Today is the #GlobalFrackdown. If you do one thing today, stand in solidarity with the indigneous people of Canada who are standing up to the frackers. Write a letter to the Canadian Ambassador in Dublin/London to politely voice your dismay at the way both the Canadian Government, the district government of New Brunswick, and the Houston Based Gas company, SWN Resources, are riding roughshod over the human and environmental rights of the Mikmaq peoples. A peaceful protest at the site in Rexton turned violent yesterday, with scores of arrests, reports of rubber bullets and bean bags being turned on the campaigners, with children and the elderly present. Please see link below. cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/rcmp-protesters-withdraw-after-shale-gas-clash-in-rexton-1.2100703 Canadian Embassy in Dublin: Tel.: (+ 353 1) 234 4000 Fax: (+ 353 1)234 4001 E-mail: [email protected] OR the Canadian Consulate in London - LONDON CANADIAN EMBASSY - [email protected] Sample email reads as follows: Dear Ambassador I am emailing to express my dismay at the way the Canadian Government is treating the Mikmaq tribe in Rexton, New Brunswick. It seems that corporate greed is being put firmly before peoples needs, and that the human rights of the Mikmaq are being bulldozed over in favour of SWN Resources, the company attempting to carry out seismic testing in the area. Hydraulic fracturing is a highly contentious issue here in Ireland as well, with swathes of the North West, Northern Ireland and County Clare under license to companies who wish to exploit and extract shale gas using hydraulic fracturing. We are totally opposed to, and will not give a social, environmental or community license to any company who wishes to introduce this degrading and destructive industry to Ireland. We also stand behind and support those in the Mikmaq peacefully protecting their lands. You have visited County Sligo this year, and marvelled at its beauty. Large areas of County Sligo have options licenses up for grabs for unconventional gas extraction. Tourism, farming, and human habitation are not compatible with hydraulic fracturing. We remain firmly behind all those in Canada who have dared raise their voices against ecocidal and environmentally destructive mining practices: Jessica Ernst, Dr. John O Connor, and the peoples of New Brunswick. Yours respectfully
Posted on: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 11:57:15 +0000