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October 25, 2016

Canada: 99 Detained at Protest Demanding End to Tar Sands Pipelines
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In Canada, 99 people were detained by police Monday at a demonstration
on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, demanding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
reject the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, as
well as all new tar sands pipelines and infrastructure. Among those
arrested was Clayton Thomas-Muller, a climate activist from the Cree
Nation in northern Manitoba.

Clayton Thomas-Muller: "We know that they're just trying to test the
waters for tar sands pipelines to get that controversial tar sands oil
that's been killing Dené, Cree and Métis people in Northern Alberta with
cancer, poisoning their food systems, poisoning their water systems,
spreading climate chaos across the planet. Justin Trudeau is not the
Disney prince that the media has been painting him out to be. He is in
collusion with Big Oil. And we're here today to support these young
people, these brave warriors, for the sacredness of Mother Earth, to let
him know that he needs to reject the Kinder Morgan pipeline."

Topics:Climate Change Canada

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