About 8ᵗʰ fire rising
A dangerous centralization of power is happening in Canada right now. Canada is deploying the current wave of nationalism to rob the treasuries, hand over corporate subsidies, and take Indigenous land.
What does it mean to “put Canada first”? The provinces are attempting to expedite the regulatory approval of regional infrastructure projects which will shore up their extractive economies (oil, gas, mineral mining). But, such fast-tracking will come at a cost to Indigenous peoples and settlers, local ecologies, and public coffers.
Since the U.S. President Trump started playing footsies with tariffs and slapping Canada with multiple new trade costs, Canada has been shoring up its favorite old brand of nationalism: extraction. Especially following the election of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, a flood of provincial legislation from all political parties and new federal laws have overwhelmed the country.
We are an Indigenous-led coalition of concerned and impacted communities working to build a broad-based movement with labour and land defenders. We aim to fight back against recent legislative infringements on Indigenous jurisdiction, violations of workers’ rights, and the corporate pillage of lands and waters across these lands.
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