Indigenous Rights

Open Letter: Canada – China Agreement Abrogates Rights of Indigenous People

The Council of Canadians was cc'd on this open letter to the Prime Minister from the Union of UBCIC, dated ...
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Unis’tot’en Action Camp Shows Clear Opposition to Pacific Trails Pipeline

If you want to build a pipeline on Unis'tot'en territory, you better ask. The over 150 participants who went to ...
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Alberta and NWT First Nations sign Fraser Declaration against Enbridge and Kinder Morgan Pipelines

Today's signing of the Fraser Declaration on the part of First Nations in Alberta and the North West Territories marks ...
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Communities standing in the path of industry

The number of communities willing to stand in the way of industrial development is growing as they examine their options for real ...
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UPDATE: Council marches against Trans Mountain Pipeline

Grewal in march against Trans Mountain Pipeline. Credit: Media Co-op Yesterday, the Council of Canadians joined Streams of Justice, Stop ...
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UPDATE: The Council of Canadians this summer

I will be away on vacation between July 4 and August 5, and other staff will be taking their holidays ...
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AUDIO: Wet’suwet’en resistance to the Gateway pipeline

Toghestiy, hereditary chief of the Likhts'amisyu (Fireweed) Clan, Mel Bazil, Lhe Lin Liyin (the Wet'suwet'en Warrior Society) co-founder, and Freda ...
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NEWS: Harper must do more than endorse the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

A Government of Canada media release today announced that the Harper government has "formally endorsed the United Nations Declaration on ...
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