Ecocide & Genocide Canada — March 2021

Environment & Climate Change Canada

As Canada hosts the first global Powering Past Coal Summit, why are we still shipping coal overseas? – Environmental Defence

Wilkinson not keen on planning for climate target in 2025 | National Observer

What are the chances that Dow Chemical lobbied against Canada’s plastic ban? Pretty high – Environmental Defence

FAQ – A Climate Change Test for Canada: Aligning infrastructure reviews with climate commitments – Environmental Defence

Without a climate change test, Canada is heading towards climate failure – Environmental Defence

EXCLUSIVE: Blaming Campaigners for Rising Premiums Masks Trans Mountain’s Shoddy Safety Record, Ex-Insurance Exec Says – The Energy Mix

Canada needs to embrace its fossil-free energy future | Corporate Knights

Government of Canada declines emergency caribou protection order | Wilderness Committee

Ecojustice | Take Action

Canada’s beautiful prairie grasslands are among the most endangered ecosystems in the world | Nature of Things

Ecojustice | Take Action

Study finds ‘no likely scenario’ in which TMX generates net benefits for Canada | Ricochet

https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2021/03/easy-way-out-wildlife-conservation-isnt-what-it-appears

https://ricochet.media/en/3539/tmx-were-being-criminalized-on-our-own-territories

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/19/Governments-Make-Taxpayers-Subsidize-Corporate-Cleanup-Oil-Wells/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/19/Youth-Climate-Action/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/22/BC-Two-Pipeline-Fights-Spring-Forward/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/covid-19-weakened-environmental-rules-across-canada-mostly-in-alberta-study/

https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-covid-19-pandemic-environmental-racism/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-trans-mountain-losses-sfu-study-1.5970802

Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Sen. Dan Christmas says feds heading in ‘wrong direction’ with fishery

Easy way out for wildlife conservation isn’t what it appears | rabble.ca

First Nation files injunction against DFO for small Smith Inlet herring fishery – Goldstream News Gazette

In fight against illegal fishing, Canada’s sea spies struggle with sloppy intel, bias: Internal files | CBC News

Our Statement on ATV Activity on Heart of the Fraser’s Gill Bar | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Conne River salmon stocks near extinction, says DFO | CBC News

Dear Senior DFO Staff Some Must Step Away from the Fish – alexandra morton

Legal expert says Canada likely has not met constitutional obligations to First Nations on fishery | Provincial | News | The Chronicle Herald

Study uncovers B.C. female salmon dying 2x the rate of males – Goldstream News Gazette

DFO Canada’s Atlantic cod rebuilding plan ignores science: critics

https://action.hsi.org/page/76792/action/1

https://www.theprogress.com/news/video-blood-flowed-into-chilliwack-ditch-from-poultry-plant-spill/

Natural Resources Canada

Demonstrators block key access to Vancouver port over jail for pipeline protester – Tri-City News

Fighting British Columbia’s pipelines to the last mile | InvestigateWest

Spilling the tea on climate change villains: Your weekly gossip on oil and gas industry scandals – Greenpeace Canada

Youth Climate Activists Aim to Rally Support for Indigenous Land Defenders | The Tyee

Environmental risks outweigh potential gains when it comes to Saguenay LNG plant, report finds | CBC News

COVID-19 weakened environmental rules across Canada, mostly in Alberta: study – Goldstream News Gazette

First Nation’s negotiations with Enbridge collapse over 2018 northern B.C. gas pipeline explosion | CBC News

Demonstrators form red line along Victoria seaside walkway to protest Trans Mountain – Goldstream News Gazette

https://www.support.ecojustice.ca/page/77212/action/1

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/energy/canada-needs-to-embrace-its-fossil-free-energy-future-16159829/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/19/Governments-Make-Taxpayers-Subsidize-Corporate-Cleanup-Oil-Wells/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/22/BC-Two-Pipeline-Fights-Spring-Forward/

https://globalnews.ca/news/7694371/geothermal-test-success-alberta/

https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-covid-19-pandemic-environmental-racism/

Indigenous Relations Canada

Sex trafficking sting nets Enbridge pipeline workers – Indian Country Today

Approving Yukon mineral exploration without land use plan violates rights

NAN calls for more accountability on First Nations drinking water advisories | CBC News

Romeo Saganash says Trudeau still doesn’t care about Indigenous rights

Tataskweyak suing federal government with class-action lawsuit over failure to provide clean water | Thompson Citizen

TMX: ‘We’re being criminalized on our own territories’ | Ricochet

Logging company clears Cree Nation ancestral trail without recourse

2 nurses suspended after Atikamekw woman allegedly bullied, mocked at Joliette CLSC | CBC News

Why Is UNDRIP Fine in Principle, but Not in Practice? | The Tyee

Trudeau: Time to end drinking water advisories in First Nations | The Council of Canadians

National | Advancing the costs of litigation

‘Consultation utterly failed’: Na-Cho Nyäk Dun sues Yukon for approving mineral exploration | CBC News

Southern Chiefs demands answers, investigation following police response to Indigenous woman in distress | Winnipeg Sun

A User Guide for Land Defenders: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) – Yellowhead Institute

From Bella Bella to Fort Nelson, First Nations in B.C. celebrate wins

China slams Canada’s treatment of First Nations in response to sanctions

The Indigenous people killed by Canada’s police | Human Rights News | Al Jazeera

Nunavut MP releases report on ‘deplorable’ housing conditions | Nunatsiaq News

PHOTOS: Rally for MMIWG in Victoria creates space for conversation – Goldstream News Gazette

First Nations exercising treaty rights to fight tar sands and Site C development | rabble.ca

Ottawa blames retired senator, survivors for undermining trust in residential school compensation system | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/kahnawake-peoples-fire-wetsuweten-1.5929792

https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/wheres-trudeaus-pipeline-for-water-to-first-nations

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/sen-dan-christmas-dfo-moderate-livelihood-fishery/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/08/What-RCMP-Spend-Investigating-Missing-Indigenous-Women/

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/health-authority-fires-quebec-nurses-accused-of-mocking-indigenous-patient-1.5350103

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/22/BC-Two-Pipeline-Fights-Spring-Forward/

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/pikangikum-first-nation-expels-provincial-police-from-community/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-rcmp-commissioner-brenda-lucki-must-go/

https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-covid-19-pandemic-environmental-racism/

Provinces & Territories

The Big Sprawl: Ontario is set to unleash sprawl on huge swathes of countryside unless we fight back – Environmental Defence

‘Too risky’: Atikamekw blockade targets open-pit mining project in Northern Quebec | Ricochet

Environmental groups outraged as province continues to push through Pickering development | Globalnews.ca

Tell Ford: Don’t pave over our Greenbelt, scrap Highway 413 now | Leadnow.ca

The federal and Ontario governments need to stop dragging their heels when it comes to protecting Lake Erie – Environmental Defence

Australian uranium fuelled Fukushima

How to respond to Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s letter about the Lower Duffins Creek Wetland – Environmental Defence

Don’t Celebrate Sport That Exploits Animals for Entertainment – ForceChange

Doug Ford Under Fire Over ‘Reckless’ Personal Attack on Indigenous Relations Critic

Nina Newington is saving Nova Scotia forests for mainland moose | rabble.ca

Ford government’s order to allow destruction of wetland poised to kick in Friday | CBC News

Jason Kenney’s Energy War Room Launches Campaign to Stop Netflix Children’s Cartoon About ‘Bigfoot’

Species at Risk Committee to reflect Indigenous, community knowledge

Health authority fires Quebec nurses accused of mocking Indigenous patient | CTV News

Tell Ford: Don’t pave over our Greenbelt, scrap Highway 413 now | Leadnow.ca

Quebec temp agency head says provincial health network often requests white personnel | CBC News

Ontario ‘ag-gag’ law unconstitutionally restricts political expression, peaceful protest: lawsuit – The Lawyer’s Daily

Environmental Defence Canada

Alberta Canada’s Cycle of Abuse with Big Oil | by Michael Nabert | Feb, 2021 | Medium

Alberta paid $20 million in land rent for oil and gas companies in 2020

Geothermal test success has Albertans excited for the future of the energy source | Globalnews.ca

Crowd rallies behind hunger striker’s protest against clearcutting on Crown land | Provincial | News | The Chronicle Herald

Saskatchewan is on the cusp of a green energy switch: climate journalist | CBC News

Northern Alberta pipeline leak spills estimated 100,000 litres of ‘sour emulsion’ – Todayville

Animal Justice – Ontario Fur Farm Convicted of Animal Cruelty After Undercover Exposé

Northern Alberta pipeline leak spills estimated 100,000 litres of ‘sour emulsion’ | CBC News

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

https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-first-nations-mineral-use-plan-antimony-creek/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/lethbridge-police-service-search-photograph-mla-shannon-phillips-1.5932495

https://www.facebook.com/animaljusticecanada/photos/a.270826382933918/4512683508748163/

https://theconversation.com/logging-company-clears-cree-nation-ancestral-trail-without-recourse-154921

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/19/Governments-Make-Taxpayers-Subsidize-Corporate-Cleanup-Oil-Wells/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/na-cho-ny%C3%A4k-dun-sues-yukon-government-exploration-beaver-river-watershed-1.5952117

https://winnipegsun.com/news/local-news/southern-chiefs-demands-answers-investigation-following-police-response-to-indigenous-woman-in-distress

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/covid-19-weakened-environmental-rules-across-canada-mostly-in-alberta-study/

Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada

Manitoba RCMP say a First Nations man assaulted an officer. Court documents suggest that’s not what happened | CBC News

Tla-o-qui-aht Frst Nation to have role in RCMP shooting investigation

A violent cop, a cowardly mayor and the tragedy of policing in Canada | Ricochet

B.C. First Nation demands transparency in probe into second fatal RCMP shooting – Goldstream News Gazette

Alberta MLA was monitored by 5 different police officers, documents show | CBC News

What Does the RCMP Spend on Investigating Missing Indigenous Women? A Tyee Inquiry Remains Unanswered | The Tyee

Lethbridge police chief suspends 5 officers in meme investigation connected to MLA spying incident | CBC News

Mounties enforced racist policies, RCMP commissioner says – Goldstream News Gazette

Cree-Métis lawyer Myrna McCallum makes her mark holding cops accountable and elevating awareness of trauma | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

Windsor woman in disbelief after police shoot, kill dog in her backyard | CBC News

Colten Boushie’s mother discriminated against by RCMP, report finds | Globalnews.ca

RCMP discriminated against Colten Boushie’s family and fuelled racial tensions in wake of shooting death, review finds – The Globe and Mail

Colten Boushie’s family speaks out on racial discrimination found in scathing report about RCMP | CBC News

RCMP destroyed police records from the night Colten Boushie died – The Globe and Mail

Pikangikum First Nation expels provincial police from community

RCMP breached policy on collection of online information: audit – Goldstream News Gazette

Policing First Nations not working for First Nations

Family calls for upgraded criminal charges following Curve Lake First Nation woman’s death – Peterborough | Globalnews.ca

Alberta government threatens to dissolve Lethbridge police force unless chief shows reform plan in weeks | CBC News

Colton Boushie’s family reacts to RCMP report | CTV News

B.C. watchdog to investigate whether police broke the law in Glen Assoun case – Goldstream News Gazette

Opinion: RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki must go – The Globe and Mail

Man acquitted of killing Tina Fontaine arrested in Ottawa

Video shows Halifax officer saying, ‘I will kill you for a … laugh’ at man with hands up | CBC News

RCMP needs greater transparency in light of Boushie report, says judge Marion Buller | CBC Radio

Federal Court approves class-action lawsuit claiming RCMP doctors sexually assaulted recruits | CBC News

https://winnipegsun.com/news/local-news/southern-chiefs-demands-answers-investigation-following-police-response-to-indigenous-woman-in-distress

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/3/24/the-indigenous-people-killed-by-canadas-police

Agriculture Canada

Animal Justice – Take Action

Ag-gag laws impede important work – Winnipeg Free Press

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZsKhXll-8w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4fDbzg_2BU

Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Export Development Canada

https://vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca/posts/still-no-action-from-canada-on-global-wildlife-trade/

Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Animal Justice – EXPOSED: Live Horse Exports to Japan Covered on CTV W5

W5: Investigation of Canada’s controversial horse meat industry – YouTube

Canada: Land of the dead horses – YouTube

(1) Canadian Horse Defence Coalition – Posts | Facebook

BC SPCA urges Canadians to take action against inhumane wildlife poisoning | BC SPCA

Revealed: seafood fraud happening on a vast global scale | Fish | The Guardian

Dan Levy and Jann Arden want Canada to stop shipping horses to other countries for slaughter

Horsemeat from overseas: animal welfare and consumer protection at risk | Eurogroup for Animals

Protests at ‘inhumane’ export of live horses to Japan for food | Animal welfare | The Guardian

https://theconversation.com/horse-slaughter-is-a-national-disgrace-we-can-and-must-end-155845

https://vancouverhumanesociety.bc.ca/posts/still-no-action-from-canada-on-global-wildlife-trade/

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/ag-gag-laws-impede-important-work-574062062.html

Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies

Where’s Trudeau’s pipeline for water to First Nations? – Canadian Dimension

Canada does a poor job at protecting animals in captivity, say activists | CBC Documentaries

Obsession With GDP, Disregard of Nature Leading Towards Ecosystem Collapse: Report | Common Dreams News

Corbella: Vaccine problems are not Mulroney’s fault, it’s Trudeau’s | Calgary Herald

For BC’s Two Pipeline Fights, It’s Spring Forward | The Tyee

https://action.hsi.org/page/76792/action/1

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will lead to $11.9B in losses for Canada, study says | CBC News

https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/sen-dan-christmas-dfo-moderate-livelihood-fishery/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/nan-auditor-general-report-water-1.5932345

https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2021/03/easy-way-out-wildlife-conservation-isnt-what-it-appears

https://rabble.ca/columnists/2021/03/trudeaus-new-infrastructure-bank-ensures-business-profits-public-services

https://globalnews.ca/video/7695422/environmental-group-issues-report-card-on-b-c-ndp-governments-old-growth-forest-promises

https://www.corporateknights.com/channels/energy/canada-needs-to-embrace-its-fossil-free-energy-future-16159829/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/19/Governments-Make-Taxpayers-Subsidize-Corporate-Cleanup-Oil-Wells/

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/03/19/Youth-Climate-Action/

https://www.facebook.com/rollingjusticebus/photos/a.1634627923419346/2814634935418633/

https://www.goldstreamgazette.com/news/demonstrators-form-red-line-along-victoria-seaside-walkway-to-protest-trans-mountain/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/ottawa-stannes-legal-compensation-1.5965483

https://www.support.ecojustice.ca/page/56557/action/1

https://thenarwhal.ca/newsletter-covid-19-pandemic-environmental-racism/

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10162383916770564&set=a.10151812202645564

https://ricochet.media/en/3574/study-finds-no-likely-scenario-in-which-tmx-generates-net-benefits-for-canada