(Over 1500 people are estimated to have taken part in the Toronto Defend Our Climate Rally this past weekend image credit: kevin konnyu)
Over 100 communities across Canada came together this weekend to defend our planet from reckless pipelines, tarsands, fracking, crude by rail and the other forms of disastrous extreme energy.
In Toronto, it is estimated over 1500 people participated in the rally and march demanding a stop to Line 9, tarsands expansion, crude by rail, and extreme energy.
(Council of Canadians Regional Organizing Assistant Michael Butler speaking about the threat of fracking, dilbit, pipelines and crude by rail to our communities and water)
(Defend our Climate Rally in Toronto)
Across the Ontario and Quebec region, over 30 communities took part in actions. Council of Canadians members joined with our allies across the provinces to defend out communities and demand a future that puts the climate ahead of corporate interests.
(Council of Canadians Climate and Energy Campaigner Andrea Harden speaks in Ottawa about our risks and their rewards with the Energy (B)East pipeline proposal)
(Council of Canadians activists from London joined the Toxic Tour of Sarnia and the Aamjiwnaang First Nation with their black line 9 snake and water snake)
(Chapter Activists in Montreal join in the rally and march)
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