Ecocide & Genocide Canada — September 2021

Environment & Climate Change Canada

Why is Canada building a pipeline through a province on fire? | Wilderness Committee

Liberals name the elephant in the room: Oil and gas emissions must come down | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis

When It Comes to Toxic Tailings Ponds, Industry Continues to Pass the Buck, and Alberta and the Federal Government Are Going Along With It – Environmental Defence

Truth in labeling? – In-Sights

A decade of broken promises: How Canada failed to meet its goal for protecting land and water – National | Globalnews.ca

Victoria demonstrators call out governments for not treating climate change as a crisis – Goldstream News Gazette

Coquitlam fasting ceremony aims to raise TMX pipeline concerns – Tri-City News

Truth Tracker: Do NDP claims that greenhouse gas emissions have grown under Trudeau stand up? | CTV News

Tree-Sit Protesters Say TMX Is Putting Them at Risk | The Tyee

Leaders’ debate inadequately addresses climate change | rabble.ca

Mirror, mirror on the wall: The wolf as scapegoat | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

How Canada’s ruling parties stop us from really seeing the climate crisis | Ricochet

Coalition welcomes Chubb’s exit FROM THE TAR SANDS SECTOR — INSURE OUR FUTURE — end fossil insurance

This abominable scam of a climate election – In-Sights

There’s nothing strategic about voting for a plan to lose on climate | Ricochet

Canada is stuck in a state of carbon lock-in – here’s how we can reverse that | Corporate Knights

RCMP tactical team moves in to remove Trans Mountain protesters from Burnaby trees – Alaska Highway News

https://www.cupw.ca/en/statement-stop-clearcut-logging-old-growth-forests

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/09/earths-tipping-points-closer-current-climate-plans-wont-work-global-heating

https://globalnews.ca/news/8172709/she-will-show-no-mercy-indigenous-leaders-present-to-climate-committee/

https://act.newmode.net/action/no-bailout-lng-canada/no-bailout-lng-canada-and-coastal-gaslink

https://www.raincoast.org/2021/09/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-the-wolf-as-scapegoat/

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2021/09/09/West-Coast-Doctors-Join-Call-No-More-Fossil-Fuels/

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/teal-jones-has-begun-logging-area-confirmed-endangered-marbled-murrelet-sightings

https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-proud-boys-hack/

https://www.corporateknights.com/waste/the-circular-economy-is-critical/

Fisheries & Oceans Canada

Norway’s Grieg Seafood proposes large salmon farm on B.C. coast | The Narwhal

Windspeaker.com

Indigenous chiefs in N.B. say Fisheries Department officers ignoring fishing rights | CTV News

‘Stop criminalizing our treaty rights’: Grand Chief of Assembly of First Nations tells DFO on N.S. wharf | CTV News

‘Stop criminalizing treaty rights’: New AFN chief weighs in on Sipkne’katik fishery | CBC News

It’s Time for a Shift: The Importance of Retraining & Buy-Back Programs for Trawl Fishers – Pacific Wild

Mi’kmaw harvesters vow to keep fishing despite harassment from DFO

Have DFO fishery managers gone rogue? | Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Is Ottawa breaking a promise to close fisheries to protect wild salmon? | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis

https://www.facebook.com/groups/273003457081424/posts/465158687865899/?comment_id=465171154531319

https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada-national-day-truth-reconciliation/

Natural Resources Canada

Trans Mountain ‘investigating’ claims consultant registered Proud Boys Calgary domain

Are mining companies hiding Indigenous opposition from their investors? | Corporate Knights

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/why-canada-building-pipeline-through-province-fire

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/09/03/when-it-comes-to-toxic-tailings-ponds-industry-continues-to-pass-the-buck-and-alberta-and-the-federal-government-are-going-along-with-it/

https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/indigenous-groups-enduring-four-day-fast-to-raise-tmx-construction-concerns-near-coquitlam-4306401

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/09/earths-tipping-points-closer-current-climate-plans-wont-work-global-heating

https://act.newmode.net/action/no-bailout-lng-canada/no-bailout-lng-canada-and-coastal-gaslink

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2021/09/09/West-Coast-Doctors-Join-Call-No-More-Fossil-Fuels/

https://thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-explosion-lheidli-tenneh-first-nation/

Indigenous Relations Canada

The federal election will not advance the interests of the First Nation peoples | rabble.ca

First Nation in northwestern Ontario granted temporary injunction to prevent mineral exploration | CBC News

At least 200 Indigenous children went missing or died after entering a Quebec hospital. | The Star

Justin Trudeau Falsely Claimed He Is Not Battling First Nations Kids in Court. Court Documents Show He Is.

The Pace of Reconciliation Has Been Slow Violence | The Tyee

Women sue Ottawa over anti-Indigenous racism in the federal civil service

First Nations want federal party co-operation, commitment to clean water | CBC News

No running water, no electricity: Kitcisakik struggles to be heard in this election | Ricochet

Despite pledge to end drinking water advisories, these 2 Manitoba First Nations still live under them | CBC News

Residents of First Nation in Ontario given expired Pfizer vaccine for nearly a month | CTV News

Beaver Lake Cree Nation is headed to the Supreme Court! – RAVEN Trust

Federal Court upholds landmark compensation order for First Nations children | CBC News

Indigenous child-welfare appeals dismissed | CTV News

Against Residential School Denialism | The Tyee

Isolation of Indigenous children continues in foster care system, Grand Chief says | CTV News

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/09/03/when-it-comes-to-toxic-tailings-ponds-industry-continues-to-pass-the-buck-and-alberta-and-the-federal-government-are-going-along-with-it/

https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/posts/918414982437622

https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/indigenous-groups-enduring-four-day-fast-to-raise-tmx-construction-concerns-near-coquitlam-4306401

https://act.newmode.net/action/no-bailout-lng-canada/no-bailout-lng-canada-and-coastal-gaslink

https://thenarwhal.ca/enbridge-explosion-lheidli-tenneh-first-nation/

https://www.corporateknights.com/responsible-investing/are-mining-companies-hiding-indigenous-opposition/

https://raventrust.com/wild-for-salmon-homalco-and-tlaamin-nations-appeal-decision-that-would-sideline-them-from-fish-farms-challenge/

https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada-national-day-truth-reconciliation/

Provinces & Territories

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

Sudbury went from major polluter to clean city — here’s what extractive industries can learn

Hundreds of dead fish washing up on the shoreline raises climate concerns for northern campers | CTV News

Ontario acted ‘unreasonably and unlawfully’ with changes to minister’s zoning order legislation | Wilderness Committee

Saugeen Ojibway Nation appealing title, treaty court decision – The Turtle Island News

Alberta’s ‘Energy War Room’ apparently operating in defiance of Canada Elections Act | rabble.ca

Is York Region about to Hit the Accelerator on Car-Dependent Sprawl? – Environmental Defence

Scars across the escarpment: the fight to save Clearview’s wetlands – Environmental Defence

Carbon, caribou and a Dene Tha’ plan to protect a northern Alberta lake

As Sask. grasslands decline, here are the Liberal government’s conservation promises | Globalnews.ca

A ‘horrible ending’: N.S. man who laid hours in his driveway waiting for ambulance dies in hospital weeks later | CTV News

Sudbury, Ontario’s regreening hiding mining industry’s dirty secrets | The Narwhal

https://environmentaldefence.ca/2021/09/03/when-it-comes-to-toxic-tailings-ponds-industry-continues-to-pass-the-buck-and-alberta-and-the-federal-government-are-going-along-with-it/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ginoogaming-injunction-granted-1.6164824

https://globalnews.ca/news/8172709/she-will-show-no-mercy-indigenous-leaders-present-to-climate-committee/

https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/09/disturbing-new-footage-kiska-lonely-marineland-orca/

https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-caribou-west-fraser-mills/

Policing, RCMP, Public Safety Canada

Court to hear more Fairy Creek challenges – Goldstream News Gazette

Video shows RCMP cruiser strike armed man twice during arrest south of Edmonton | CTV News

Police treatment of Indigenous protesters differs starkly from white protesters, experts say | CBC News

Old-growth activists want fewer police powers at Fairy Creek while the RCMP is asking for more

It’s time to rethink the future of the RCMP | rabble.ca

RCMP delays on complaint files a ‘serious and systemic’ issue, group tells court – Goldstream News Gazette

Helen Boyd and Melissa Lem: Fairy Creek land protectors must be protected | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

‘Someone Is Going to be Seriously Injured or Killed’ | The Tyee

“Essentially you have a police state”

RCMP mishandled teen’s sexual assault claim, made arrests without reasonable grounds, watchdog says | CBC News

‘Substantial infringement of civil liberties’ cited as court ends injunction against Fairy Creek protests | CBC News

Fairy Creek decision: RCMP union says officers ’embodied the thin blue line’ | CTV News

B.C. judge won’t extend Fairy Creek injunction because RCMP conduct sullies the reputation of the court | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s News & Entertainment Weekly

https://rabble.ca/news/2021/09/human-cost-defending-forests-adaitsx-fairy-creek

https://www.facebook.com/100004437000306/videos/pcb.2024993120991902/880670905881368

https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/09/29/Judge-Ends-Fairy-Creek-Injunction/

https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada-national-day-truth-reconciliation/

Agriculture Canada

The history behind the National Farm Animal Care Council and how it impacts B.C. – Goldstream News Gazette

Victoria’s Animal Protection Party candidate wants people, wildlife, planet at centre of federal policy – Goldstream News Gazette

https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/09/disturbing-new-footage-kiska-lonely-marineland-orca/

Global Affairs, Export Development Canada

https://theecologist.org/2021/sep/24/largest-oil-play-decade

Health Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

CFIA ABSOLVES THEMSELVES OF BLAME IN DELAYED FLIGHT YET AGAIN – The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition

Bayer Forced to Change Roundup Label, Pay $39.5 Million for Misleading Advertising • Children’s Health Defense

https://www.dr-rath-foundation.org/2021/09/california-appeals-court-upholds-86m-cancer-verdict-in-roundup-lawsuit-against-monsanto-bayer/

Prime Minister, Canada, Agencies

For climate’s sake, Canada Pension Plan needs to take a serious look at its investments | Corporate Mapping Project

Cleaning up Canada’s electricity is critical to meeting climate pledges | Corporate Knights

‘Gaslighting, Misogyny and Marginalization’ | The Tyee

‘Early election gamble backfires’: Here’s a look at some international headlines day after Canada election | CTV News

Elections Canada ‘sorry’ people didn’t vote because of long lineups | CTV News

‘The most pointless election’: Sask. Premier responds to federal election results | CTV News

Opinion: Justin Trudeau’s mistake – CNN

Wild for Salmon: Homalco and Tla’amin Nations appeal decision that would sideline them from fish farms challenge – RAVEN Trust

Indigenous children set to receive billions after judge rejects Trudeau challenges | Canada | The Guardian

Military leaders saw pandemic as opportunity to test propaganda techniques, report says | Ottawa Citizen

https://www.wildernesscommittee.org/news/why-canada-building-pipeline-through-province-fire

https://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/indigenous-groups-enduring-four-day-fast-to-raise-tmx-construction-concerns-near-coquitlam-4306401

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/09/earths-tipping-points-closer-current-climate-plans-wont-work-global-heating

https://act.newmode.net/action/no-bailout-lng-canada/no-bailout-lng-canada-and-coastal-gaslink

https://pressprogress.ca/justin-trudeau-falsely-claimed-he-is-not-battling-first-nations-kids-in-court-court-documents-show-he-is/

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/09/10/Pace-Reconciliation-Slow-Violence/

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2021/09/09/West-Coast-Doctors-Join-Call-No-More-Fossil-Fuels/

https://ricochet.media/en/3785/theres-nothing-strategic-about-voting-for-a-plan-to-lose-on-climate

https://www.corporateknights.com/climate-and-carbon/canada-is-stuck-in-carbon-lock-in/

https://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/fort-st-john/rcmp-tactical-team-moves-in-to-remove-trans-mountain-protesters-from-burnaby-trees-4358226

https://thenarwhal.ca/trans-mountain-proud-boys-hack/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-court-decision-human-rights-tribunal-child-welfare-1.6074346

https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada-national-day-truth-reconciliation/