Mining company God's Lake Resources is threatening to drill on sacred KI burial grounds.
Extractive Industries
'Buy Canadian' and upstream supply chain as sector development strategy
My recent column suggested that Canada implement a "Buy Canadian" strategy associated with major natural resource developments, with the goal of enhancing Canadian content in the overall value chain. Can we utilize our strong foothold in resource extraction, and try to leverage greater investment and value-added upstream in the value chain (for example, by stimulating more purchases of Canadian-made mining equipment)?
A national 'Buy Canadian' strategy for resource developments
How refreshing it was to open Monday's Globe and Mail and actually see good news from the Canadian manufacturing heartland. Greg Keenan reported on the expansion of Hitachi's factory in Guelph, Ont., that makes enormous trucks for mining operations; the plant is doubling output and employment.
Stop mining on KI lands: What part of 'NO' does Ontario not understand?
Without consent or consultation, God's Lake Resources, a junior gold exploration company, trespassed by exploring on Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) lands. God's Lake is now threatening to drill on sacred KI burial area. KI is saying NO to God's Lake Resources, just as the community opposed mining exploration by Platinex in 2008 and De Beers in 2010.
Not only is it repeatedly clear that the Canadian government excels at ignoring Indigenous communities' right to say NO, but it criminalizes them for their opposition to rights infringements.
DisOrientation 2011 : The past is a battleground
Sep 18 2011 - 1:59pm
Sep 23 2011 - 1:59pm
Location
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
Canada
Phone:
416 978 7771
43° 39' 12.6864" N, 79° 23' 2.0652" W
See map: Google Maps
THE PAST IS A BATTLEGROUND
Sept 18 to Sept 23
Contact name:
OPIRG-Toronto
Contact email:
Everyone's Downstream IV--Tar sands production and resistance: developing locally, expanding globally
Nov 25 2010 - 6:00pm
Nov 28 2010 - 5:00pm
Location
Engineering Teaching and Learning Complex (ETLC)
Off 116th Street, between 91st and 92nd Avenue. University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3Canada
Phone:
514-831-6902
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An international conference on community resistance to the tar sands. This year's themes include:
*Tar sands go global:* Madagascar, Trinidad and more
*Building accountable movements:* ENGOs, secret deals,
...and how to build and demand democracy and transparency
*Ongoing resistance:* communities fighting pipelines, refineries, and other tar sands infrastructure
Everyone's Downstream IV
Tar sands production and resistance:
Developing locally, expanding globally
November 25-28, 2010
Organized by OilSandsTruth.org
Contact name:
Maya Rolbin-Ghanie
Contact email:
