Comments on: Native and Environmental Groups Challenge Canadian Tar Sands Crude http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2010/04/05/native-and-environmental-groups-challenge-canadian-tar-sands-crude/ Media Democracy in Action Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Susan Smitten http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/2010/04/05/native-and-environmental-groups-challenge-canadian-tar-sands-crude/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 Susan Smitten Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:05:26 +0000 http://www.mediafreedominternational.org/?p=794#comment-1707 There is something that can stop the expansion of Alberta's tar sands developments. The Beaver Lake Cree Nation has launched a legal action based on the Canadian Constitution - and they are suing the federal and provincial governments to prevent further destruction of their traditional hunting, trapping and fishing lands. The lawsuit IS a tar sands stopper - because unlike other judicial reviews or legal efforts - a Supreme Court declaration that the 17,000+ permits (that have been issued to mega-oil companies) are unconstitutional will render the paper they are written on meaningless. The permits will be illegal. This legal action requires support - both moral and financial. The Co-operative Bank in Manchester, UK has thrown its support behind the Beaver Lake Cree - but the cost of winning a battle like this is high. The Beaver Lake Cree have put in everything they have, and we are now working to raise the funds they need to see this through to the end. There's more information at www.raventrust.com - so please let others know. There is something concrete under way to stop the tar sands! There is something that can stop the expansion of Alberta’s tar sands developments. The Beaver Lake Cree Nation has launched a legal action based on the Canadian Constitution – and they are suing the federal and provincial governments to prevent further destruction of their traditional hunting, trapping and fishing lands. The lawsuit IS a tar sands stopper – because unlike other judicial reviews or legal efforts – a Supreme Court declaration that the 17,000+ permits (that have been issued to mega-oil companies) are unconstitutional will render the paper they are written on meaningless. The permits will be illegal.

This legal action requires support – both moral and financial. The Co-operative Bank in Manchester, UK has thrown its support behind the Beaver Lake Cree – but the cost of winning a battle like this is high.

The Beaver Lake Cree have put in everything they have, and we are now working to raise the funds they need to see this through to the end. There’s more information at http://www.raventrust.com – so please let others know. There is something concrete under way to stop the tar sands!

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