NO PIPELINES!! NO TARSANDS! NO NEB!
RESPECT YOUR MOTHER!!
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First Nations vow to protect lands and waters stating no consent means no pipelines.
Montreal —
First Nations women and supporters sent a clear message to
TransCanada this Wednesday evening that the Energy East pipeline is not
welcome through First Nations lands.
“What we want TransCanada to understand is that no means no. This is
Kanien’ke, this is Mohawk Land and we are tired of occupation, we are
tired of environmental disaster.” said Lickers at Wednesday night’s
hearing. “This is our land and we are going to protect it.”
Amanda Lickers and Vanessa Gray were 2 of several First Nations
opponents to the Energy East present to express their outrage at the
public hearings hosted by the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal.
The purpose of the hearings is to establish a community report to submit
to Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) and the National
Energy Board (NEB).
“But the consultation process does not work”, states Lickers, whose
family is from Six Nations of the Grand River, “the NEB hearings for
Line 9 were clear as day - between technical and engineering data to
basic violations of treaty and territory agreements, Enbridge should
have been denied their application but instead they were rubber
stamped.”
“TransCanada's Energy East pipeline threatens the chance of a
sustainable future.” says Vanessa, co-founder of Aamjiwnaang and Sarnia
Against Pipelines.
“TransCanada has already proven to be a dangerous
company for Indigenous peoples protecting their territory. Taking back
our inherited right to live with the land means we must defend the land
and water at any cost.”
After Lickers and Gray took the stage with a banner, the room erupted in
chants from supporters, “No consent, no pipelines” and “No tar sands on
stolen native lands” as dozens of supporters shut down the hearings in
support of First Nations.
The process for public consultation excludes First Nations interests by
relying on Crown policy for assessing environmental impacts. “Energy
East itself actually violates the Haudenosaunee constitution -
the Great
Law of Peace - as it
jeopardizes future generations access to clean,
drinkable water, while expanding the environmental destruction of the
tar sands at ground zero in Athabasca.”
But it isn’t just tar sands mining and pipeline transport that those
opposing the pipeline development are concerned about. TransCanada
requires super tanker transport and new marine terminals to be built for
the Energy East, which puts the
entire St. Lawrence waterway at risk of
bitumen spills as well as threatening delicate Beluga habitat.
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| First Nations women and supporters sent a clear message to
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