Two years ago as of October 13, the Nathan E. Steward sank outside of my hometown and 110 000 liters of diesel fuel was dumped into the ocean, destroying millions of dollars worth of local clam beds and severely impacting the local environment and economy in long-lasting and traumatic ways. I attended a conference talking about the court case that the sovereign Heiltsuk Nation is taking up against the corporation that owned the tanker (Kirby), the province of British Columbia, and the federal government of Canada. Indigenous peoples in Canada have won 90% of the court cases that they’ve taken to the federal level in the past couple decades, and this is far from the first time that my hometown has gone to bat with the Canadian government. The legal fees will be extravagant. Please watch the video if you have four minutes.
If you care about indigenous issues, please share this. I’ve personally participated in the protests surrounding Enbridge when I was 14 (six years ago), but the Canadian government is still trying to fuck over First Nations people.
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