Ecocide Canada — October 2020

Environment & Climate Change Canada

Review of Baffinland mine expansion in Nunavut presses on, despite Inuit concerns | The Narwhal

Bad Dreams on Burnaby Mountain: Threats of Oil Spills, Explosions and Killer Firestorms | National Observer

The last ice: How open summer seas in the Arctic endanger Canada’s efforts to protect it – The Globe and Mail

Canada must pass accountability law – or risk losing ground in climate fight

Wilderness Committee – Posts

Weak oil demand forecasted – The Rocky Mountain Goat

Banks and insurers shun Canada’s oil sands | BOE Report

$100M Federal Grant Pays Fossils for R&D They Should Fund Themselves, Climate Hawks Contend – The Energy Mix

No more government subsidies to nuclear energy | The Star

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=187527452911092&set=a.104119767918528&type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1321525838182957/?type=3&theater

https://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/press-release/43575/leaked-document-details-industrys-secret-plan-to-defeat-clean-fuel-standard-fighting-climate-change-is-a-losing-battle/

https://theenergymix.com/2020/10/07/innu-nation-files-4-billion-compensation-claim-for-churchill-falls-hydropower-project/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/09/Australian-Invasion-Big-Coal-Plans-Alberta/

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/bc-government-endangering-last-pair-spotted-owls-canada

http://www.tinyhousewarriors.com/2020/10/joint-statement-by-secwepemc-gidimten-land-defenders/

https://ipolitics.ca/2020/10/19/oil-is-crashing-again-and-this-time-it-wont-recover-we-cant-let-the-oil-lobby-bring-canada-down-with-it/

https://spca.bc.ca/survey/scary-but-true-no-code-of-practice-for-salmon-fisheries/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/no-tmx-photos/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/no-tmx-release/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/no-tmx/

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/29/TMX-A-Bust-Concludes-Analysis/

https://cfjctoday.com/2020/10/29/trans-mountain-expansion-hits-snag-must-re-start-drilling-beneath-thompson-river-in-kamloops/

https://cfjctoday.com/2020/10/29/charbonneau-i-was-wrong-about-the-site-c-dam/

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/canada-energy-regulator-orders-trans-mountain-to-prove-safety-procedures-orders-contractor-to-stop-using-trench-boxes-after-worker-death-in-edmonton

Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Ottawa opens door to First Nations fisheries authority | CBC News

Homalco chief in B.C. critical of DFO decsion on fish farms

Grieg says closed containment is too expensive,… – Alexandra Morton

To save wild salmon, Discovery Islands fish farms must go | rabble.ca

Scientist at Department of Fisheries and Oceans says Ottawa is too beholden to fish farm industry – The Globe and Mail

Status Update for Fraser River Late-Run Summer Steelhead, October 2020 | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

‘Unprecedented’ new data tool aims to bolster B.C. salmon conservation | National Observer

New study suggests fish farms raise risk of exposure to infectious disease for wild B.C. salmon | CBC News

Wild Salmon Warrior arrested for Occupying DFO office

Trapped in Conflict: How the corporate megafishery Clearwater has set the stage for violent conflict in Mi’kma’ki | The Council of Canadians

First Nations have their own legal authority to regulate their fishing rights

Danish minister introduces legislation to halt traditional aquaculture growth | Intrafish

Nova Scotia’s Lobster War: How Ottawa Set the Fire | The Tyee

Trevor Hancock: Our fisheries are as badly managed as our forests | Times Colonist

Scary but true – no code of practice for Salmon Fisheries | BC SPCA

Sipekne’katik backs out of commercial lobster season citing fears over safety | CBC News

The biggest threat to wild Pacific salmon is Fisheries and Oceans Canada – iPolitics

N.S. Mi’kmaq chiefs demand stop of alleged federal plans to seize lobster traps | Kamloops This Week

https://www.greenparty.ca/en/media-release/2020-09-22/mp-atwin-calls-federal-government-respect-indigenous-fishing-rights

https://www.facebook.com/realpeoplesmedia2016/posts/3325364897532829

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/miller-fishery-dispute-1.5763402

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-rcmp-criticized-for-inaction-after-mob-violently-attacks-mikmaq/

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/is-it-time-to-reconsider-whether-canada-needs-a-governor-general-1.5764251/abject-failure-sen-murray-sinclair-criticizes-federal-response-to-mi-kmaw-fishery-dispute-1.5767429

https://canadians.org/analysis/trapped-conflict-how-corporate-megafishery-clearwater-has-set-stage-violent-conflict

https://raventrust.com/raven-calls-on-the-federal-and-nova-scotia-governments-to-uphold-the-honour-and-integrity-of-the-crown-in-their-dealings-with-the-mikmaq-people/

Natural Resources Canada

https://thenarwhal.ca/baffinland-mary-river-mine-expansion-inuit/

https://thenarwhal.ca/responsible-mining-deer-horn-irma/

https://theenergymix.com/2020/10/07/innu-nation-files-4-billion-compensation-claim-for-churchill-falls-hydropower-project/

Indigenous Relations Canada

Joyce Echaquan’s death mirrors Inuit experience seeking health care: Makivik | Nunatsiaq News

“One day they are going to kill me”: Joyce Echaquan killed by Canada’s racist Healthcare system | Real People’s Media

“One day they are going to kill me”: Joyce Echaquan killed by Canada’s racist Healthcare system | Real People’s Media

Opinion: Racism in the medical system goes far beyond a few bad apples – The Globe and Mail

Judge says First Nation treaty, equality rights violated under current law | Stony Plain Reporter

https://www.facebook.com/catladymori/posts/2051709881626037

Skyler Williams – Day 79 Landback Update Today guns were drawn…

‘An impossible choice’: Beaver Lake Cree Nation looks to Supreme Court in advanced legal cost case | CBC News

Innu Nation Files $4-Billion Compensation Claim for Churchill Falls Hydropower Project – The Energy Mix

Real Peoples Media – Posts

Indigenous Land Rights Action Blocks Northern BC Highway | The Tyee

MP Atwin calls on federal government to respect Indigenous fishing rights

Indigenous man dies in Chicoutimi hospital after complaints of racist remarks | Montreal Gazette

Ont. musician Tom Wilson arrested, charged for visiting Six Nations land defenders | CTV News

3 days without water dehumanizing for residents of Neskantaga First Nation, chief says | CBC News

Climate change driving food insecurity in First Nations while government stands by, report says | CBC News

Climate change driving Indigenous food insecurity in Canada: report | The Narwhal

Jason Kenney’s handpicked advisors call for mention of residential schools to be erased from primary grades curriculum | rabble.ca

As standoff at ‘1492 Land Back Lane’ heats up in Caledonia, land defenders say, ‘This is a moment for our people to say no’ | The Star

Mi’kmaq secure injunction against interference with lobster fishery

‘This is not the country you believe it is,’ Neskantaga First Nation chief says amid water crisis | CBC Radio

Parallels drawn between police action over B.C. pipeline fights, Mi’kmaq fishers | National Observer

COVID 19: No excuse to delay reconciliation – RAVEN Trust

Open Letter From The Williams Family Regarding Their Rights and Safety – Yellowhead Institute

Missing & Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada – Posts

‘I wanted to show them I wasn’t extinct’ | The Narwhal

https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/posts/2688388464709948

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/coroners-inquiry-into-joyce-echaquans-death-wont-happen-before-2021-quebec-says/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217112347470269&set=a.2609707931417&type=3&theater

http://kukukwes.com/2020/10/14/angry-mob-trap-mikmaw-fishermen-at-a-lobster-pound-in-southwestern-nova-scotia/

https://www.facebook.com/realpeoplesmedia2016/posts/3325364897532829

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-rcmp-criticized-for-inaction-after-mob-violently-attacks-mikmaq/

https://canadians.org/analysis/trapped-conflict-how-corporate-megafishery-clearwater-has-set-stage-violent-conflict

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2020/first-nations-have-their-own-legal-authority-to-regulate-their-fishing-rights/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/afn-calling-for-trudeau-to-remove-rcmp-commissioner-lucki-1.5158148

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/23/Nova-Scotia-Lobster-War/

https://raventrust.com/raven-calls-on-the-federal-and-nova-scotia-governments-to-uphold-the-honour-and-integrity-of-the-crown-in-their-dealings-with-the-mikmaq-people/

https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/videos/3438144532918656/UzpfSTEwMDAwMzYxMTM1MTM5MToyMDcxODk5MjkyOTQwNDI5/

https://readpassage.com/media-attacked-the-wetsuweten-but-ignore-white-fisher-violence/

Provinces & Territories

Nearly every single Halifax-area public school has too much lead in its drinking water | Globalnews.ca

Inquiry into death of Joyce Echaquan won’t start until 2021 says coroner

The Australian Invasion: Big Coal’s Plans for Alberta | The Tyee

Alberta ranchers fear loss of grazing lands due to proposed coal mine | The Narwhal

City of Whitehorse corporate emissions up 40 per cent in four years due to unlikely culprit | The Narwhal

Doug Ford ready to cut environmental assessments (again) for ‘economic recovery’ | National Observer

The man who took on the Irving Oil refinery and won | The Narwhal

Bill 156: APPC Responds to Ontario Government’s Ag-Gag Proposals. – Animal Protection Party Of Canada

Ontario’s proposed Blue Box regulation will mean more plastic waste in parks, lakes, and landfills – Environmental Defence

How corporate mega-fishery Clearwater has set the stage for violent conflict in Mi’kma’ki | rabble.ca

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

https://www.facebook.com/animaljusticecanada/photos/a.270826382933918/4041737729176079/?type=3&theater

https://realpeoples.media/one-day-they-are-going-to-kill-me-joyce-echaquan-killed-by-canadas-racist-healthcare-system/

https://www.peacevalleyland.com/single-post/bc-hydro-premier-horgan-roll-the-dice-again-on-site-c

https://www.facebook.com/skyler.williams.330/posts/3531234333605900

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/an-impossible-choice-beaver-lake-cree-nation-looks-to-supreme-court-in-advanced-legal-cost-case-1.5740802

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/miller-fishery-dispute-1.5763402

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/miller-fishery-dispute-1.5763402

https://canadians.org/analysis/trapped-conflict-how-corporate-megafishery-clearwater-has-set-stage-violent-conflict

https://raventrust.com/raven-calls-on-the-federal-and-nova-scotia-governments-to-uphold-the-honour-and-integrity-of-the-crown-in-their-dealings-with-the-mikmaq-people/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/husky-pipeline-spill-alberta-1.5780578

Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada

RCMP watchdog raises serious concerns about strip searches | CBC News

‘Taken, not sent away’: RCMP statement on residential schools sparks criticism, apology – National | Globalnews.ca

Canadian police have a long record of lying to the public | rabble.ca

Nanaimo Mountie charged with assault causing bodily harm | CTV News

Indigenous former students say RCMP response to complaint about John Furlong investigation insufficient | CBC News

Real Peoples Media – Posts

Indigenous services minister calls raid on N.S. fishing facilities an ‘assault’ on Mi’kmaw people | CBC News

RCMP criticized for inaction after mob violently attacks Mi’kmaq lobster facilities – The Globe and Mail

RCMP pension plan discriminates against women, says Supreme Court | CBC News

R.I.S.E. on Instagram: “UPDATE: Heredity Chief, Secwepemc women, Nlaka’pamux woman and Romilly Cavanaugh have been released by Kamloops RCMP The RCMP failed to…”

RCMP Under Fire For Allowing Lobster Fishermen to ‘Terrorize’ Mi’kmaq Community

Nova Scotia RCMP claim they’re not racis…

Our neighbour killed our dog. Then the criminal justice system failed her and our family | CBC News

Police to Stay in Vancouver Schools as Review Delayed | The Tyee

Minister says Mi’kmaw fishermen in Nova Scotia being ‘let down’ by police in wake of weekend blaze | CBC News

RCMP have ‘let down’ Indigenous fishers facing violence in Nova Scotia: minister – Goldstream News Gazette

Sex-assault case collapses after Edmonton police take 8 years to execute arrest warrant | CBC News

Racist mob exposes RCMP hypocrisy in attacks on Mi’kmaw | Real People’s Media

Parallels drawn between police action over B.C. pipeline fights, Mi’kmaq fishers | National Observer

AFN calling for Trudeau to remove RCMP Commissioner Lucki | CTV News

Brenda Lucki must go – Macleans.ca

RAVEN calls on the Federal and Nova Scotia Governments to uphold the honour and integrity of the Crown in their dealings with the Mi’kmaq people. – RAVEN Trust

Settler violence against Mi’kmaq fishermen highlights double standard in Canadian policing | rabble.ca

Trudeau stands by RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki amid calls for resignation – The Globe and Mail

‘Worst use of force’: Trial begins for officer who threw handcuffed woman to ground face-first | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/csis-wetsuweten-indigenous-demonstrations-1.5747306

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/is-it-time-to-reconsider-whether-canada-needs-a-governor-general-1.5764251/abject-failure-sen-murray-sinclair-criticizes-federal-response-to-mi-kmaw-fishery-dispute-1.5767429

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/10/23/Nova-Scotia-Lobster-War/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/10/30/RCMP-Avoid-Responsibility-Wetsuweten-Diesel-Spill/

Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies

High-carbon retirement: What future is the Canada Pension Plan banking on? | Corporate Knights

Environmental Defence Canada

CSIS withholds information on Wet’suwet’en demonstrations citing national security threat exemption | CBC News

Joyce Echaquan’s death highlights systemic racism in health care, experts say | CTV News

NDP and Greens promote environmental plans as Liberal Party pledges more support for forestry sector | CTV News

Canadian Horse Defence Coalition – Posts

Animal Justice – Take Action

Coast Protectors – Posts

Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption: The Ultimate Betrayal

Leaked document details industry’s secret plan to defeat Clean Fuel Standard: “Fighting climate change is a losing battle” – Greenpeace Canada

Join #Voiceless4AnimalJustice 2020

Trudeau defends federal response as threats escalate over Mi’kmaw fishery in Nova Scotia | CBC News

Opinion: To end Canada’s hidden horsemeat trade, it must be exposed – The Globe and Mail

‘Abject failure’: Sen. Murray Sinclair criticizes federal response to Mi’kmaw fishery dispute | CBC Radio

New study suggests fish farms raise risk of exposure to infectious disease for wild B.C. salmon | CBC News

TMX: What’s at stake? | Corporate Mapping Project

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion no longer needed: new expert report | Corporate Mapping Project

Reassessment of Need for the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project: Production forecasts, economics and environmental considerations | Corporate Mapping Project

Billions could be better spent on Green New Deal jobs rather than warplanes | rabble.ca

Pipe Dream: Taxpayer-Owned TMX Is a Bust, Concludes Analyst | The Tyee

Trans Mountain expansion may not be economically viable, says think tank report | CBC News

Trans Mountain expansion hits snag, must re-start drilling beneath Thompson River in Kamloops | CFJC Today Kamloops

CHARBONNEAU: I was wrong about the Site C dam | CFJC Today Kamloops

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/10/05/opinion/bad-dreams-burnaby-mountain-threats-oil-spills-explosions-and-killer-firestorms

https://www.facebook.com/stopthespraybc/photos/a.509720329363516/1321525838182957/?type=3&theater

https://www.facebook.com/wildernesscommittee/posts/10157738046902993

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/bc-government-endangering-last-pair-spotted-owls-canada

https://www.greenparty.ca/en/media-release/2020-09-22/mp-atwin-calls-federal-government-respect-indigenous-fishing-rights

https://www.facebook.com/realpeoplesmedia2016/posts/3325364897532829

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/our-neighbour-killed-our-dog-then-the-criminal-justice-system-failed-her-and-our-family-1.5765916?cmp=rss

https://ipolitics.ca/2020/10/19/oil-is-crashing-again-and-this-time-it-wont-recover-we-cant-let-the-oil-lobby-bring-canada-down-with-it/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10164194957230057&set=a.493880525056&type=3&theater

https://boereport.com/2020/10/14/banks-and-insurers-shun-canadas-oil-sands/

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/october-2020/first-nations-have-their-own-legal-authority-to-regulate-their-fishing-rights/

https://theenergymix.com/2020/10/23/federal-technology-grant-pays-fossils-for-work-they-should-fund-themselves-climate-hawks-contend/

https://raventrust.com/raven-calls-on-the-federal-and-nova-scotia-governments-to-uphold-the-honour-and-integrity-of-the-crown-in-their-dealings-with-the-mikmaq-people/

https://canadians.org/analysis/trapped-conflict-how-corporate-megafishery-clearwater-has-set-stage-violent-conflict

https://www.facebook.com/mmiwg2s/posts/4882011605172723

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/canada-energy-regulator-orders-trans-mountain-to-prove-safety-procedures-orders-contractor-to-stop-using-trench-boxes-after-worker-death-in-edmonton