Ecocide Canada — December 2020

Environment & Climate Change Canada

Feds’ fall economic statement shortchanges climate | Corporate Knights

‘Death by 1,000 cuts’ for 102 Fraser River estuary species at risk of extinction – Richmond News

End Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Trans Mountain’s COVID-19 costs are now $12.5 million and growing | CBC News

Kamloops, B.C., zoo sheltering 92 snakes displaced by Trans Mountain pipeline construction | CBC News

BREAKING: Canada Places Dead Last on Energy Use, Fourth-Last Overall in Global Climate Change Performance Index – The Energy Mix

Trans Mountain Pipeline could drop in value with tougher climate laws: PBO | Globalnews.ca

It’s time for Canada to address environmental racism | rabble.ca

Minister Wilkinson: Cancel TMX as part of your new climate plan | Leadnow.ca

Time for Trudeau to face facts on TMX | Wilderness Committee

Wilderness Committee – Posts | Facebook

Human right to a healthy environment in Canada long overdue | Ecojustice

Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion to use Colony Farm Regional Park as a staging area – Tri-City News

TMX: Not worth it.

With their carbon-price surprise, the Liberals finally show the courage of their climate-change convictions – The Globe and Mail

Alberta’s oilsands tailings ponds are leaking. Now what? | The Narwhal

Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP calls on Canada ban thermal coal exports

Don’t Let Rodents Die Slow and Horrific Deaths in Glue Traps – ForceChange

Trans Mountain Poised for Tree Clearing Despite Promise to Protect Burnaby Salmon Habitat – The Energy Mix

Ecojustice | Take Action

Canada needs to deliver to stem climate change – The Hill Times

Opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion built a treehouse along its route in Metro Vancouver – Vancouver Is Awesome

Our last chance to save Jasper National Park’s caribou population

https://www.conservationnw.org/news-updates/letter-to-governor-on-threats-from-bc-mines/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-extinction-caribou-coal-mining-ccpa-report/#:~:text=Public%20money%20’helped%20fund%20extinction,caribou%20through%20mining%20subsidies%3A%20report&text=Endangered%20caribou%20in%20northeast%20B.C.,Canadian%20Centre%20for%20Policy%20Alternatives

https://www.facebook.com/forestmarchbc/posts/2849215265307339

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/indigenous-leadership-is-crucial-to-protecting-the-planet/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/dead-pigeons-london-ontario-avitrol-mornington-1.5746319

https://cfjctoday.com/2020/12/18/trans-mountain-ends-contract-with-company-building-north-thompson-edmonton-expansion-portions/

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-b-c-s-failed-carbon-tax-shows-why-trudeaus-wont-work

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/energy/feds-small-modular-reactor-action-plan-is-a-dangerous-distraction-from-climate-change-mitigation-16092438/

https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158280641274221/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/documentary-boreal-forest-alberta-borealis-kevin-mcmahon-1.5843065

Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Ship strikes ‘significant’ cause of death for southern resident killer whales, UBC study finds | CBC News

Report backed by Pamela Anderson Foundation warns of depleting B.C. herring stocks – My Comox Valley Now

On the Verge of Wild Salmon Extinction: FNLC Call for Precautionary Principle to be Implemented and Support Nations’ Call to End Fish Farms in Discovery Islands – UBCIC

First Nations renew call to revoke salmon farm licences – Goldstream News Gazette

Tell the government to #StopSeafoodFraud | Oceana

First Nations try to turn the tide on ‘heartbreaking’ decline in salmon population | CBC Radio

Liberal MP casts doubt on material behind government’s fish farms decision | The Star

Sipekne’katik First Nation halts talks with Ottawa over fishing rights | CBC News

A minister’s decision: Is this the end of wild salmon? – iPolitics

Safe Salmon: Defend our Wild Salmon – Posts | Facebook

Alexandra Morton: The trilogy of DFO decisions in 2020—is this the end of wild Fraser River salmon? | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Large-scale fish hatcheries hurting Chinook salmon populations, report finds | CTV News

Oil continues to spill from sunken freighter off Vancouver Island; wildlife affected | CTV News

The rise of the land salmon over open net pens | The Narwhal

Fish out of water: How B.C.’s salmon farmers fell behind the curve of sustainable, land-based aquaculture – The Narwhal

https://thenarwhal.ca/tailings-ponds-leaking-alberta-oilsands/

https://theenergymix.com/2020/12/11/trans-mountain-poised-for-tree-clearing-despite-promise-to-protect-burnaby-salmon-habitat/

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/indigenous-leadership-is-crucial-to-protecting-the-planet/

https://sentientmedia.org/aquatic-animal-welfare-defined-for-the-first-time/

Natural Resources Canada

Canada Announces Blue and Green Hydrogen Strategy

Feds’ Small Modular Reactor Action Plan is a dangerous distraction from climate change mitigation | Corporate Knights

Indigenous Relations Canada

Indigenous Services minister to acknowledge Liberals won’t meet promised drinking water target | CBC News

A Chief’s Angry Charge: Paternalism Is Putting His People’s Lives at Risk | The Tyee

Bee Moonias on life without clean drinking water | Article | Kids News

Why does Canada commit billions of dollars to oil pipelines but not fresh water pipelines to First Nations? | The Star

Trudeau: Government will fall short on clean drinking water promise for First Nations communities by deadline

Climate Change Accountability Report discloses that B.C. carbon emissions rose three percent in 2018 | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Mohawk families near Kanesatake dump describe migraines, breathing problems | Ricochet

Indigenous Housing Solutions, Built on Empowerment | The Tyee

Łı́ı́dlı̨́ı̨́ Kų́ę́ First Nation goes to court to battle Fort Simpson land sale | CBC News

A learning moment for Erin O’Toole and Rex Murphy on racism in Canada

Indigenous people should reject Canada’s UNDRIP Bill C-15, its not all that meets the eye

Edmonton mom seeks justice after toddler dies in government care | CBC News

Anishinaabe woman says she was denied treatment in Thunder Bay

10 pivotal First Nations rights disputes to watch in 2021 – Macleans.ca

Hope for the Best from Canada’s UNDRIP Law. But Expect More of the Same | The Tyee

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sipekne-katik-halts-talks-ottawa-fishing-rights-1.5835853

https://thenarwhal.ca/tailings-ponds-leaking-alberta-oilsands/

https://www.facebook.com/firstpeopleslaw/photos/a.316810165032467/3531405616906223/

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/indigenous-leadership-is-crucial-to-protecting-the-planet/

Provinces & Territories

Can Ontario’s climate change plan be salvaged? – Environmental Defence

Alberta said it was removing ‘underutilized’ parks from its system. This data suggests otherwise | CBC News

Statement by Executive Director Tim Gray on Today’s Resignation of David Crombie, Chair of the Greenbelt Council – Environmental Defence

Farmers see crackdown, activists see coverup as Ontario farm trespass law kicks in | London Free Press

Conservation Authorities need your help! Call Premier Ford or Minister Yurek today

Alberta offers Rocky Mountain coal leases after rescinding protection policy | CTV News

Undercover footage from Ontario pig farm shows alleged abuse but new laws may ban future probes

6 members of Ontario’s Greenbelt Council join Crombie and resign, citing proposed new rules | CBC News

Seven members of Doug Ford’s Greenbelt Council resign over conservation authority changes | National Observer

Six provinces object, but Liberals still move ahead with UN declaration on Indigenous rights | National Post

Threatened by Coal, Ranchers Take the Kenney Government to Court | The Tyee

Spending watchdog blasts Ontario’s handling of Indigenous services – iPolitics

Doug Ford reverts to anti-environment self | rabble.ca

Yukon wetlands at tipping point from placer mining: critics | The Narwhal

The Ontario Government Betrays the People of Ontario in Favour of Bad Developers with the Passage of Schedule 6 – Environmental Defence

As oil prices languish, Alberta sees its future in a ‘coal rush’ | Environment | The Guardian

Alberta is opening parts of Rockies to coal mining. Here’s what that looks like

King Township rejects a “Trojan Horse” request for a Minster’s Zoning Order to allow development in the Greenbelt – Environmental Defence

Approval in sight for warehouse on Ontario wetlands – The Globe and Mail

https://4earthindex.catladymori.com/britishcolumbia/british-columbia-government-ecocide-genocide-december-2020/

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/12/01/Paternalism-Putting-Indigenous-People-At-Risk/

https://thenarwhal.ca/clean-bc-oil-gas-subsidies-emissions/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-police-const-alex-dunn-victim-dalia-kafi-1.5836871

https://thenarwhal.ca/tailings-ponds-leaking-alberta-oilsands/

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/responsible-investing/why-are-ontario-pensioners-investing-in-future-alberta-stranded-assets-16081219/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/dead-pigeons-london-ontario-avitrol-mornington-1.5746319

https://ricochet.media/en/3412/mohawk-families-near-kanesatake-dump-describe-migraines-breathing-problems

https://kimsiever.ca/2020/12/18/alberta-awards-11-coal-leases-in-sw-alberta-for-36-a-hectare/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/four-of-55-reviews-into-police-shootings-completed-in-2020-one-officer-charged/

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2020/12/shielding-cruel-factory-farm-industry-public-scrutiny

https://www.facebook.com/WolfAwarenessCanada/photos/a.542786362552657/1854657464698867/

https://www.facebook.com/EndangeredEcosystemsAlliance/posts/736391970329866

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/first-nation-goes-to-court-to-battle-fort-simpson-land-sale-1.5848434

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/i-cant-breathe-i-know-theres-something-wrong-family-says-anishinaabe-woman-denied-treatment-after-surgery/#disqus_thread

Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada

Explosive report reveals RCMP’s toxic culture of racism, misogyny and homophobia | rabble.ca

RCMP analyst says Elsipogtog anti-fracking protest had ‘Aboriginal extremists’

Victim of Calgary officer’s violent throw-down says she still has flashbacks | CBC News

Privacy Commissioner Launches Investigation of RCMP Internet Unit | The Tyee

RCMP commits to changes on how it collects, uses information about protesters – Goldstream News Gazette

Women say sexual assault allegations against Island RCMP officer dismissed

Woman suing RCMP after N.S. officer forcibly tried to remove her bra | CBC News

Four of 55 reviews into police shootings completed in 2020; one officer charged – Goldstream News Gazette

10 correctional officers face criminal charges in death of Indigenous inmate in St. John’s | CBC News

In 2020, 34 people died from police bullets in Canada | The duty

Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Animal Justice – Animal Protection & Environmental Groups Urge Canada to Ban Use of Poisons to Kill Wolves & Other Wildlife

Success: Mexico Bans Harmful Chemical from Use – ForceChange

Exposure to Glyphosate Could Harm Not Only You, But Your Kids and Grandkids, Too • Children’s Health Defense

Necropsy links mysterious London, Ont. pigeon deaths to outlawed pesticide | CBC News

Glyphosate Causes Genetic Changes Leading to Increased Disease in Future Generations – New Study – Sustainable Pulse

Animal rights group asks Ottawa to review Alberta wolf poisoning practices – YouTube

Shielding the cruel factory farm industry from public scrutiny | rabble.ca

Animal Protection Party of Canada calls on Health Canada for nationwide ban of inhumane poisons. – Animal Protection Party Of Canada

Canada’s GMO salmon: frankenfish or food of the future? | The Narwhal

Stop GMOs from Killing People and the Environment – ForceChange

https://animaljustice.ca/blog/hylife-foods-slaughterhouse-quietly-fined-for-cruelty-to-pigs

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/pcb.1395532627448944/1395532504115623/

Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies

Government quietly made ‘back door’ agreement with U.S. that could undermine treaty on plastic waste | CBC News

Prince Rupert Vopak terminal enters final comment period | The Narwhal

NO to Canada-Mercosur | Greenpeace Canada

Canadian Laws Were Made For Corporations, Not You And Me

2020 Was the Year of Indigenous Activism in Canada—and Trudeau Should Take Note

Trudeau spent nearly $100M fighting First Nations in court during first years in power

Trans Mountain ends contract with company building North Thompson, Edmonton expansion portions | CFJC Today Kamloops

If Fintrac won’t provide money-laundering data, why does it exist?, asks B.C. attorney general | The Star

https://act.cape.ca/fossil-fuel-subsidies

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trans-mountain-pipeline-covid-pandemic-1.5829486

https://globalnews.ca/news/7508222/pipeline-tmx-profit-climate-policy-government/

https://ecojustice.ca/human-right-healthy-environment/

https://www.greenparty.ca/en/content/tmx-not-worth-it

https://thenarwhal.ca/tailings-ponds-leaking-alberta-oilsands/

https://www.cheknews.ca/trudeau-government-will-fall-short-on-clean-drinking-water-promise-for-first-nations-communities-by-deadline-726613/

https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/indigenous-leadership-is-crucial-to-protecting-the-planet/

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-b-c-s-failed-carbon-tax-shows-why-trudeaus-wont-work

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2020/12/shielding-cruel-factory-farm-industry-public-scrutiny

https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158262350929221/

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/energy/feds-small-modular-reactor-action-plan-is-a-dangerous-distraction-from-climate-change-mitigation-16092438/