Ecocide & Genocide Canada — August 2021

Environment & Climate Change Canada

Endangered seabird found in old-growth forest slated for logging near Fairy Creek | Wilderness Committee

Canada talks a mean game but has yet to act on climate reports | Ricochet

Cluster of COVID-19 infections detected among Trans Mountain pipeline workers in Valemount, B.C. | CTV News

Election 2021: We’re choosing our politicians while the world burns around us

IPCC report on climate change shows ‘there’s no going back’ | The Narwhal

Singh wants to end oil, gas subsidies, and fund renewable energy projects | CTV News

Drill, baby, drill = Burn, baby, burn – In-Sights

$18 billion to fossil fuels: Breaking Down the Numbers – Environmental Defence

Federal election requires serious shift on climate, justice and health | rabble.ca

Trans Mountain Is a Major Climate Problem

Erin O’Toole supports building Northern Gateway pipeline despite previous cancellation – The Globe and Mail

This election, we need real climate plans not false solutions – Environmental Defence

https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/08/09/no-more-excuses-unimaginable-unforgiving-world-without-drastic-moves-to-cut-emissions-ipcc-warns/

https://breachmedia.ca/u-n-climate-report-scapegoats-human-activity-rather-than-fossil-fuel-capitalism/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/10/Code-Red-Climate-BC-Do-Anything/

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/climate-and-carbon/methane-burning-through-global-carbon-budget-16286096/

https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/10/hypocrisy-reaching-new-heights/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-habitat-loss-lower-fraser/

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/08/stop-global-warming-ipcc-report-climate-change-slash-methane-emissions-first/

https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/16/bcs-ghg-emissions-worse-than-weve-been-told/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/18/Nurses-Doctors-Take-Aim-BC-LNG-Ambitions/

https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/23/it-was-what-it-was-it-is-what-it-is/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/opinion-oates-election-greenwashing-1.6146254

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-heat-climate-adaptation/

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/08/election-shouldnt-be-about-climate-crisis-it-should-be-about-curbing-fossil-fuels

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/13/news/canadas-oil-and-gas-sector-filled-federal-covid-emergency-cash?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-caribou-forestry-1.6155121

Fisheries & Oceans Canada

DFO plan to phase out fish farms still missing as 109 licences set to expire

UBC researchers map Pacific salmon habitat, finding much is lost or inaccessible

Sipekne’katik Chief Mike Sack arrested as treaty fishery begins in N.S. | CBC News

Coastal First Nations in B.C. demand DFO respect their right to fish

Add Your Voice – Clayoquot Action

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-habitat-loss-lower-fraser/

Natural Resources Canada

Ojibwe water protector Tara Houska shot with rubber bullets paid for by Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. – Peace Brigades International-Canada

Canada’s political parties cannot ‘greenwash’ their way through another election | CBC News

https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/08/09/no-more-excuses-unimaginable-unforgiving-world-without-drastic-moves-to-cut-emissions-ipcc-warns/

https://breachmedia.ca/u-n-climate-report-scapegoats-human-activity-rather-than-fossil-fuel-capitalism/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/10/Code-Red-Climate-BC-Do-Anything/

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/climate-and-carbon/methane-burning-through-global-carbon-budget-16286096/

https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/10/hypocrisy-reaching-new-heights/

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-habitat-loss-lower-fraser/

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/08/stop-global-warming-ipcc-report-climate-change-slash-methane-emissions-first/

https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/16/bcs-ghg-emissions-worse-than-weve-been-told/

https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-federal-election-2021-voting-climate/

https://thenarwhal.ca/ipcc-report-un-climate-john-fyfe/

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/23/18-billion-fossil-fuel-subsidies/

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/08/election-shouldnt-be-about-climate-crisis-it-should-be-about-curbing-fossil-fuels

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/13/news/canadas-oil-and-gas-sector-filled-federal-covid-emergency-cash?

https://www.coastprotectors.ca/trans_mountain_climate_cost

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-erin-otoole-supports-building-northern-gateway-pipeline-despite/

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/30/this-election-we-need-real-climate-plans-not-false-solutions/

Indigenous Relations Canada

Residential Schools, Good Intentions and the Road to Hell | The Tyee

Canada is Waging All-Front Legal War Against Indigenous People | NewsClick

Wabano Centre health clinic failing clients, former staff say | CBC News

Petition demands Catholic Church’s charitable status be suspended over residential school response | CBC News

Effects of Sask. experimental colony still felt on Peepeekisis Cree Nation | CTV News

Class-action lawsuit alleges ‘widespread’ sexual, physical abuse of Indigenous patients at tuberculosis hospitals | CTV News

Opinion: Why aren’t we talking about Indigenous communities during Canada’s election campaign? – The Globe and Mail

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-mines-indigenous-women-1.6128059

https://theconversation.com/truth-before-reconciliation-8-ways-to-identify-and-confront-residential-school-denialism-164692

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/coastal-first-nations-in-b-c-demand-dfo-respect-their-right-to-fish/

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/coastal-first-nations-in-b-c-demand-dfo-respect-their-right-to-fish/

Provinces & Territories

Laval investigates after men wearing camouflage caught draining wetland | CBC News

Jason Kenney promises new provincial police force won’t cost Albertans ‘one cent more’ | rabble.ca

Alberta Oil Output Pushes Past Pre-Pandemic High, Grows 86.2% Since 2010 – The Energy Mix

Kenney government should reject new coal mines without review: EPCOR

Opinion: An outright ban should be placed on coal mining in the Eastern Slopes — now | Calgary Herald

Logging proposal near Grande Cache, Alta., could put caribou at risk of local extinction, residents say | CBC News

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/toronto-vancouver-island-protests-shine-spotlight-on-media-access/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-mines-indigenous-women-1.6128059

https://animaljustice.ca/blog/animal-justice-files-complaints-over-horse-mistreatment-abuse-death-at-alberta-chuckwagon-events

https://4earthindex.catladymori.com/britishcolumbia/british-columbia-government-ecocide-genocide-august-2021/

Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada

Toronto, Vancouver Island protests shine spotlight on media access – Goldstream News Gazette

Vancouver Police Shove a Man to the Ground, Then Confront a Witness Recording It | The Tyee

Colten Boushie’s mom says healing won’t happen without RCMP apology | CBC News

Saanich police apologize for inadequate handling of sexual assault survivor’s report – Goldstream News Gazette

Manitoba RCMP investigating video where officer’s knee appears to be on man’s neck | CTV News

Indigenous woman killed in B.C. had said RCMP failed to respond to stalking reports | CBC News

‘Let me breathe’: Manitoba RCMP officer dismissed pleas while pinning man’s neck in arrest, video shows | CBC News

‘Guns are not the answer and now my brother is dead’: Family speaks out after man killed during interaction with police in Fergus | CTV News

Fairy Creek protesters accuse RCMP of aggression after use of pepper spray – Goldstream News Gazette

Kelowna Mountie charged with assualt in high-profile wellness check on UBCO student – Goldstream News Gazette

Tensions between police and protestors escalating at Fairy Creek

B.C. Prosecution Service announces assault charge against Kelowna Mountie in connection with wellness check | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

https://pbicanada.org/2021/08/03/ojibwe-water-protector-tara-houska-shot-with-rubber-bullets-paid-for-by-calgary-based-enbridge-inc/

https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2021/08/rcmp-arrest-victoria-buzz-photographer-at-fairy-creek-blockades/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/11/Coastal-GasLink-Receives-Warning-Violating-Wetsuweten-Rights/

https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/21/15/2021BCSC1554.htm

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/old-growth-protesters-allege-rcmp-s-fairy-creek-actions-defy-recent-court-order-1.5546047

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/16/Judge-Rebuked-Illegal-RCMP-Tactics/

https://www.bclocalnews.com/opinion/letter-our-taxpayer-money-is-being-used-to-protect-teal-joness-bottom-line/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/rcmp-watchdog-gets-more-than-70-enforcement-complaints-from-fairy-creek-blockades/

https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/i-expect-there-will-only-be-more-rcmp-watchdog-gets-over-70-complaints-about-fairy-creek-enforcement-1.5562846

https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2021/08/traffic-snarled-at-johnson-street-bridge-due-to-anti-police-violence-protest/

Agriculture Canada

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/08/20/the-sorry-state-of-animal-protection-in-canada.html

Global Affairs, Export Development Canada

Leaked report accuses Canada of covering for mining companies in war-torn Ethiopia ⋆ The Breach

Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

(1) Canadian Horse Defence Coalition – Posts | Facebook

‘Confidential’ 2016 EPA Report Linked Monsanto Weedkiller to Cancer • Children’s Health Defense

Live export ban and shorter journeys for livestock confirmed – Farmers Weekly

A Message to the EU: Address the Spiralling Public Health Crisis by Banning Glyphosate – CounterPunch.org

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/bayer-u-s-supreme-court-liability-roundup-cancer-lawsuits/

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/08/20/the-sorry-state-of-animal-protection-in-canada.html

Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies

Canada’s biggest public pensions heavily investing in fossil fuels, new report suggests | CBC News

Suzuki, Atwood, Ondaatje, Lewis Call for Emergency Leaders Debate on Climate | The Tyee

Oil industry lobbied Trudeau government more than Harper Conservatives ⋆ The Breach

Election 2021: Canada needs to spend $10B to retrain oil, gas workers: group

https://www.theenergymix.com/2021/08/09/no-more-excuses-unimaginable-unforgiving-world-without-drastic-moves-to-cut-emissions-ipcc-warns/

https://breachmedia.ca/u-n-climate-report-scapegoats-human-activity-rather-than-fossil-fuel-capitalism/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/08/10/Code-Red-Climate-BC-Do-Anything/

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/climate-and-carbon/methane-burning-through-global-carbon-budget-16286096/

https://in-sights.ca/2021/08/10/hypocrisy-reaching-new-heights/

https://www.straight.com/finance/canadian-centre-for-policy-alternatives-reports-shows-that-cpp-investment-managers-keep

https://ricochet.media/en/3749/canada-talks-a-mean-game-but-has-yet-to-act-on-climate-reports

https://www.facebook.com/CoastProtectors/photos/a.1357268160999108/4541270049265554/

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/08/20/the-sorry-state-of-animal-protection-in-canada.html

https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-federal-election-2021-voting-climate/

https://thenarwhal.ca/ipcc-report-un-climate-john-fyfe/

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/23/18-billion-fossil-fuel-subsidies/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/opinion-oates-election-greenwashing-1.6146254

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/08/election-shouldnt-be-about-climate-crisis-it-should-be-about-curbing-fossil-fuels

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/08/13/news/canadas-oil-and-gas-sector-filled-federal-covid-emergency-cash?

https://www.coastprotectors.ca/trans_mountain_climate_cost

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/08/30/this-election-we-need-real-climate-plans-not-false-solutions/