Tar Sands - The Dark Side of the Boom, Courtney
Photo: David Dodge, Pembina Institute
| When |
Dec 01, 2008
from 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM |
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| Where | Courtney, Florence Filberg Conference Hall, 411 Anderton |
| Contact Name | Contact: Council of Canadian Comox Valley Chapter |
| Contact Phone | 250 338 6265 |
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Province-wide Speaking Tour with:
MIKE MERCREDI
Member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation will speak on the frontline struggles in Fort Chipewyan including a plague of tar sands related cancer.
JESSIE KALMAN
Tar Sands Campaigner with the Polaris Institute will speak on the social & environmental impacts of the tar sands.
WILL HORTER
Executive Director of Dogwood Initiative will speak about BC infrastructure for the tar sands such as a northern energy corridor, the Enbridge Gateway pipeline to Kitimat and oil tankers off the North coast. (Will is speaking in Vancouver, Victoria, Courtney, Nanaimo).
Please join us for this very important panel on the largest industrial project in history.
This tour is being organized, endorsed and supported by the Council of Canadians, the Polaris Institute, Canadian Union of Public Employees BC, the Sierra Club, the Dogwood Initiative, Greenpeace, Check-Your Head, Institute for Citizen Journalism, Tar Sands Free BC, North Coast Enviro Watch and Western Canada Wilderness Committee.
For More Info:
email: hgrewal@canadians.org or call: 604 688 8846
