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democracy definition. A system of government
in which power is vested in the people, who rule either directly or
through freely elected representatives.
Note: Democratic institutions, such as parliaments, may exist in a monarchy.
Cindy Blackstock is a Canadian-born Gitxsan
activist for child welfare and Executive Director of the First Nations
Child and Family Caring Society of Canada. She is also an associate
professor for the Faculty of Extension at the University of Alberta.[1]
Blackstock has become a very influential voice within the social work
and Aboriginal community. Blackstock has spoken out and said she is very
influenced by the voice of her ancestors; because of this, Blackstock
is very well known within the community and is spoken about in a very
positive manner.
First Nations chief to Christy Clark: ‘Dial down the rhetoric’
Our Premier has described us as ‘rag tag’ and the ‘forces of no,’ but I’m
proud to be part of that group,” he said. “I think she should dial down the
rhetoric … it’s not helpful. We need to respect each other’s world view.”
Christy Clark speaks on CBC
National Radio program "The House" on Feb.6, 2016. She calls the
numerous Hereditary Chiefs, Scientists, MLAs and MP who are standing
together to protect Flora Bank from Petronas LNG a "rag tag group of
people". She lies when she says that all the elected and hereditary
leaders called for retraction of the declaration (they didn't). She lies
and insults when she says the First Nations in the region are "hungry"
for LNG. She then makes the audacious and insulting nineteenth century
colonial statement that "LNG poses the first opportunity post-contact
for First Nations communities to build the kind of community they want."
Seriously? How about a future with wild salmon?
She's Gordon Campbell, Harper & Donald Trump in one. Please someone help us wake up from this nightmare.
She does a terrible job representing the people of BC and she did not even win her seat, someone gave it to her. She needs to go. She promised families first but we've been last.
She was all for the pipeline and LNG and just does not care about the environment even though she was all smiles for the camera in Paris. She's two faced wearing the lovely Haida shawl and then saying horrible things about the Elders & Chiefs. She's so out of touch.
Here is the link http://leludeclaration.ca/
and all the people who signed it. It was beautifully done AND IT IS SO DISRESPECTFUL of Christy Clark to speak the rude hateful things she said.
The declaration extends an invitation to all First Nations, the
governments of Canada and British Columbia, and all communities and
citizens that depend on the health of Lelu Island, Flora and Agnew Banks
and the Skeena River estuary, to join in defending this sacred and
unique place and to protect it for all time.
Prince Rupert, BC: Lelu Island and Flora Bank,
critical habitat for wild salmon at the mouth of the Skeena River in
northwestern B.C., have been declared permanently protected from
industrial development by an unprecedented coalition of First Nations
leaders, local residents and federal and provincial politicians.
The signing of The Lelu Island Declaration presents a major obstacle
to plans by Malaysian-owned oil and gas giant, Petronas, to develop a
liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant near Prince Rupert. The declaration
also deals a huge blow to the provincial government’s stated aim to get
major LNG plants under construction before next year’s provincial
election.
LNG plants do kill salmon, Russian scientists warn BC
Three Russian scientists and a noted conservationist speak from direct
experience when they caution us about the effects these plants can have
on wild salmon. The group hails from Sakhalin Island, which, according
to a media release on a talk they’re giving today, is “the only place in
the world that has an existing LNG facility operating in a wild salmon
estuary.” Read More
"Last week the BC Premier called a group of elders, chiefs, matriarchs
and citizens a "ragtag group" who are the forces of no for LNG. These
people are not ragtags, but rather a legitimate group of people with
legitimate concerns over the location of an LNG plant. The BC Premier
needs to show some respect for the citizens she purports to represent
and apologize."
“If
your goal was to do the most possible damage to wild salmon, when it
came to where you want to site this terminal, this was it,” said Shannon
McPhail, executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation
Coalition.
“There is no place that would have more impact than where they sited this.”
- See more at:
http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/business/environmental-groups-slam-pacific-northwest-lng-report-on-fish-habitat-1.2171581#sthash.5tY4l9fm.dpuf
“If
your goal was to do the most possible damage to wild salmon, when it
came to where you want to site this terminal, this was it,” said Shannon
McPhail, executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation
Coalition.
“There is no place that would have more impact than where they sited this.”
- See more at:
http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/business/environmental-groups-slam-pacific-northwest-lng-report-on-fish-habitat-1.2171581#sthash.5tY4l9fm.dpuf
“If
your goal was to do the most possible damage to wild salmon, when it
came to where you want to site this terminal, this was it,” said Shannon
McPhail, executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation
Coalition.
“There is no place that would have more impact than where they sited this.”
- See more at:
http://www.alaskahighwaynews.ca/business/environmental-groups-slam-pacific-northwest-lng-report-on-fish-habitat-1.2171581#sthash.5tY4l9fm.dpuf
