Summary:

CSIS is unlawfully monitoring water protectors and climate justice activists, according to BCCLA. This kind of police surveillance is not new, but it is deplorable.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is using public funds to launch a new project within his fossil fuel lobby “War Room” to diminish effective social action for rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels.

These activities are examples of the diverse ways that corporate interests have manipulated democratic institutions.

Movements must be on guard for this kind of manipulation and defend our democratic right to diverse forms of protest.

On June 12, the Province of Ontario implemented cuts to legal aid clinics as directed in Doug Ford’s last budget. These cuts focus on the ability of legal aid clinics to provide marginalized groups with access to justice through legal advice and representation. In particular, the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) had its Provincial funding cut by 30%.

Cutting CELA’s funding removes a primary tool for advancing environmental justice because lower-income communities – who disproportionately are impacted by environmental degradation and pollution – will have less access to the justice system and equitable representation.

Today, will you tell your MPP to reverse these cuts to CELA?