Explained: The complex clash of legal authority, and histories, behind today’s standoffs. Katie Hyslop | TheTyee.caKatie Hyslop is a reporter for The Tyee. Reach her here. Christy Brown (Gitxsan-Tsimshian) at the Unist’ot’en Read more…
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Environmental Law Alert Blog: What are we going to do about Site C?
Monday, August 15, 2016
As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast's RELAW Project Man…
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As the Site C dam project forges ahead, West Coast’s RELAW Project Manager Maxine Matilpi considers difficult questions about the future of the Peace River Valley and the Indigenous communities fighting to preserve their territories.
It’s the end of the day and our shared office is hot and stuffy. My colleague on the RELAW project, Georgia, asks with all seriousness, “What are we going to do about Site C?”
Continue readingEnvironmental Law Alert Blog: Field notes from the Treaty 8 Moose Summit
Monday, April 18, 2016
In February 2016, West Coast's Hannah Askew attended a Moose Management…
Continue readingPolitical Eh-conomy: No to pipelines, yes to Site C?
Peace River Valley No to pipelines, yes to Site C? Here’s a piece I wrote for Ricochet after getting riled up by *some* of the arguments against Site C. The full piece is here. To shift off fossil fuels we’ll need more large scale, public energy infrastructure As the movement
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: The Trouble with Ezra Levant…
Mr Ezra Levant Ezra Levant is a Canadian media personality, an ultra-conservative political activist, author and lawyer who has made a brilliant career out of being half right. In a recent episode of The Source, Mr Levant outlined the flaws in Neil Young’s rationale for the Honour the Treaties Tour.
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