Arthur ChapmanNo New Money For Oil and Gas Companies—Give It To Workers—Say Large Collection of Groups Representing More Than One Million Canadians
A large collection of health, faith, environmental, labour and social justice groups, representing one million three hundred thousand Canadians, have sent a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and his cabinet asking that in the federal bailout to the oil and gas industry, expected later this week, no more money be given to companies, only to workers.
Photo: Mike GraemeSierra Club BC stands behind Indigenous Jurisdiction
Sierra Club BC's statement of solidarity. We stand behind Indigenous jurisdiction and the right to free, prior and informed consent.
Delays in final implementation of Great Bear Rainforest Agreements creating ecological uncertainty
On the fourth anniversary of the landmark Great Bear Rainforest Agreements, environmental organizations are warning that the implementation of remaining key protection measures for the region’s coastal temperate old-growth rainforests are significantly delayed.
Sierra Club BC expresses anger over police raids for Coastal GasLink pipeline
Sierra Club BC is angered by the RCMP raid and arrests in Wet’suwet’en territory this morning.
Arthur ChapmanSierra Club BC statement on Federal Court of Appeal ruling on Trans Mountain
Today’s ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal is deeply disappointing, even if unsurprising. Ignoring Indigenous rights and Indigenous law should not be held up as an example of reconciliation.
Environmental assessment not yet complete; B.C. not obligated to proceed with Coastal GasLink Pipeline
While Coastal GasLink has approval from the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, a condition of the approval is that construction can’t proceed until the Condition 1 Final Report #2 is approved. This report has not yet been approved by the Environment Assessment Office.
