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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali
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ALL PARTS OF THIS SPECIAL
<The stench of death>
<Canada's murdered women and girls.>
Between 8 Nov 2021 and July 2022 AL Jazeera published a serial of
articles (except one i.e. an Al Jazeera team)
all by the Cree-Iroquois Canadian-French journalist Brandi
Morin about femicides of Canadian Indigenous women and girls and
of Indigenous children who were abducted from their parents houses and
brought to residential schoolsof which each word is so
heartbreaking that it takes a lot of courage to read the whole serial. Still I challenge you to do so! I divided it according to the
number of articles and quoted from them ending with a read more URL.:
CLICK HERE ON HOW TO READ
ME
The Guardian
22 Jan 2023
By Leyland Cecco in Toronto
<<Landmark deals give Indigenous key role in Canada resource projects
Two landmark deals in western Canada could reshape the role of
Indigenous nations in resource development projects, placing greater
power in the hands of groups that have long been excluded and signalling
a possible shift in how industry and governments negotiate with
communities on the frontlines of environmental degradation. In recent
years, a string of fierce battles over pipelines have put a spotlight on
the fractious nature of resource extraction projects, often pitting
First Nations communities against powerful companies. But this week the
Yaq̓it a·knuq i 'it (YQT), a community in south-eastern British
Columbia, signed an unprecedented agreement with the mining company NWP
Coal Canada that would give Indigenous leadership a <veto> over the
proposed project, dramatically reshaping the power Indigenous nations
have over their territory. Under the deal, the YQT will become the
<regulator and reviewer> of the proposed C$400m (US$300m) Crown Mountain
project. <For too long, Indigenous nations have not been brought to the
table in decision-making directly affecting our rights and interests,>
Chief Heidi Gravelle said in a statement, adding that her community
would finally have the change to regulate projects in their own
territory. <We see this as the right thing to do - treating the
Indigenous title holders as governments and taking their word
seriously,> said Dave Baines, director of project development at NWP,
who pointed to dissatisfaction in communities who felt they were
inadequately consulted or promises were broken. <Industry likes to do
what has worked in the past rather than try new things. But sometimes
you have to not do what’s been done before and make that change.> With
past projects across the country at times facing criticism for a lack of
meaningful consultation, Baines said the decision also makes good
business sense. <We're watching projects get rejected they're not in
alignment with the Indigenous peoples in the area. Is it a bigger risk
for us to formally accept them as a regu-lator and to work with them to
get to a yes? Or is it a bigger risk to do the same old thing and
possibly face a lawsuit down the road?>
The proposed metallurgical coal mine would open in 2025 if approved by
both federal and provincial regulators. The region is currently the site
of coking coalmines with a poor environmental track record: in March, a
provincial court fined Teck Resources C$60m after its Fording River and
Greenhills operations polluted local waterways with selenium. Other
mines have been proposed but faced stiff opposi-tion. In her statement,
Gravelle said the company had committed to a <consent-based
environmental assessment>, meaning NWP would require YQT's permission
for the project to move ahead, as well as oversight of the project
through the mine’s expected lifespan and remediation efforts. <Getting a
permit for a project is like a marriage: the hard work isn't standing up
in front of the minister, it's the next 30 years living in each other's
pockets,> said Baines. If we're going to work with these nations … it's
a journey together. It's not a single approval.> In recent years,
Indigenous leadership in western Canada have advocated for a greater say
in - or even full control over - resource projects that affect their
territory.>>
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/22/canada-indigenous-mining-agreement-resource-projects
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