Urgent: Innu People Threatened with Evictions
Following a lawsuit filed by dozens of Innu seeking to establish title to their traditional lands, the provincial government of Newfoundland Labrador has issued eviction notices to more than 100 Innu families; giving them 60 days to “remove all structures from Crown land and restore the site to its original conditions.”
If they fail to [...]
Canada - Colombia FTA: ¡Viva la Muerte!
On June 7th, Foreign Affairs Canada announced that the negotiations for the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement have been concluded.
See No Evil
Canada removes Israel from list of countries suspected of using torture
Mexican Mine Battle Comes To Toronto (June 17)
The Frente Amplio Opositor (FAO, Spanish for Broad Opposition Front), an anti-mining movement based in Mexico and Montreal, is urgently seeking organizers and solidarity activists to help spread the word and support an upcoming mobilization in Toronto. They are sending a delegation to attend Metallica Resources’ shareholder meeting on June 17th.
According to the FAO-Montreal website, [...]
Canada’s TVI Pacific Faces Tribal Justice
The Canadian mining company TVI Pacific, who operates a gold mine in the Southern Philippines, has been found guilty of numerous crimes by the traditional justice authority of the Subanon People - the “Gukom.”
Since 1994, the company has occupied Mount Canatuan, a sacred site for the Subanon People. They have done so so without [...]
No Longer Sleeping, Canada's Fight for Net Neutrality
Underreported Struggles for May, 2008
A land reclamation in Colombia, an historic gathering Brazil, and two massive lawsuits filed by Indigenous Nations in Canada highlight this month’s roundup of Underreported Struggles. The Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) also tried more than 20 corporations in Peru; and to the surprise of many, the Ontario Court of Appeals unconditionally released Ardoch Algonquin [...]
Two Christie Blatchfords?
"A National Day of Action? After yesterday, a national day of insurrection sounds more in order."
Contemporary Currents of Quebec’s Student Movement
An interview with Sophie Schoen of L'Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (ASSÉ)
ASSÉ Against Israeli Apartheid
Call to support the first major student union in Quebec or Canada to back
the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel…
Montreal May 2008: Across the world grassroots movements struggling in opposition to Israeli apartheid are marking the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakba (”catastrophe”) – 60 years of dispossession, ethnic cleansing and [...]
Free at Last! KI6 and Bob Lovelace Prevail In Court
Robert Lovelace of the Ardoch Algonquins and the group known as the KI6 were unconditionally released by Ontario’s Court of Appeal yesterday. The overcrowded courtroom burst into applause when the judges read their decision.
Quoting from the Canadian Press:
“It feels really good. It feels like justice is on our side,” said Bob Lovelace on [...]
CRTC preparing to regulate the internet
They said they wouldn't do it 1999. And they said it again in 2003. But now the Canadian Radio-Television Telecommmunication Commission is getting set to regulate the internet and they want Canadians to help them set the terms for an upcoming hearing into the matter.
KI6 Temporarily Released From Jail
The Six Kitchenuhumaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) leaders jailed in March for defending their land were conditionally released on Friday, pending a court appearance in the Ontario Court of Appeals on May 28.
“We are ecstatic about the release of the KI Six and we can’t wait to welcome home this evening,” said KI Counc. Susan Nanokeesic in [...]
Rally on Parliament Hill for Net Neutrality
Canadians outraged by the slow strangling of the internet are invited to share their outrage with the Parliament of Canada on May 27th.
The Net Neutrality Rally will demand legislation to protect the internet from predatory practices like traffic shaping and data management, and to encourage transparency among ISP companies.
Beaver Lake Identifies 16,000 infringements in Lawsuit
Aiming to stop the wholesale destruction of their traditional lands, the Beaver Lake Cree Nation has launched a massive lawsuit against the Federal and Alberta governments.
Filed on May 14th, the suit identifies more than 16,000 infringements (development projects, most connected to the tar sands) that are contributing to the destruction of the environment, the loss [...]