Time: Thursday, October 4th, 2007 6pm opening ceremony
Location: Stewart Park and the Perth Fair Grounds, Perth ON
Focused on the Future, Honoring the Past!
A Three Day Circle of All Nations Celebration of the Waterways of North America and 175th Anniversary of the Rideau Canal (Newest Unesco World Heritage Site!)
Coordinated by Merriwolf Productions
Guest speakers will cover the topic of Uranium Mining in the Frontenac and Lanark region.
October 7, 2007
3:20 PM - 3:50PM
Joan Kuyek, Mining Watch Canada
Impacts of Mining and Mineral Exploration
5:20 PM - 5:50PM
Doreen Davie, Algonquin Chief
Local Struggles to Protect Lands and Watersheds
6:20 PM - 6:30PM
Paula Sherman, Algonquin Chief
Local Struggles to Protect Lands and Watersheds
Monday, October 1, 2007
Hamilton proposes new energy plan
Press Release: The New Democratic Party (NDP) September 30, 2007
OTTAWA - This morning at the Green Door Restaurant, Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton alongside Ottawa Area NDP Candidates Will Murray, Andrée
Germain, Edelweiss D'Andrea, Ric Dagenais and Lynn Hamilton, outlined the NDP's plan to meet Ontario's electricity needs with an aggressive approach to renewables, energy efficiency and conservation. Under the NDP's plan, there would be no new $40 billion nuclear megascheme, and no more smog and greenhouse gases from the Nanticoke coal plant.
"Our plan means shifting Ontario towards a greener electricity supply mix and establishing a solid foundation for reliable, affordable energy. That means giving the green light to green power, energy efficiency and conservation, and the red light to the Nanticoke coal plant by 2011 and new nuclear power," said Hampton.
Highlights of the plan include:
* Aggressive energy efficiency, conservation and demand management, to reduce consumption and save people money.
* A significant boost in clean, renewable electricity such as wind, solar and water power.
* A significant expansion of industrial cogeneration facilities through the appointment of a long-delayed cogeneration facilitator and enhanced incentives to industrial co-generation plants.
* Coal phase-out.
* No new nuclear plants.
* Greater accountability.
OTTAWA - This morning at the Green Door Restaurant, Ontario NDP Leader Howard Hampton alongside Ottawa Area NDP Candidates Will Murray, Andrée
Germain, Edelweiss D'Andrea, Ric Dagenais and Lynn Hamilton, outlined the NDP's plan to meet Ontario's electricity needs with an aggressive approach to renewables, energy efficiency and conservation. Under the NDP's plan, there would be no new $40 billion nuclear megascheme, and no more smog and greenhouse gases from the Nanticoke coal plant.
"Our plan means shifting Ontario towards a greener electricity supply mix and establishing a solid foundation for reliable, affordable energy. That means giving the green light to green power, energy efficiency and conservation, and the red light to the Nanticoke coal plant by 2011 and new nuclear power," said Hampton.
Highlights of the plan include:
* Aggressive energy efficiency, conservation and demand management, to reduce consumption and save people money.
* A significant boost in clean, renewable electricity such as wind, solar and water power.
* A significant expansion of industrial cogeneration facilities through the appointment of a long-delayed cogeneration facilitator and enhanced incentives to industrial co-generation plants.
* Coal phase-out.
* No new nuclear plants.
* Greater accountability.
RESISTANCE IS FERTILE interviews Bob Lovelace
The following excerpt was taken for the Resistance if Fertile website. There are two recorded interviews with Bob Lovelace, elder of the Ardoch Algonquins.
Follow Up With Bob Lovelace on the Blockade of a Proposed Uranium Mine
The continuing blockade of a proposed uranium mine near Sharbot Lake is an incredibly important struggle that is getting very little media coverage. Unfortunately that's the way it goes, and that's one of the reasons I do this show. I spoke with retired Ardoch Algonquin chief Bob Lovelace back on August 29 (our first interview is below this one), and here we speak again to learn how things have been progressing.
As it stands most of the leaders of the blockade have warrants out for their arrest and are facing a $77 million lawsuit. Despite this, they are absolutely firm in their stance that the mine will never go through and they will not leave their land. In conjunction with their continued presence at the site, a group of elders and others from their community have embarked on canoes up the Ottawa river to Ottawa, with the intent of gathering support and raising awareness about their struggle. In
support of them, a growing number of communities and organizations are calling for a moratorium on uranium exploration and mining in their territory, and also, a growing number of people in the surrounding municipality are refusing to pay their taxes.
Bob talks about their interesting relationship with the OPP, and how they maintained a good relationship with them from the start, which helped them not get evicted when an injunction came down ordering their removal. Since then, however, the OPP was called to court to provide names of leaders and participants in the blockade, and despite their alleged best of intentions, they had to give names to the court to be named in a civil charges on behalf of Frontenac Ventures. Bob also talks about who Frontenac Ventures is and what their business is about.
As with last time, Bob is an excellent, thoughtful speaker, and I hope you can spread news of this around in your own circles. To hear the interview that was recorded on September 26, 2007 go to
http://www.resistanceisfertile.ca/
Follow Up With Bob Lovelace on the Blockade of a Proposed Uranium Mine
The continuing blockade of a proposed uranium mine near Sharbot Lake is an incredibly important struggle that is getting very little media coverage. Unfortunately that's the way it goes, and that's one of the reasons I do this show. I spoke with retired Ardoch Algonquin chief Bob Lovelace back on August 29 (our first interview is below this one), and here we speak again to learn how things have been progressing.
As it stands most of the leaders of the blockade have warrants out for their arrest and are facing a $77 million lawsuit. Despite this, they are absolutely firm in their stance that the mine will never go through and they will not leave their land. In conjunction with their continued presence at the site, a group of elders and others from their community have embarked on canoes up the Ottawa river to Ottawa, with the intent of gathering support and raising awareness about their struggle. In
support of them, a growing number of communities and organizations are calling for a moratorium on uranium exploration and mining in their territory, and also, a growing number of people in the surrounding municipality are refusing to pay their taxes.
Bob talks about their interesting relationship with the OPP, and how they maintained a good relationship with them from the start, which helped them not get evicted when an injunction came down ordering their removal. Since then, however, the OPP was called to court to provide names of leaders and participants in the blockade, and despite their alleged best of intentions, they had to give names to the court to be named in a civil charges on behalf of Frontenac Ventures. Bob also talks about who Frontenac Ventures is and what their business is about.
As with last time, Bob is an excellent, thoughtful speaker, and I hope you can spread news of this around in your own circles. To hear the interview that was recorded on September 26, 2007 go to
http://www.resistanceisfertile.ca/
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