Ecocide & Genocide Canada — July 2021

Environment & Climate Change Canada

Study says government propping up fossil fuel pipelines – Goldstream News Gazette

Canadian governments have spent $23 billion on fossil fuel pipelines since 2018 – Environmental Defence

Opinion: In light of this summer’s tragedies, Ottawa must show more urgency in adapting to climate change – The Globe and Mail

Update: No cash for Goldboro LNG | Ecojustice

Canadian oil, gas workers want transition to net-zero emissions: poll

‘Nothing to See Here, Folks’, as Canada Sends Updated Carbon Target to UN – The Energy Mix

Federal watchdog urged to investigate B.C. Elk Valley coal mine pollution

Critics slam Canada’s official Paris target as ‘climate denial’ in action | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis

Rolling Justice Bus – Posts | Facebook

What does a real Just Transition require from Canada? – Environmental Defence

https://in-sights.ca/2021/07/01/bring-out-the-dead/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/federal-covid-19-funding-to-albertas-oil-patch-not-well-spent/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/08/trudeau-love-fossil-fuel-makes-canada-extreme-weather-worse

https://www.saanichnews.com/news/study-says-government-propping-up-fossil-fuel-pipelines/

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/07/09/im-tired-of-watching-the-world-end-its-time-to-get-radical-on-the-climate-crisis.html

https://thenarwhal.ca/baffinland-narwhals-ice-breaking/

https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/trevor-hancock-sorry-about-the-earth-but-we-need-to-make-money-1.24340964

https://www.delta-optimist.com/local-news/group-warns-delta-projects-threaten-fraser-estuary-3945617

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/07/19/Seven-Big-Warnings-Killer-Heat-Wave/

https://www.ciel.org/organizations-demand-policymakers-reject-carbon-capture-and-storage/

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/07/silence-dams-international-condemnation-canadian-indifference

https://breachmedia.ca/indigenous-rights-are-a-counterforce-to-the-climate-crisis/

Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Activists raise alarm over future of Fraser River estuary – Delta Optimist

https://thenarwhal.ca/baffinland-narwhals-ice-breaking/

https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/trevor-hancock-sorry-about-the-earth-but-we-need-to-make-money-1.24340964

https://thenarwhal.ca/federal-watchdog-urged-to-investigate-canadas-longstanding-failure-to-stop-b-c-elk-valley-coal-mine-pollution/

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=359138069109927&set=a.273999317623803

Natural Resources Canada

Opinion: On Climate, Has Minister O’Regan Been Captured by the Mining Lobby?

Noting fewer narwhals, Nunavut hunters ask Baffinland not to break ice

Silence of the dams: Martial law at Muskrat Falls | rabble.ca

https://www.facebook.com/EnvironmentalDefenceCanada/photos/a.10150588740540198/10164979743775198/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/study-says-government-propping-up-fossil-fuel-pipelines/

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/07/09/im-tired-of-watching-the-world-end-its-time-to-get-radical-on-the-climate-crisis.html

https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/trevor-hancock-sorry-about-the-earth-but-we-need-to-make-money-1.24340964

https://thenarwhal.ca/federal-watchdog-urged-to-investigate-canadas-longstanding-failure-to-stop-b-c-elk-valley-coal-mine-pollution/

https://www.ciel.org/organizations-demand-policymakers-reject-carbon-capture-and-storage/

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/07/26/what-does-a-real-just-transition-require-from-canada/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/heat-related-deaths-b-c-wildfires-spur-greater-victoria-doctors-call-to-end-pipeline-construction/

https://www.ecowatch.com/deep-sea-mining-renewable-energy-ocean-conservation-2654261786.html

https://breachmedia.ca/indigenous-rights-are-a-counterforce-to-the-climate-crisis/

Indigenous Relations Canada

Legal battle brewing in northern Ontario over the protection of Indigenous sacred areas, mining rights | CBC News

B.C. admits communications with First Nations during Lytton fire ‘didn’t live up to expectations’ | CBC News

Ottawa police filming Every Child Matters walk echoes the Indian Act’s pass system | rabble.ca

Native children didn’t ‘lose’ their lives at residential schools. Their lives were stolen | Erica Violet Lee | The Guardian

Survivor recalls being tasked with burying body at Edmonton-area residential school | Globalnews.ca

Nunavut MP wants special prosecutor on residential schools, crimes against children | CTV News

Wilson-Raybould has a message for Ottawa: Stop off-loading responsibility for reconciliation | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis

Child welfare system, residential schools ‘different chapters of the same book’: Manitoba advocate | CBC News

In the child welfare system, the next iteration of residential schools | rabble.ca

The ride-share collective safely transporting Winnipeg’s Indigenous women and girls | rabble.ca

Manitoba’s Indigenous relations minister resigns from cabinet after premier’s comments on colonial history | CBC News

No More Thoughts and Prayers. Indigenous Kids Need Action | The Tyee

‘Burn It All Down’ Is a Call for Decolonization, Not Arson | The Tyee

Human rights complaint filed against Indigenous Services claims age and race discrimination | CBC News

Supreme Court sides with Lac Seul First Nation over flooding compensation – Goldstream News Gazette

MP REPORT: Government must fund searches for graves at residential schools – Goldstream News Gazette

Vancouver lawyer Breen Ouellette makes a case that Canada’s constitution is legislated apartheid | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

The silence of the dams: Manitoba Hydro’s Keeyask dam | rabble.ca

Alberta’s Bearspaw First Nation fighting federal government for right to manage own savings | CBC News

Economic Reconciliation or Economic Retaliation? | Real People’s Media

Johnny Hawke arrested for exercising his rights in bringing attention to stolen Anishinaabe land | Real People’s Media

https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/photos/pcb.884087075870413/884081215870999/

https://breachmedia.ca/press-freedoms-only-half-the-fight-at-fairy-creek/

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/07/silence-dams-international-condemnation-canadian-indifference

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/07/silence-dams-martial-law-muskrat-falls

https://breachmedia.ca/indigenous-rights-are-a-counterforce-to-the-climate-crisis/

Provinces & Territories

Injection of public funds didn’t increase Alberta oil well cleanups, study suggests – Goldstream News Gazette

Federal COVID-19 Funding to Alberta’s Oil Patch “Not Well Spent” | Corporate Mapping Project

Canada’s Prairie Provinces are Failing to Address Systemic Racism in the Criminal Justice System, Experts Say

$3.5 million and 2 years to serve up a farcical attack on Canadians’ rights to protect the environment and our future – Environmental Defence

Facing a Health Crisis, Kenney Champions Pickup Trucks and Pepper Spray | The Tyee

The 9th Canada-Ontario Great Lakes Agreement – How it stacks up against our recommendations. – Environmental Defence

Communities rally across the GTA to say No More Highways – Environmental Defence

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

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ginoogaming-injunction-wiisining-zaagiigan-1.6088706

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/study-says-government-propping-up-fossil-fuel-pipelines/

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/07/silence-dams-manitoba-hydros-keeyask-dam

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/07/silence-dams-international-condemnation-canadian-indifference

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/07/silence-dams-martial-law-muskrat-falls

Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada

Ottawa Police videotaping of Every Child Matters walk has echoes of the Indian Act’s pass system – Peace Brigades International-Canada

Rita Wong: How to face a crisis with courage—Fairy Creek’s lessons | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Kelowna Mountie resigns before conduct hearing that could’ve seen him fired – Goldstream News Gazette

Retired Manitoba RCMP officer convicted of sexual assault following retrial | CTV News

Sandy Bay woman found deceased while in RCMP custody – Prince Albert Daily Herald

Officer-involved shooting leaves one dead during incident on Gordon First Nation: RCMP | CTV News

Police inquiry investigating ‘workplace concerns’ at Estevan Police Service | CTV News

Mamadi Camara sues Montreal police for $1.2 million for wrongful arrest | CTV News

Victim of alleged child sex assault says interview with Lethbridge officer ‘like a slap in the face’ | CBC News

RCMP named in lawsuit filed by family of man allegedly killed by Sask. Mountie | CTV News

Black Halifax Regional Police officer wants answers after being pulled over by RCMP at gunpoint | CTV News

UBCIC slams union’s claim RCMP ‘protected’ Campbell River in fatal shooting of Indigenous man – Goldstream News Gazette

Ontario Court of Appeal upholds conviction of Toronto cop who assaulted Dafonte Miller | CTV News

RCMP treatment of media at Fairy Creek blockades: court case takeaways

Victory! Media coalition wins court fight with RCMP | Ricochet

CTV News VI | Video – Must Watch and Your Island News

9 Women Have Now Come Forward Alleging Sexual Assault by RNC: Moore | VOCM

Calgary Mountie forced to resign over texts sent to teenage lacrosse player | CTV News

VicPD investigating protestor struck by car on Blanshard Street Thursday

City councillors call on Tory to stop ‘extreme show of force’ when dismantling Toronto encampments | CTV News

Open Letter to the RCMP from the Rainforest Flying Squad – Forests – Focus on Victoria

Fairy Creek blockades, the RCMP and a win for press freedom | The Narwhal

Thirty Seniors Confronted RCMP at Fairy Creek and Declared Victory | The Tyee

Kelowna cop who sexually harassed women involved in his cases avoids jail time – Goldstream News Gazette

https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-patterson/2021/07/ottawa-police-filming-every-child-matters-walk-echoes-indian

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/07/16/Family-Mourns-Their-Own-Police-Mourn-Dog/

https://breachmedia.ca/press-freedoms-only-half-the-fight-at-fairy-creek/

Global Affairs, Export Development Canada

The Canadian Mining Company Dominicans Call “Worse Than Columbus”

https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/trevor-hancock-sorry-about-the-earth-but-we-need-to-make-money-1.24340964

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/canadian-miner-looms-large-as-nauru-expedites-key-deep-sea-mining-rules/

Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Corporate studies asserting herbicide safety show many flaws, new analysis finds | Monsanto | The Guardian

Regulators Relied on Flawed Studies — Funded by Chemical Industry — to Assess Safety of Glyphosate Herbicide • Children’s Health Defense

Glyphosate Is a ‘Probable Human Carcinogen.’ Why Is It Still Being Used? | The Tyee

Glyphosate Still Used Everywhere, Despite Evidence It Causes Cancer, Other Illnesses • Children’s Health Defense

Higher concentrations of controversial herbicide glyphosate may soon be on your plate: here’s why | CTV News

New Book Unveils Corruption Behind Science and Regulation of Toxic Herbicides • Children’s Health Defense

Poison with your cereal, anyone? | rabble.ca

Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies

Justin Trudeau’s love of fossil fuel will only make Canada’s extreme weather worse | Tzeporah Berman | The Guardian

Seven Big Warnings from the Killer Heat Wave | The Tyee

Calling for an investigation into ‘sustainable’ logging in B.C. | Ecojustice

https://in-sights.ca/2021/07/01/bring-out-the-dead/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/study-says-government-propping-up-fossil-fuel-pipelines/

https://www.corporatemapping.ca/federal-covid-19-funding-to-albertas-oil-patch-not-well-spent/

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/canadian-mining-company-barrick-gold-dominican-republic-pollution-health-crisis

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2021/07/09/im-tired-of-watching-the-world-end-its-time-to-get-radical-on-the-climate-crisis.html

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/06/11/news/wilson-raybould-has-message-ottawa-stop-loading-responsibility

https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/trevor-hancock-sorry-about-the-earth-but-we-need-to-make-money-1.24340964

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/07/14/No-More-Thoughts-Prayers-Indigenous-Kids-Need-Action/

https://thenarwhal.ca/federal-watchdog-urged-to-investigate-canadas-longstanding-failure-to-stop-b-c-elk-valley-coal-mine-pollution/

https://www.ciel.org/organizations-demand-policymakers-reject-carbon-capture-and-storage/

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2021/07/21/news/green-coalition-challenges-certification-claims-canadas-forestry-products

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/07/26/what-does-a-real-just-transition-require-from-canada/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/heat-related-deaths-b-c-wildfires-spur-greater-victoria-doctors-call-to-end-pipeline-construction/

https://breachmedia.ca/indigenous-rights-are-a-counterforce-to-the-climate-crisis/