Ecological Struggles

On November 27th, at 2PM, at the corner of Dorchester/Greene (Atwater metro), the Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes (CLAC) is calling for a demonstration in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en people of British Columbia, who are fighting the canadian colonial state.

For years, the Wet'suwet'en people have been fighting the construction of a natural gas pipeline by Coastal Gas Link (CGL), a company owned by TransCanada Energy, known around here for its attempt to build the Energy East pipeline in the so-called Saguenay.

CGL is attempting to build a pipeline to transport shale gas from Alberta, which is obtained through hydraulic fracturing. This pipeline will cross the Yintah, the ancestral territory of the Wet'suwet'en people, a territory that was never ceded to the canadian colonial state. Despite an outright refusal by all Wet'suwet'en hereditary leaders, the RCMP moved into the territory in January 2019 to conduct raids that led to numerous violent arrests of land defenders to force the construction of the pipeline.

Le 27 novembre, à 14h, au coin Dorchester/Greene (métro Atwater), la Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes (CLAC) appelle à une manifestation en solidarité avec le peuple Wet'suwet'en de Colombie-Britannique, qui combat l'état colonial canadien.

Depuis des années, le peuple Wet'suwet'en combat la construction d'un pipeline de gaz naturel par Coastal Gaz Link (CGL), une compagnie appartenant à TransCanada Energy, connue par ici pour avoir tenté la construction du pipeline Énergie Est au soi-disant Saguenay.

CGL tente de construire un pipeline pour acheminer du gaz de schiste provenant de l'Alberta, gaz obtenu par fracturation hydraulique. Ce pipeline traverse le Yintah, territoire ancestral du peuple Wet'suwet'en, territoire qui n'a jamais été cédé à l'État colonial canadien. Malgré un refus catégorique de tou.te.s les chef.fe.s héréditaires Wet'suwet'en, la GRC s'est introduite dans le territoire en janvier 2019 pour y mener des raids ayant conduit à de nombreuses arrestations violentes de land defenders pour forcer la construction du pipeline.

Another big protest for climate, what's the point?

Of course it'll be nice to have as many people as there was in 2019, but in the end, even Greta couldn't make our governments change their policies. Well, ok, it falls a few days after the federal election, and we can hope that it can put some pressure on the bewly elected officials... But we know it won't: whoever is in power after the elections, nothing significant will be done, nothing significant has ever been done for climate in so-called Canada. Since the beginning of colonization, the State steals, exploits and destroys the land on which we live and which, ironically, ensure our survival.