By Today RAN was part of a coalition that released a joint public letter to Ontario’s premier calling on him to implement his promises for the Northern Boreal with full respect for Indigenous rights.
The letter is here. The Canadian news release is here, and the U.S. one is on RAN.org.
It is worth noting that Canada’s largest union (CUPE National) and Canada’s largest private sector union (CAW) both signed onto the letter, along with enviro, faith based, youth, and other labor groups.
The signatories are:
Amnesty International
CAW
Christian Peacemaker Teams
CUPE National
CUPE Ontario
CUPW
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives
Mining Watch Canada
Rainforest Action Network
Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, Ryerson University
Sierra Youth Coalition
Toronto & York Region Labour Council
The list would have been longer if not for the rush to get the letter out in a timely way.
An even larger coalition supported Grassy Narrows, KI, and Ardoch this past May as they gathered for four days and nights of ceremonies and rallies at the Provincial legislature. The gathering was attended by 3,000 people at its peak, and generated a lot of pressure for some of the very changes that the premier promised to implement only one month later.