Monday November 21, 6-6:30pm
Branion Plaza, U of G campus
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1433453186672486/
Hosted by Fossil Free Guelph.
On November 21st, Guelph will join dozens of communities across Canada to stand up against the Kinder Morgan pipeline. We have to act now because before the end of November, the Trudeau government will announce whether or not it will approve the Kinder Morgan trans mountain pipeline. Let’s show this government where the people stand.
Join us as as we hold space, on the national day of #KMVigils for the communities impacted by the Kinder Morgan trans mountain pipeline, and connect to frontline fights for climate justice. This includes the people of the Tsleil-Waututh nation, who will immediately face the burden of all risks from such a pipeline (to learn more, visit http://twnsacredtrust.ca/). This includes the 50+ first nations that have vocally opposed the pipeline. This includes all of the island nations that are slowly drowning while the Trudeau government waves its hands about getting Canadian resources to tide water. This is for all of the impact zones in South Asia, Africa, and South America that will face drought, floods and other violent weather patterns. This is for the communities that will face the impacts first and the worst, while settler colonial and capitalist forces attempt to push an agenda of extractivism.
Justin Trudeau ran a campaign identifying himself as a climate leader. He ran a campaign on rebuilding relationships with First Nation communties. And during this process, he has stated he does not need to seek the consent of impacted communities. He has made it clear that he seeks to grow his popularity in Alberta by approving pipelines, even though it comes at the risk of the communities he promised he would respect.
The KM trans mountain expansion project is a tripling of the current KM pipeline. It will have a capacity to move upwards of 1 million barrels of tar sands oil every day. This will have dramatic implications for the survival of the tar sands, as it will allow them to move higher volumes of bitumen to international markets. This will fuel climate change and also give more power to the extractivist industries currently operating in the tar sands.
This vigil will take place on the traditional territory of the Neutral/Attawandaron people.