FIRST NATIONS TO HOLD NATIONWIDE RALLIES MONDAY
by idlenomore.ca
Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 (Edmonton)
Under what is being called a national day of action and solidarity,
First Nations and their supporters have organized more than 13
nation-wide rallies for Monday (December 10) to express opposition the
legislation the Harper Government has put forward in Bill C-45 and other
bills.
The
movement, under the banner “Idle No More” (#IdleNoMore) emerged within
the grassroots less than four weeks ago in Saskatchewan.
It began as an effort to educate First Nations people on the multitude of legislation being put forward by the Harper government that they feel is a direct attack on the rights of First Nations. The organizers Sylvia McAdam, Jess Gordon, Nina Wilson and Sheelah Mclean began by organizing “teach-ins” to inform people.
It began as an effort to educate First Nations people on the multitude of legislation being put forward by the Harper government that they feel is a direct attack on the rights of First Nations. The organizers Sylvia McAdam, Jess Gordon, Nina Wilson and Sheelah Mclean began by organizing “teach-ins” to inform people.
First Nations To Rally to Express Opposition
To The Harper Government’s Attacks
on Aboriginal Rights
on Aboriginal Rights
Rallies
will be held on Monday, December 10 in Vancouver, Whitehorse, Calgary,
Edmonton, Stand Off, Saskatoon, North Battleford, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay,
Toronto and Goose Bay-Happy Valley. More information can be found at
www.idlenomore.com and also on our Event Pages
On
Dec. 2, when another Idle No More session was called in Alberta, more
than 150 people drove into Louis Bull First Nation on a Sunday to hear
what the presenters had to say. The organizer for that event, Tanya
Kappo, took to Twitter and Facebook to help generate awareness on the
matter as the passage of Bill C45 was imminent. Says Kappo, “the people
in our communities had absolutely no idea what we were facing, no idea
what plans Stephen Harper had in store for us.”
Sylvia
McAdam, one of the organizers of the original Saskatchewan events
stated, “We are not really surprised by the amount of support coming
spontaneously from the grassroots and from the Chiefs, because we knew
we could no longer stay silent in the face of what is a legislative
attack on First Nation people and the lands and waters across the
country.” McAdam said, ““Bill C 45 is not just about a budget, it is a
direct attack on First Nations lands and on the bodies of water we all
share from across this country.”
Opposition
by First Nations to Bill C-45 garnered national attention last week
during when 300 First Nations Chiefs marched on Parliament hill, and
several Chiefs, led by Chief Fox, went inside Parliament to deliver a
message to the government. This refusal to allow First Nations
leadership to respectfully enter the House of Commons triggered an even
greater mobilization of First Nation people across the country.
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For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Jess Gordon Tanya Kappo
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