First Nations and local communities are vigorously opposing these mega-projects because the detrimental long-term impacts on their ____________________________and on their communities outweigh the fleeting, short-term economic gain promised by government and industry.
The government has concluded ____________________________treaties in B.C. since 2006, with others under negotiation.
The Coastal First Nations Tanker Ban and Save the Fraser Declaration explicitly prohibit the ____________________________ of crude oil by pipeline and tanker on the north and south coast and through the Fraser River watershed.
In its decision, Canada's top court agreed that a semi-nomadic tribe can claim land title even if it uses it only some of the time, and set out a three-point test to determine land titles, considering:
Occupation,
____________________________ of habitation on the land, and
exclusivity in area.
As billions flow into industry and government coffers, First Nations and local communities are left to deal with the long-term social, economic and environmental ____________________________.
NDP critic Jean Crowder welcomed the ruling and said the governments at both levels have for too long taken the ____________________________that aboriginal title would never be recognized in going ahead with development.
Grand Chief Stewart Phillip believes there is a deepening gap between the Harper Government's pro-industry agenda and the social and environment principles of _________________ (2 words)
As Indigenous Peoples we have the sacred duty and inherent obligation to defend the health and well being of our communities as well as the environmental _______________ of our respective territories.
The court heard the Tsilhqot'in people were "__________________________," with few permanent encampments, even though they saw the area as their own and protected it from outsiders.
The Harper Government introduced two ____________________________bills, Bill C-38, the Budget Implementation Act, and Bill C-45, Jobs and Growth Act, both bills drastically weakened the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, gutted the Fisheries Act, and sapped the Navigable Waters Protection Act.
Many believe that the ratification of this ______________, China investors and state-owned enterprises will be granted protection and will thus greatly increase their investment in the development of the tarsands, expansion of pipelines, mining projects and possibly future offshore drilling projects.
This ____________________________ Chief went on a hungry strike to raise awareness regarding FNs issues/concerns.
There have been a growing number of flashmobs, round dances, marches, rallies organized by grassroots under the ____________________________ No More banner.
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted declaration of aboriginal title to more than 1,700 square kilometres of land in British Columbia to the Tsilhqot'in First Nation, the ____________________________time the court has made such a ruling regarding aboriginal land.
The Supreme Court ruling will apply wherever there are ____________________________ land claims.
The government must make the case that development is pressing and substantial, and meet its ____________________________ duty to the aboriginal group.
It is not a mutually beneficial working ____________________________when the Harper Government is selling the resources of our territories to the highest overseas bidder or slashing federal environmental processes to bolster bigger projects in our territories.
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