In the wake of the bogus deal Enbridge attempted to foist on the Gitxsan people of Northwest BC last month to help pave the way for its controversial proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, the community has banded together in inspiring fashion – with camcorders and the Web as their weapons of choice. The Enbridge resistance has given birth to a new website, youtube and facebook pages and twitter feed which thoroughly document the opinions of elected and hereditary chiefs and citizens, community gatherings, and interactions with the RCMP and ousted treaty negotiators who sparked the crisis by signing the since-invalidated agreement with Enbridge.
The Gitxsan fired and evicted these treaty negotiators last month, in the wake of the deal signed by head negotiator Elmer Derrick, and have continued to occupy the treaty office in New Hazelton ever since. A recent failed attempt by some of the ousted treaty office staff to re-enter the building – facilitated by the RCMP – was documented on camera (scroll down). Watch some of these videos below and stay tuned to the Gitxsan’s website, video and facebook pages and twitter feed to follow the issue through the eyes of the community.
RCMP Attempt to Facilitate Return of Ousted Treaty Negotiators to New Hazelton Office
It’s rarely reported the news and information like this. Social media is dominating the world with people’s power. Article assembling way is fantastic.
I think those who are informed of the risks and dead-end thinking that this pipeline represents need to reach out to those people that the Ipsos poll identified as undecided. Those that feel they don’t have enough information to be opposed or supportive. Canadians being as they are, people prefer to give the benefit of doubt – in this case, the facts are clear. We need to get off oil and gas rather than continue to build pipelines that become inefficient and leaky within decades.
The Gitxsan have my support 110%..
I think those who are informed of the risks and dead-end thinking that this pipeline represents need to reach out to those people that the Ipsos poll identified as undecided. Those that feel they don’t have enough information to be opposed or supportive. Canadians being as they are, people prefer to give the benefit of doubt – in this case, the facts are clear. We need to get off oil and gas rather than continue to build pipelines that become inefficient and leaky within decades.
Good for the Gitxsan People.
There are thousands upon thousands of BC people supporting the Gitxsan, to stop the Enbridge pipeline and the dirty oil tankers. There are even other country’s who are dead set against the dirty oil sands.
Enbridge is so irresponsible, they did not even clean up their spill, into the Kalamazoo River. To even have the gall and lie about their fool proof safety pipelines, is obscene. We are not buying it.
The chemicals put into the tar to make it flow freely, are absolutely lethal. The chemicals are so caustic, they erode the pipes, into a fragile state, and then they will burst. Harper and his Conservatives and the Campbell/Clark BC Liberals have to be brain dead, to force those atrocities on the F.N. People and all of the BC citizens and the province’s beauty.
Quite frankly, Harper’s greed is disgusting. The F.N. people depend on their hunting grounds and on fish, to feed their family’s. The filthy diseased fish farms are killing off the wild salmon, another staple for the F.N. Bears, eagles and hundreds of wildlife species depend on the salmon.
If Harper gets his own way, BC will become a polluted wasteland. Shame on his greed.
Beautiful to see the Gitxsan People stand up to protect their lands, and as a result, protecting all BC. Luv you guys!