronavirus outbreak at Site C dam a threat to Fort St. John, local officials say | The Narwhal

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/wet-hurting-canada-200229123112969.html

https://in-sights.ca/2020/03/04/unmeasured-ghg-emissions-ignored/

https://www.policynote.ca/wind-down/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/03/04/news/disputed-environmental-claim-championed-tories-comes-shell-insider

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1128705630798313/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/photos/a.1634627923419346/2522141408001322/?type=3&theater

BC Forests, Lands & Natural Resources

Stop the Spray BC – Posts

Alberta’s real wolf kill program

Former mill worker unhappy with B.C. forestry retirement bridging rules following imprecise language – Goldstream News Gazette

Old-Growth Logging on Mountainside Above Cathedral Grove Illustrates Urgent Need for BC Land Acquisition Fund for Protection of Endangered Private Lands – Ancient Forest Alliance

Logging concerns around Vancouver Island’s famous old-growth forest | Watch News Videos Online

Wildlife Management: When Forest Wails and Mourns – Gosia Bryja, PhD – Medium

Stop the Spray BC – Posts

Canada’s forests remain under threat — and the clock is ticking for governments to step up | The Narwhal

Canada’s forests remain under threat — and the clock is ticking for governments to step up | The Narwhal

Where Pandemics Come From — and How to Stop Them • The Revelator

Stop the Spray BC – Posts

(4) Wolf Awareness Inc – Posts

Staqeya, the lone wolf of Discovery Island, killed by trophy hunter | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Takaya the grey wolf will become B.C.’s Cecil the lion – The Globe and Mail

The ecocide of forests must end

Discovery Island wolf killing highlights issues with trophy hunting | BC SPCA

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/takaya-the-lone-wolf-of-discovery-island-has-been-shot-and-killed-1.4868792

https://theecologist.org/2020/mar/27/ecocide-forests-must-end

BC Indigenous Relations

https://www.kimsenklipharvey.com/post/the-plight-of-indigenous-peoples-during-the-pandemic

Wet’suet’en Genocide: Background

Measuring consent: Could a referendum process determine Indigenous support for resource projects? – The Globe and Mail

‘It’s not over’: Tentative agreement with Wet’suwet’en Nation may be a milestone, but it doesn’t resolve pipeline fight | Ricochet

It is not the Wet’suwet’en who are hurting Canada | Canada | Al Jazeera

Wet’suwet’en chief says he’ll withdraw support for pipeline if his people turn against it | CBC News

‘We Have to Stand Together’: A Tale of Two Nations | The Tyee

Sovereign Likhts’amisyu – Posts

Reconciliation isn’t dead. It was never alive, Ellen Gabriel says | The Kingston Whig-Standard

‘Ruin Our Territory—for What?’ | The Nation

Wet’suwet’en discuss proposed deal but no timeline on ratification, says Hereditary Chief Hagwilnegh – APTN NewsAPTN News

Colonialism is Alive and Well in Canada – Slaw

It’s Not Over

Indigenous protests exposed tensions behind Canada’s tranquil image – Los Angeles Times

The Delgamuukw decision: When the ‘invisible people’ won recognition – APTN NewsAPTN News

Wet’suwet’en Matriarchal Coalition funded by B.C., Coastal GasLink to “divide and conquer”

(5) Sovereign Likhts’amisyu – Posts

The Wet’suwet’en crisis has exposed deep-seated racism in Canada | Indigenous rights | Al Jazeera

Get over ‘get over it’ | Prince George Citizen

https://theconversation.com/coastal-gaslink-and-canadas-pension-fund-colonialism-132396

Wet’suet’en Genocide: Government, Industry, Media

Coastal GasLink to resume work as tentative deal reached between B.C., feds and Wet’suwet’en – Terrace Standard

Gas pipeline proceeds along with Wet’suwet’en talks, B.C. minister says – Goldstream News Gazette

Wet’suwet’en who refused pipeline money hope talks lead to land title | Vancouver Sun

Ottawa’s offer to recognize Wet’suwet’en land rights was not conditional on an end to blockades | The Star

Can Canada’s Conservatives resist temptation to try to sabotage the accord with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs? | rabble.ca

Alberta’s anti-protestor bill suppresses democracy and violates treaties, say critics | Ricochet

Groups linked to oil companies funded Facebook ads denouncing the rail blockades | CBC News

Settler governments are breaking international law, not Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, say 200 lawyers, legal scholars | The Star

Proposed agreement reached between Wet’suwet’en chiefs, gov’t ministers after 3 days of talks | Globalnews.ca

Indigenous Youth for Wet’suwet’en – Home

Stop the Spray BC – Home

B.C. government authorized expanded police presence in Wet’suwet’en area: letter | CTV News

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-to-protect-indigenous-sovereignty-demand-fossil-fuel-profiteers-jpmorgan-chase-and-kohlberg-kravis-roberts-co-divest-from-coastal-gaslink-pipeline?source=facebook&&fbclid=IwAR1rbokc0FGLDEBCtvPYwz-F3RBnvX1lITTWbD3Dm170xrzxZQJLa2O9Eoc

Will Export Development Canada subsidize Coastal GasLink? | Ricochet

Rail disruptions ‘overblown’ by rail companies, politicians says Parliamentary Budget Officer – APTN NewsAPTN News

Release order bars woman from voicing support for Wet’suwet’en online | Ricochet

Coastal GasLink broke B.C. pipeline rules more than 50 times | National Observer

Update from Chief Dtsa H’yl

Coastal Gaslink Continues Working on Unist’ot’en Territory

Media Release: End or Justify Construction Job Site Exemption

Shell plans to slash $9bn from spending in wake of coronavirus | Business | The Guardian

Canadian Media Advocate Continued Domination of Indigenous Peoples | FAIR

There’s Still No Deal in Wet’suwet’en But Pipeline Construction Is Ongoing – VICE

Greens call out oil and gas companies for ignoring pandemic safety measures in work camps

VicPD reports spike in overtime costs associated with protests

Pipeline workers putting locals at risk of COVID-19 infection: Unist’ot’en – APTN NewsAPTN News

Pipeline Builders Exploit the Moment on Wet’suwet’en Frontlines – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly

Open letter: Coastal GasLink pipeline must be halted due to the COVID-19 outbreak | Ricochet

Royal Dutch Shell tries to reassure investors despite devastating effect of lower world oil prices | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

The Pipeline and the Pandemic: ‘The Biggest Risk We’ve Got Right Now’ | The Tyee

https://ricochet.media/en/2969/rex-murphys-fear-of-a-green-planet

https://www.facebook.com/bcecosocialists/photos/fpp.100325958003973/191711428865425/?type=3&theater

https://www.cheknews.ca/approval-ratings-for-horgan-drop-10-points-in-latest-angus-reid-survey-651171/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/03/04/news/disputed-environmental-claim-championed-tories-comes-shell-insider

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1128705630798313/?type=3&theater

https://theconversation.com/coastal-gaslink-and-canadas-pension-fund-colonialism-132396

Wet’suet’en Genocide: Policing

Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidimt’en Territory – Posts

RAVEN Trust – Posts

The blockades no one talks about devastate Indigenous economies – Macleans.ca

Sask. RCMP member under investigation after post joking about machine-gunning protesters | CBC News

Solicitor General Mike Farnworth authorized redeploying RCMP resources in response to Coastal GasLink’s injunction | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

PRESS RELEASE: Wet’suwet’en, BCCLA, and UBCIC Release Explosive Letter Revealing BC Solicitor General Authorizing RCMP Deployment, Contradicting Public Statements – BC Civil Liberties AssociationBC Civil Liberties Association

BC Ecosocialists – Home

BC Ecosocialists – Home

PRESS RELEASE: Wet’suwet’en, BCCLA, and UBCIC Release Explosive Letter Revealing BC Solicitor General Authorizing RCMP Deployment, Contradicting Public Statements – BC Civil Liberties AssociationBC Civil Liberties Association

Ecosocialists and UBCIC demand Mike Farnworth’s resignation for authorizing RCMP’s massive show of force | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Sovereign Likhts’amisyu – Posts

Canada: LRWC releases legal brief on Canada’s international law obligations to Wet’suwet’en | Press release — Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada

Wet’suet’en Genocide: International Solidarity

Kahnawake rail barricade to stay in place for now despite draft Wet’suwet’en agreement, Mohawk leader says | CBC News

Rail service in Montreal disrupted briefly by protest in support of Wet’suwet’en chiefs | CBC News

www.kgreens.org/commentary/논평-캐나다-생태계와-원주민-공동체-파괴하는-브리/?fbclid=IwAR3fnMFH4HSnpI6MUVm-nl8_Jqmsg3HWcPhw_IzxgaAawKDb7EElJmBwT6E

Sovereign Likhts’amisyu – Home

Real Peoples Media – Posts

Gitanmaax Community Hall Meet

Red dresses and ties hung in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en resisting Coastal GasLink | APTN News

‘Keep the pressure on’: Gidimt’en spokesperson urges Wet’suwet’en solidarity movement not to let up | Ricochet

Artists Against Pipelines – Online Auction For Wet’suwet’en

(1) UVic Student Walkout for Wet’suwet’en

Wet’suwet’en Access Point on Gidimt’en Territory – Home

Red dresses and ties hung in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en resisting Coastal GasLink | APTN News

Sovereign Likhts’amisyu – Posts

London and Edinburgh stand with the Wet’suwet’en | rs21

B.C. students join nationwide school walkout in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs | CBC News

An invitation is extended

PHOTOS: Students walk out of class, gather in Victoria in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs – Goldstream News Gazette

B.C. students join nationwide school walkout, block intersections in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs | CBC News

Coast Protectors – Posts

Indigenous protesters arrested after refusing to leave B.C. legislature meeting room | Globalnews.ca

SFU students block Burnaby traffic in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en | Burnaby Now

Nation – Growing support for Wet’suwet’en land defenders shakes Canadian politics

Sovereign Likhts’amisyu – Posts

Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ First Nations host Wet’suwet’en solidarity rally at Tofino-Ucluelet Junction – Goldstream News Gazette

UVic NDP students divided over Wet’suwet’en crisis

[2020 Update] Who’s banking the Coastal GasLink pipeline? – The Understory – Rainforest Action Network

Opinion: Sask. teachers call for colleagues to speak out about Wet’suwet’en | Regina Leader Post

Solidarity Ghost Blockades in GTA – North Shore Counter-Info

Solidarity Ghost Blockades in GTA – North Shore Counter-Info

Sovereign Likhts’amisyu – Posts

https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sign-the-petition-to-protect-indigenous-sovereignty-demand-fossil-fuel-profiteers-jpmorgan-chase-and-kohlberg-kravis-roberts-co-divest-from-coastal-gaslink-pipeline

Wet’suet’en Genocide: Covid-19

Petition · Stop remote-camp megaprojects in B.C. during COVID-19 pandemic · Change.org

The Pipeline and the Pandemic: ‘The Biggest Risk We’ve Got Right Now’ | The Tyee

Former chief medical officer urges B.C. to shut industrial work camps during coronavirus pandemic | The Narwhal

Recognition of title rights ‘still a struggle’ for First Nation after court win – Goldstream News Gazette

Indigenous needs during pandemic demand culturally competent response | Naomi Sayers – The Lawyer’s Daily

http://thetyee.ca/News/2020/03/31/Pipeline-Vs-Pandemic/

British Columbia & Premier

Island Voices: ’Fess up, Mr. Horgan, you picked your Indians | Times Colonist

BC Ecosocialists – Home

Approval ratings for Horgan drop 10 points in latest Angus Reid Survey

Rob Shaw: Cuts in B.C. budget overshadowed by pipeline protests | Vancouver Sun

A Shell insider is behind LNG Canada’s disputed claim about reducing carbon pollution | National Observer

Opinion: Hospital bed shortages amid COVID-19 expose the deadly cost of a lack of vision – The Globe and Mail

Island doctor says health authority dropping the ball on COVID-19 – Goldstream News Gazette

B.C. man with COVID-19 symptoms forced to call 811 more than 100 times – Goldstream News Gazette

(4) Stop the Spray BC – Posts

(2) Molly Wickham – While most of us are hunkered down avoiding the…

BC Ecosocialists – Posts

BC Government Supporting Landlords

Fort St. John declares state of emergency | Alaska Highway News

Open letter to Dr. Bonnie Henry: Give northerners COVID-19 locations, shut down work camps | Alaska Highway News

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/wet-hurting-canada-200229123112969.html

https://thenarwhal.ca/to-understand-b-c-s-push-for-the-coastal-gaslink-pipeline-think-fracking-lng-canada-and-the-site-c-dam/?

https://in-sights.ca/2020/03/04/unmeasured-ghg-emissions-ignored/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-with-spotlight-on-indigenous-rights-gitxsan-nation-assert-control/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-oil-industry-subsidies-1.5476030

https://in-sights.ca/2020/03/07/bc-hydros-long-standing-culture-of-deception/

https://medium.com/@gbryja/wildlife-management-when-forest-wails-and-mourns-509df9dc766

https://reneweconomy.com.au/gaslighting-on-emissions-ieefa-says-burning-lng-worse-than-coal-for-climate-19615/

https://www.facebook.com/likhtsamisyu/photos/a.292076038176616/525375571513327/?type=3&theater

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/03/31/Is-Canada-Doing-Enough/