Humbled and honoured to have been one of 15 people arrested today with a group of Labrador Land Protectors and supporters on Parliament Hill, part of a four-hour rally and nonviolent direct action to deliver the message that the Trudeau government must end its $9.2 billion investment in cultural genocide downstream of the dangerous Muskrat Falls megaproject, which promises massive methylmercury poisoning and high risk of mass drowning via dam break and flash flood. Ignore what MP Yvonne Jones says in the interview below, because it is a dishonest and disgusting rationale for genocide. The RCMP showed their true racist colours by choosing to handcuff only one person, an Indigenous woman, Marjorie Flowers, for doing the same thing everyone else was doing. Those arrested today and barred for 90 days from Parliament are Sylvia Smith, Mayflower Flowers, Eldred Davis, James G Learning, Trycia Bazinet, Jo Wood, RiaJan Heynen, Gail Lorimer, Jane Stinson, Loris Jordan, Matthew Behrens, Kirsten Romaine, Martha Riben, Randi Crevland, and Liza Hancock. Those arrested are aged 28 to 92. Part of a national day of action with gatherings in Winnipeg, Mississauga, Halifax, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, and St. John's. We will be back.
#ShutMuskratDown! To donate towards reimbursements for the costs of this action, etransfers are accepted at tasc@web.ca or cheques made out to Homes not Bombs at PO Box 2121, 57 Foster Street, Perth, ON K7H 1R0.
