Decolonial Solidarity Moncton - No More Dirty Banks
Start: Saturday, November 05, 2022•11:15 AM
There will be speakers, singing, chalking, and the delivery of a letter written by Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders to the branch manager. #NoMoreDirtyBanks
The CGL pipeline has NOT been approved by the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, who the Supreme Court of Canada ruled to be the legitimate authority over Wet'suwet'en territory. Yet government-sanctioned RCMP tactical units are guarding the CGL pipeline with assault rifles and attack dogs, while CGL illegally forces its way through pristine lands and sacred waters of the Wet’suwet’en. The waters of Wedzin Kwa feed many and everything that depends on her is under attack.
The drilling under Wedzin Kwa has begun. It is destabilizing the watershed, causing irreversible damage, and disrupting salmon spawning
- this is a direct violation of UNDRIP and illegal according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- unarmed Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders and are being continuously harassed and intimidated, day and night, while in their own homes
- the UN has called this an extension of genocide
- billions of dollars have already been spent, including over 25 million dollars of taxpayers’ money on RCMP intrusions
"We are all connected here. When you know something is wrong....you gotta do something about it. You gotta say something about it. That's all there is to it." -Chief Woos