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Of course, convincing Justin Trudeau to defund Trans Mountain won’t happen overnight. But if the NDP brings the pipeline into their negotiations with Trudeau, it will force a national conversation about Canada’s post-pandemic priorities.
Private or public security forces are regularly deployed in support of extractive companies and to the detriment of the rights of women land defenders.
The act of producing journalism is predicated on upholding high ethical standards, which demands that information gathered during the reporting process be presented accurately, fairly and transparently for public consideration.
TMX pipeline, racial divides and the looming war in Blue River, B.C.A minefield of racial divides, violence and human rights violations is about to explode in Blue River, B.C., over the expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX).
Each July for the past five years, I have made a pilgrimage to a sacred site: the Peace Valley in Treaty 8 territory, the ancestral lands of the Dunne-za and Cree people.
In Canada, the federal response to COVID-19 has illustrated how much governments can do when they deploy their awesome fiscal power. So how about using that power to build a green economy?
