This is a news compilation setting the record straight on the day’s top anti-oil and gas stories and providing research and facts to counter misinformation about the oil and gas industry.
News Headline:
Fringe protest group, the Tiny House Warriors, continue to defy the wishes of elected First Nations councils who support Trans Mountain raising issues around plans to legislate UNDRIP.
Secwepemc land defenders continue to resist as Trans Mountain prepares for “peak construction” in 2021
The Facts:
Local communities that support the Trans Mountain project are getting tired of the Tiny House Warriors’ protest theatrics.
- This territory is considered unceded and the elected leaders of the Secwepemc are supporters of the pipeline and have signed mutual benefits agreements for employment and financial benefits for Secwepemc in the Kamloops area. It is a success for the Canadian approach of consultation to meet the principles of UNDRIP.
https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/pipeline-2/ - Along with the Secwepemc, 57 other First Nation communities have signed benefits agreements in the region, further signaling mutual partnerships between the Canadian oil and gas industry and the Indigenous people of Canada. 120 of the 129 communities along the path either support the project or do not oppose it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-court-appeal-trans-mountain-1.5450748 - Legislating an aspirational document of principles to sweep away decades of Canadian jurisprudence on Indigenous rights will entrench fringe groups and block First Nations leaders trying to end on-reserve poverty
http://indigenousresourcenetwork.ca/resources/undrip/ - The Tiny House Warriors, have been accused of terrorizing local community members, hurling insults, and even spitting on residents.
https://www.facebook.com/718750754978491/videos/669170703670656 - The Simpcw Nation held a meeting on their own lands about the Tiny House Warriors but were forced to hire a security detail for the meeting due to threats of violence from the protestors.
https://www.therockymountaingoat.com/2020/07/simpcw-pledge-to-fight-for-blue-river-residents/
- This territory is considered unceded and the elected leaders of the Secwepemc are supporters of the pipeline and have signed mutual benefits agreements for employment and financial benefits for Secwepemc in the Kamloops area. It is a success for the Canadian approach of consultation to meet the principles of UNDRIP.
