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Mr. Harper may relent, scared of the political fallout from letting this great leader die. I dearly hope he does. I want Chief Spence to eat. But I won’t soon forget this clash between these two very different kinds of resolve, one so sealed off, closed in; the other cracked wide open, a conduit for the pain of the world.

But Chief Spence’s hunger is not just speaking to Mr. Harper. It is also speaking to all of us, telling us that the time for bitching and moaning is over. Now is the time to act, to stand strong and unbending for the people, places and principles that we love.

Naomi Klein, Idle No More: Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger speaks to all of us | December 24, 2012

It’s festive and lovely and I don’t mean to take away from any of that, but please remember this leader of a people, now about to enter 15th day of her hunger strike for the sake of our democracy, to meet with the man who wants to change the lives of so many for the worse

(via smalltalkers)

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Rex Murphy: Vilifying Stephen Harper

What the hell has Rex Murphy been smoking???? From the National Post:

“With Stephen Harper the emotions he elicits — especially the extreme ones of contempt and near-hatred, have to be a projection of his enemies, far more than an assessment of Harper’s character or policies.

For, step back a little, make a little space, and you will see that in his personal and domestic conduct, Harper is almost stereotypically Canadian. He’s a mild, unobnoxious, hockey-mad fellow. He doesn’t boast.He shuns the spotlight he could be commanding every day. He keeps his privacy and doesn’t insist, like many public figures, in conducting a soap opera around his position or his family. He’d be the ideal neighbour — he wouldn’t just drop in, too reserved for that (which is great), but I’m sure he’d lend a shovel when needed. Probably even help dig out your car if you were stuck, and take your thanks with a self-conscious smile and reassurance that it was no trouble.

So why is it that people are not content just to disagree with him, to label him simply wrong or misguided but must revile him? Why is there such fervour of suspicion about “the agenda” and so much invective and worse directed at him? I don’t know.”

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Are You a “Radical” Who Wants to Protect Canada’s Forest and Rivers? “It’s almost unbelievable that the Harper government is actively the supporting the construction of a new Enbridge tar sands pipeline that would cross delicate streams and rivers, First Nations communities and the Great Bear Rainforest. Not only that, but federal Minister of the Environment Joe Oliver called opponents of this dangerous plan “radical groups” seeking “to hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agenda.” Speak out against dangerous tar sands activity in Canada today! » Since when is wanting to protect our precious Canada wild lands and First Nations communities radical? We have more than enough reason to be concerned: Tar sands development has devastated air, water, forest and land in Northern Alberta. And Enbridge pipelines have averaged one spill every week from 1999-2008. Every step on this path is a disaster waiting to happen.” Tell federal Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver to say no to the tar sands and to this pipeline today

Are You a “Radical” Who Wants to Protect Canada’s Forest and Rivers?

“It’s almost unbelievable that the Harper government is actively the supporting the construction of a new Enbridge tar sands pipeline that would cross delicate streams and rivers, First Nations communities and the Great Bear Rainforest. Not only that, but federal Minister of the Environment Joe Oliver called opponents of this dangerous plan “radical groups” seeking “to hijack our regulatory system to achieve their radical ideological agenda.”

Speak out against dangerous tar sands activity in Canada today! »

Since when is wanting to protect our precious Canada wild lands and First Nations communities radical? We have more than enough reason to be concerned: Tar sands development has devastated air, water, forest and land in Northern Alberta. And Enbridge pipelines have averaged one spill every week from 1999-2008. Every step on this path is a disaster waiting to happen.”

Tell federal Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver to say no to the tar sands and to this pipeline today

29 notes #Canada #oil #tar sands #Enbridge #Joe Oliver #Stephen Harper #petitions #natural resources

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