Ecocide Canada — May 2020

Environment & Climate Change Canada

Coronavirus: Governments’ recovery plans should take ‘green route,’ study says – National | Globalnews.ca

80 per cent of Canada’s climate safe havens lack protection. Here’s a roadmap to fix that | The Narwhal

Stó:lō First Nation eyes claim over Lightning Rock site in path of Trans Mountain | CBC News

World Economic Forum calls out Canada for slow move to sustainable energy – The Globe and Mail

[GR] enframe – ETT Template (2 panel)

Protect the Fraser Estuary – reject Terminal 2 expansion – YouTube

Investigations, prosecutions for polluting in Canada down sharply since 2015

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/05/01/opinion/earth-day-50-over-so-how-do-we-get-earth-day-100

https://www.facebook.com/raventrustorg/posts/3172581569419048

Fisheries & Oceans Canada

(1) All hands on deck. It would be good to know… – Alexandra Morton

Pump stations, baby Coho, and bears, oh my! | Watershed Sentinel

‘You’re out there alone’: whistleblowers say workplace abuse hides true impacts of B.C.’s trawl fishery | The Narwhal

Key monitoring of herring near Haida Gwaii cancelled due to coronavirus | The Narwhal

Pacific Herring Hit Hard by Irresponsible Fisheries Management Once Again | Pacific Wild

September 30 deadline for fish farms in Discovery Islands | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Petition update · Decapitated sea lions and a boat of seal bodies. · Change.org

Deadly chinook salmon virus pollutes Tofino Harbour

Holding DFO to Account | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Fisheries society director resigns after allegations of abuse from observers of B.C. trawl industry | The Narwhal

Seals and sea lions may not be the scourge of the Salish Sea according to scientists – Goldstream News Gazette

Holding DFO to Account | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Jobs, flood control and wild salmon | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

https://thenarwhal.ca/b-c-lax-forestry-practices-harm-fish-habitat-watchdog-report/

Natural Resources Canada

World’s biggest wealth fund blacklists Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus, Suncor and Imperial Oil for carbon emissions – The Globe and Mail

Indigenous Relations Canada

RAVEN Trust – Posts

First Nations doctors speak out on Canada’s ‘troublesome’ pandemic response – APTN NewsAPTN News

Pipelines, man camps and murdered Indigenous women in Canada | Indigenous rights | Al Jazeera

Trudeau’s ‘Zombie Policies’ Threaten Indigenous Rights | The Tyee

Elected Wet’suwet’en chiefs call for Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister’s resignation | CTV News

Even during the pandemic, Canada is fighting these residential school survivors in court – APTN News

How a Pandemic Changed Akwesasne – Indian Time

Feds delay national action plan for missing and murdered Indigenous women – Goldstream News Gazette

RAVEN » VIDEO: Behind the Scenes: An Insider’s Look at the Tar Sands Trial

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/05/05/Trudeau-Pandemic-Indigenous-Rights-Approach/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/sumas-first-nation-lightning-rock-tmx-1.5566941

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/05/16/First-Nations-Asked-for-Help/

https://www.ubcic.bc.ca/ubcic_responds_to_alberta_energy_minister_s_cavalier_commentary_regarding_ease_of_building_tmx_during_pandemic

Provinces & Territories

Alberta suspends at least 19 monitoring requirements in oilsands, citing coronavirus concerns | The Narwhal

Disaster Capitalism, Alberta Style: How the Oil Industry and Politicians Exploited COVID-19 | The Tyee

First Nations worried by suspension of oilsands environmental monitoring | CBC News

How to get away with dumping your orphan wells on the public

‘Alberta didn’t contain it’: COVID-19 outbreak at oilsands camp has spread across the country | National Observer

Alberta delays $65 million in oil and gas company payments for orphan well cleanup | The Narwhal

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Horizon Oil Sands work camp | Calgary Herald

Alberta delays $65 million in oil and gas company payments for orphan well cleanup | The Narwhal

Court Overrules Ontario’s ‘Unfair’ Cancellation Of Wind Farm | HuffPost Canada

Double-Crested Cormorants are not Political Weapons – Animal Protection Party Of Canada

Defend Alberta’s Parks! SEND a MESSAGE! — Endangered Ecosystems Alliance

Where Does Saudi Wealth Fund Invest?: Canada Oil Sands Latest – Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia is buying shares of Alberta’s oil sands companies. The ‘ethical oil’ argument is dead. – Macleans.ca

Yukon putting cart before horse by approving roads without completed land use plans: new report | The Narwhal

‘Alberta didn’t contain it’: COVID-19 outbreak at oilsands camp has spread across the country | National Observer

Missing & Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada – Posts

Alberta rescinds decades-old policy that banned open-pit coal mines in Rockies and Foothills | CBC News

Alberta picked up $8 million tab for land rent left unpaid by oil and gas companies in 2019 | The Narwhal

8 things you need to know as Alberta suspends even more environmental monitoring of oil and gas industry | The Narwhal

Alberta Energy Minister Says Pandemic Gathering Ban A ‘Great Time’ For Pipelines | HuffPost Canada

Regional chief says First Nations not consulted as Alberta loosens open-pit coal mining rules – APTN News

UBCIC Responds to Alberta Energy Minister’s Cavalier Commentary Regarding Ease of Building TMX During Pandemic – UBCIC

Ontario issues special orders to approve developers’ plans and quash opposition – The Globe and Mail

Will Coronavirus Be What Finally Kills Factory Farming? | Opinion

A new prescription for livable, sustainable cities launched by Canadian leaders in response to the pandemic – Environmental Defence

Trans Mountain pipeline: Protest ban is ‘great time’ to build, says minister – BBC News

Greta Thunberg Mocks Alberta Minister’s Coronavirus Comments: ‘Great Time’ for Pipelines – VICE

Ontario proposes extending endangered species act exemption for forestry sector – The Globe and Mail

Endangered Ecosystems Alliance – Posts

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

https://raventrust.com/2020/05/29/behind-the-scenes-an-insiders-look-at-the-tar-sands-trial/

Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies

As meat plant infections rise, Canada lets packers choose when to close – Reuters

Anti-Fur Society – Posts

May and Blanchet declare the oilpatch ‘dead,’ warn Ottawa against financial supports | CBC News

COVID-19 Response Should Include Distancing from the US | The Tyee

Urgent Appeal to Suspend 5G Rollout – Canadians For Safe Technology (C4ST)

World Economic Forum calls out Canada for slow move to sustainable energy – The Globe and Mail

Stop Canada from letting ships dump dirty waste in the ocean

Roundtable urges feds to dramatically scale up support for nature-based climate solutions | Corporate Knights

BREAKING: Canada Leads G20 in Per Capita Public Financing to Oil and Gas – The Energy Mix

Meet Export Development Canada, the secretive crown agency financing the big oil bailout – Environmental Defence

Environmental Defence Canada

Trans Mountain has started building work camps north of Kamloops | Radio NL – Kamloops News

Canada was warned not to cozy up to Huawei and Beijing. Now here we are. – Macleans.ca

https://www.facebook.com/raventrustorg/posts/3172581569419048

https://act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/60067/action/

https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/kairos-witness/2020/05/large-scale-resource-extraction-exacerbates-threat-covid-19#disqus_thread

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/sumas-first-nation-lightning-rock-tmx-1.5566941

https://www.ecowatch.com/canada-coronavirus-recovery-2646084708.html?rebelltitem=3#rebelltitem3