"'We have long offered solutions to the provincial government on how Mi’kmaq could exercise our right to self-govern... Nova Scotia has not been open to having any conversations with Mi’kmaw leadership,' assembly co-chair and Glooscap First Nation Chief Sidney Peters said"
#Mikmaki #NSpoli
“'We demand a moratorium be put on any other raids in our communities until we’ve had an opportunity to have real Nation-to-Nation conversations with Nova Scotia on the issues at hand,' said Chief Sidney Peters in the release."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli
"The protest, which began around noon Thursday, was announced on Facebook by Chief Michelle Glasgow. The post said 'it's not about 'weed shops' being raided. It's about the government asserting jurisdiction over our communities and over our unceded Mik'maq lands.'"
#Mikmaki #CDNpoli #NSpoli
"Durfee says that if his challenge is successful his case will allow him and his community to set a new precedent for how treaty rights apply to cannabis."
#Mikmaki #TreatyRights #NSpoli #CDNpoli #Cannabis
"En février dernier, le gouvernement de Tim Houston opère un double mouvement contrasté: la suppression de l’unité scientifique dédiée à la faune au sein du ministère des Ressources naturelles et l’injection de 30 millions de dollars dans l’exploitation gazière."
#Mikmaki #Acadie #NSpoli
What a grim state of affairs.
A government that dictates austerity behind closed doors. Imposing funding cuts that could have been avoided by raising taxes on rich people and their corporations.
The best kind of government that oligarchs could ever wish for.
#Mikmaki #Acadie #NSpoli #NovaScotia
"the final vote was about to begin, members of a crowd of about 45 people looking on from the gallery at Province House broke out in song. 'It's OK to change your mind, show us your courage, leave this behind,' they sang."
#Mikmaki #Acadie #NSpoli #NovaScotia
"History has shown that when oversight systems are stretched or under‑resourced, worker exposures can occur, leading to long‑term health consequences and, in some cases, public inquiries or legal challenges."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia #Uranium
Congratulations and gratitude to Grandmother Darlene, @stmargaretsbaysa, NatureNS, and local citizens for their relentless advocacy to protect the Ingram River.
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#WaterIsLife #ProtectTheSacred #WaterProtectors #Mikmaki #NovaScotia #IngramRiver
«Les activités culturelles qui se déroulent aux quatre coins du territoire constituent des attraits touristiques majeurs et sont au cœur de l’identité de nos citoyennes et citoyens, y compris les Acadiennes et les Acadiens» - Denise Comeau-Desautels, Présidente de la FANE
#Mikmaki #Acadie #NSpoli
Don't attack the arts in Mi'kma'ki-Acadie-Nova Scotia unless you want a beautiful, heartwarming kitchen party protest that will make your regime look like a fairytale villain.
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia
"I've got to stick around here to be certain that the RCMP don’t try any of their violations on our constitutionally protected rights. It’s unfortunate that these government bodies refuse to recognize and affirm our rights," - Millbrook First Nation Coun. Chris Googoo
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia
"Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside the Nova Scotia legislature in Halifax to oppose the provincial government’s resource extraction policies and cuts to cultural programs."
#Mikmaki #NovaScotia #NSpoli #TimHouston #Fracking #Uranium #Austerity
"The Finance Department said the province is cutting $260,000 from the $1.3-million Mi'kmaw language revitalization strategy and all provincial funding from Mi'kmaw Health and Wellness, a health authority."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia
Nova Scota NDP introduced Bill-188 to, "Initiate a Regulatory and Ownership Review of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated"
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #TakeBackNSPower
Always remember that goverments always have the choice to increase taxes on corporations and high-income earners. Cuts like these are a decision to put the financial burden on workers instead of the rich.
#Mikmaki #NSpoli
"Sources also tell the Examiner that managers who were focussed on actual forest health – managers of biodiversity, of ecosystems and habitats, and the head of the wildlife division – were sacked."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli
The Houston Government is hell-bent on detroying this province to turn a quick buck for Nova Scotian oligarchs. This will not bring jobs, just more profits for the rich. Anyone who values dwelling here in a liveable environment should be outraged by this ecocidal regime.
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #NovaScotia
Here is a better headline for the story:
A cop tried to pull the reverse-racism card on Mi'kmaw business owner to justify illegal raid on treaty-protected cannabis dispensery
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #Cannabis #RCMP
Its a step in the right direction, but it puts a heavy debt-load on new farmers at a time where it is impossible to compete in the market. I anticipate it will force new entrants to scale at an unsustainable rate and burn them out. I have mixed feelings about this.
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #CDNag #Farmland
“it’s really about finding a way to get fracking on the ground and get it started here without really giving people a chance to publicly voice their concerns” Jonathan Langdon (Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition)
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #Fracking
"A Mi’kmaq village on the Dartmouth side of the harbour called Turtle Grove was wiped out by a tsunami created by the [1917 Halifax Explosion], and survivors left for Millbrook First Nation and Sipekne'katik First Nation."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli
"RCMP officers shot and killed Darrell Augustine, a Mi’kmaw man from Sipekne’katik First Nation in Nova Scotia on Jan. 13, and Bronson Paul, a Wolastoqew man from Neqotkuk First Nation in New Brunswick on Jan. 18."
#Mikmaki #Wolastoqiyik #NSpoli #NBpoli #CDNpoli #RCMP
«Tim Houston veut construire des centrales électriques privées à combustibles fossiles partout dans la province, sans captage du carbone, en utilisant du méthane américain, tout en prétendant que c'est écologique et que cela renforce l'indépendance.»
#Mikmaki #Acadie #NSpoli
"First Nation chiefs across Atlantic Canada are calling for an urgent meeting with the federal government after two Indigenous men were fatally shot by RCMP officers over the past two weeks."
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #CDNpoli
Houston's obvious ignorance about cannabis and racism towards Mi'kmaw dispenseries is staggering. But sadly, it is not surprising.
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #Cannabis
I bet this heavily-financialized private utility lord wont price gougue us once investors demand exponentially higher profits. This time is different. Right?
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #MakePowerPublicAgain #CorporateUtilityLords
A refreshing bit of political backbone from the NS Greens:
“The Green Party of Nova Scotia stands against imperialism and violent aggression, everywhere,
now and always.”
#Mikmaki #NSpoli #CDNpoli
"Amnesty International has joined a long-standing community fight to bring clean water to a settlement of African Nova Scotians whose properties have wells and are next to an old garbage dump that operated for 70 years in Shelburne."
#Mikmaki #Kespukwitk #AfricanNovaScotia #NSpoli
