Ecocide Canada — September 2020

Environment & Climate Change Canada

Canadian population of at-risk species declined over last 50 years, WWF says – Goldstream News Gazette

Environmental watchdog says it found ‘strong’ evidence oilsands tailings ponds are tainting groundwater | CBC News

SFU student union gets 13 student associations to sign anti-TMX letter | Burnaby Now

Coal power is on the way out. So why are Canadian coal mines trying to expand? – Environmental Defence

Stop Terminal 2 Expansion | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Energy sector looking for aid and regulation delays as throne speech looms | CTV News

Jasper caribou herd wiped out of existence – RMOToday.com

Homepage – The Facts About Canadian Oil

Jasper National Park says one caribou herd gone, two others on the brink of local extinction | CBC News

Canada needs a world-class climate law
http://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/north-baffin-inuit-form-new-group-to-raise-concerns-about-proposed-mine-expansion/

https://www.partyfortheanimals.com/party-for-the-animals-pushes-back-against-concealment-of-cruelty-in-animal-agriculture

https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/09/15/trans-mountain-pipeline-threatens-historic-sites/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/09/18/news/post-secondary-students-call-trudeau-abandon-tmx

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2020/09/18/will-reducing-methane-oil-gas-another-failed-climate-commitment/

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2020/09/18/will-reducing-methane-oil-gas-another-failed-climate-commitment/

https://theenergymix.com/2020/09/23/breaking-new-assessment-declares-canadas-climate-plan-insufficient-as-throne-speech-day-dawns/

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/throne-speech-recycles-hollow-promises-climate-and-environment

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-climate-delay-hyperloop-train-small-modular-reactors-1.5717438

https://www.facebook.com/standearth/photos/a.415188889220/10158060712799221/?type=3&theater

https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2020/09/blame-game-hurts-wildlife

Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Tseshaht block access to Somass while DFO sits on agreement | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

Grieg Seafood granted new licenses, allowing for 30,000 metric tons of additional farmed salmon production in Canada | Intrafish

B.C. fish farms regularly under-count sea lice, potentially putting wild salmon at risk: study | CBC News

B.C. salmon farms regularly under-counting sea lice, study finds | The Narwhal

Inside the ongoing mission to scrub clean B.C.’s wild beaches – Salmon Arm Observer

Fish Farms out of Discovery Islands | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

The federal government needs to side with First Nations and not corporate polluters – Environmental Defence

Failure to Inform – alexandra morton

Coast Protectors – Posts

Emaciated grizzly found dead on central B.C. coast as low salmon count sparks concern – Campbell River Mirror

‘Unprecedented’ coalition demands end to B.C. salmon farms – Goldstream News Gazette

Heiltsuk First Nation calling on DFO to close fish farms, citing wild salmon extinction risk – North Island Gazette

B.C. harvests 196,000 tonnes of fish a year. Most of it is exported and that’s a problem, advocates say | National Observer

Little Action from Feds as Deadline to Remove Salmon Farms Looms | The Tyee

Failure to close open-net fish farms in the Discovery Islands puts wild salmon at increased risk | Ecojustice

B.C. grizzlies facing starvation due to declining salmon stock, says First Nation | CTV News

Feds ignore lice in fish farm decision | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Natural Resources Canada

North Baffin Inuit form new group to raise concerns about proposed mine expansion | Nunatsiaq News

‘I want to puke’: David Suzuki reacts to O’Regan’s nuclear power endorsement | CBC Radio

Indigenous Relations Canada

Ottawa agrees to certify 2 class action lawsuits over the treatment of First Nation children | CBC News

Environmental racism in Canada: What is it and what can we do about it?

Threats, fines and fear: A dump on Mohawk land overflows with industrial waste | Ricochet

RAVEN Trust – Posts

What we’re seeing in 2020 is Idle No More 2.0 – Macleans.ca

First Nations face overlapping crises and inadequate support during pandemic

Darlene Necan Walks for awareness of Nuclear Waste storage in Treaty 3 | Real People’s Media

Warplane purchase schedule on target, while water for First Nations could be delayed | rabble.ca

Indigenous woman records slurs, taunts of Quebec hospital staff before her death – The Globe and Mail

Indigenous woman records slurs, taunts of Quebec hospital staff before her death – The Globe and Mail

Opinion: Joyce Echaquan’s treatment wasn’t an isolated incident | Montreal Gazette

Canada: outcry after video shows hospital staff taunting dying Indigenous woman | World news | The Guardian

Provinces & Territories

‘Unconstitutional’: New provincial law stifles animal activists | inhalton.com

Cormorant hunt lacks scientific basis, 51 experts say in open letter to Ontario minister | CBC News

Good news for a change for endangered species and sensitive ecosystems – Environmental Defence

Bill 197 to be challenged in court | TheRecord.com

Trespassers not welcome on Manitoba farms | The Western Producer

Party for the Animals pushes back against concealment of cruelty in animal agriculture – Party for the Animals

While Ford fights COVID, he’s still hurting the environment | The Star

Ontario animal rights activist charged under new provincial legislation | The Star

Hundreds rally in Toronto to show support for Six Nations members arrested in land dispute | CBC News

Animal rights activist charged under new law after protest at Fearman’s pork plant | CBC News

Yukon mine poses environmental risk decades after being remediated under federal watch | The Narwhal

Anishinaabe block roads to stop moose trophy hunting in wildlife reserve | Ricochet

Inquiry into alleged anti-Alberta energy campaigns doesn’t have time to fact-check statements: commissioner | CBC News

We have met the enemy and he is us — Alberta in the midst of a climate damn emergency – Alberta Politics

Albertans rally to try to stop Government from closing, delisting parks | Watch News Videos Online

Will mining be the sleeping giant of Yukon greenhouse gas emissions? | The Narwhal

Stoney Nakoda take Alberta to court over water sale | The Sprawl

Top-secret records show New Brunswick, Alberta companies received millions in suspicious transfers | CBC News

Could 80,000 family woodlot owners be the key to saving the Acadian forest? | The Narwhal

Why Nova Scotia wants to poison a lake to kill off invasive species | CBC News

Alberta’s Oilsands Owe Canadians Far More than They Can Pay | The Tyee

Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada

Use of predictive policing tools in Canada highlight need for federal action, report says – Goldstream News Gazette

Jessica Patrick’s Family Found Her Body. Now They Want Answers from Police | The Tyee

Ottawa officer who allegedly filmed, mocked women charged with nine counts of misconduct | Ottawa Citizen

RCMP Hires US Artificial Intelligence Firm to Spy on Web Users | The Tyee

Attorney General of Canada defends Kelowna Mountie involved in rough arrest – Goldstream News Gazette

What Tear Gas Does to Fish | Hakai Magazine

Trudeau ‘disappointed’ by RCMP treatment of Sikh officers over mask issue – Goldstream News Gazette

Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies

Canadians want to see a ban on wildlife markets and an end to the commercial wildlife trade | World Animal Protection

Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada’s Myanmar court intervention – Goldstream News Gazette

Petition · Mayor and Council DNV and Premier John Horgan: Justice for Plum – Conservation not Extermination · Change.org

‘They’re Trying to Take My House’ | The Tyee

Sign the petition for a sustainable recovery

Environmental Defence Canada

Canadian Horse Defence Coalition – Posts

Archaeologist: Trans Mountain pipeline threatens at least 67 historic sites

Burnaby tree-sitters claim victory in protest against Trans Mountain pipeline | CBC News

Weak oil demand forecasts leave economists wondering if Trans Mountain makes sense | National Observer

Post-secondary students call on Trudeau to abandon TMX | National Observer

Will reducing methane from oil and gas be another failed climate commitment? – Environmental Defence

BREAKING: New Assessment Declares Canada’s Climate Plan ‘Insufficient’ as Throne Speech Day Dawns – The Energy Mix

Canadian Musician Jann Arden on the Front Line of Horse Export Protest

Throne speech recycles hollow promises on climate and the environment | Wilderness Committee

The source of Canada’s “Indian Problem” is the theft of Indigenous lands and resources | Real People’s Media

OPINION | Beware of climate delay, masquerading as climate action | CBC News

How a Canadian Mining Company Infiltrated the Guatemalan State

It’s time for Shell to quit CAPP, the Canadian oil lobby group. Here’s why.

Jann Arden Heads Up a Second Calgary Airport Protest

‘Canadians Don’t Want This’: Fracking Company Owned by Canada Pension Plan Spent $600,000 to Influence Colorado State Elections – The Energy Mix

Protestors decry shipping horses packed 4 to a crate overseas for slaughter | CBC News

CPPIB’s fracking operation in U.S. raises questions – The Globe and Mail