Now Off to Canada for “Honour the Treaties” Shows
CTVNews.ca says, January 11:
“Canadian and Albertan environmental protection laws have been greatly eroded in recent years, and what laws do exist are rarely if ever followed, or law-breakers penalized,” the Honour the ACFN website explains.
The federal government gave the go-ahead for the Jackpine expansion plan last month, despite a review panel’s conclusion that the project would result in severe and irreversible environmental damage.
In a statement last month, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said the environmental effects from the Jackpine expansion plan are “justified in the circumstances.”
Greenpeace Canada has accused Ottawa of putting the interests of oil companies ahead of First Nation treaty rights and environmental protection.
“Canada would be much better off diversifying its economy, investing in renewables, green jobs and projects that get ust out of this madness not deeper into it,” the group said in a statement.
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