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Pages tagged "Prime Minister Trudeau"


Press Conference Tuesday 10am pst: Grand Chief, Federal MPs Regarding Trudeau’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Review

Posted on News by Coast Protectors · October 22, 2018 4:38 PM · 1 reaction

WHEN: Tuesday October 23, 10:00 am PT, 1:00 pm ET

WHERE: Main Lobby, 312 Main St, Vancouver, BC (entrance on Cordova St)

WHO:  

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, President, Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC)

Kennedy Stewart, Mayor-Elect of Vancouver

Eugene Kung, Lawyer, West Coast Environmental Law

Federal Members of Parliament TBA by phone

Tzeporah Berman, Program Director, Stand.Earth (Moderator)

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Release: Indigenous leaders urge Trudeau to respect the Federal Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision, and cancel Trans Mountain

Posted on News by Ellena Communications · September 21, 2018 10:58 AM

"Mr. Trudeau, enough is enough,” Grand Chief Stewart Phillip 

(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – September 21, 2018) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is calling on Prime Minister Trudeau to accept the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and tanker project’s defeat in the Federal Court of Appeal, and to cancel the recent directive to the National Energy Board (NEB) to re-perform its environmental assessment of the ill-conceived and ill-fated project.

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OPEN LETTER: UBCIC Condemns Child Detention and Family Separation

Posted on News by Ellena Communications · June 25, 2018 4:28 PM

June 25, 2018

OPEN LETTER: UBCIC Condemns Child Detention and Family Separation

Dear President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau,

We are writing on behalf of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs (UBCIC). Based in British Columbia, Canada we are an advocacy organization founded in 1969, advancing Indigenous Title and Rights and Treaty Rights on behalf of Indigenous peoples, mandated by our member Nations.

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As Trudeau Ramps Up Pressure to Build, First Nations From Across Canada Stand In Solidarity Against Kinder Morgan Pipeline

Posted on News by Ubcic · February 08, 2018 8:55 AM · 1 reaction

February 8, 2018 – First Nations from the Maritimes all the way to Alberta who are among the 150 Nations in Canada and the US who have signed the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion are standing stronger than ever with their brothers and sisters in BC and will do whatever it takes to continue delaying the Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline and tanker project.

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OPEN LETTER: UBCIC Calls On BC and Canada to Reject the Steelhead LNG Project

Posted on News by Ubcic · March 03, 2017 7:26 AM · 1 reaction

Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, Premier Christy Clark and Ministers Polak and Rustad,

We are writing with respect to UBCIC Resolution 2016-34, “Support for WSÁNEĆ First Nations’ Opposition to Steelhead LNG,” which was presented, affirmed and endorsed by consensus at the UBCIC Annual General Assembly Chiefs Council on September 22, 2016 (enclosed).

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Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion Responds to NEB Decision to Restart Energy East Review

Posted on News · January 27, 2017 12:24 PM · 1 reaction

January 27 2017, Turtle Island—The newly named National Energy Board (NEB) panel tasked with reviewing TransCanada’s Energy East tar sands pipeline application has just announced that it had no choice but to restart the review process at square one due to the bias shown by the previous panel, just as many First Nations that are part of the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion - www.treatyalliance.org - had demanded in submissions made to the NEB. 

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Prime Minister: You failed to do your job by approving pipelines

Posted on News · December 02, 2016 7:42 PM

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Dear Prime Minister, 

You completely failed to do your job when you arrogantly announced that you were acting in the national interest by approving the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) and Enbridge Line 3 pipelines. Your main job as leader of Canada is to protect Canadians’ health and safety.

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Of Climate Change and Relationships: Federal Approval of Kinder Morgan and Line 3 a Total Betrayal

Posted on News · November 29, 2016 9:17 PM

(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – November 29, 2016) Today, Canada approved the Kinder Morgan Trans-Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline and Enbridge’s Line 3 pipeline, while dismissing the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and committing to advance a tanker moratorium on the north coast of British Columbia.

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Consent

Posted on News · November 06, 2016 4:50 PM

(Coast Salish Territory / Vancouver, B.C. – November 6, 2016) The Union of BC Indian Chiefs completely rejects and repudiates the federal Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr's recent asinine statement that Canada only needs to consult and accommodate the concerns, interests and rights of First Nations regarding the approval of proposed resource development projects such as Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Expansion project or Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipelines project.

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85 First Nations and Tribes Condemn Enbridge’s Role In The Violations At Standing Rock And Call On Trudeau To Speak Out

Posted on News · October 31, 2016 9:32 AM

October 31, 2016, Turtle Island—An International Treaty Alliance of 85 First Nations and Tribes is calling on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make a statement condemning the role that Canadian company Enbridge Inc. (headquartered in Calgary, Alberta) has played in the severe violations of the rights of the Indigenous People and their allies at Standing Rock. The Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sand Expansion, which prohibits the passage of proposed Tar Sands pipelines, trains and tankers, was formally launched on September 22, 2016 with the majority of signatories located in Canada, and including U.S. Tribes such as the Standing Rock Sioux.

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