The Legal Breakdown of Indigenous Rights and the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project
What you need to know about the legality around Indigenous rights and the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project. On what legal grounds are First Nations challenging the 2019 approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline and tankers project? In the original NEB process, and subsequent Crown consultation, several First Nations advanced grave concerns regarding the project’s... Read More
News from the Nest – Summer Edition 2019
Sharing the fruits of summer, Allies Summer is golden, full of light and the earth’s abundance. Following our springtime efforts of tending the soil, and planting seeds for growth, we are now in the time of celebration, visiting, and tending our relationships with our families, friends, our work, and with the Earth. Thanks to your support Allies, we are... Read More
Tsilhqot’in await September 1st ruling
Teztan Biny,Fish Lake, has been a sacred place of spiritual renewal for countless generations for the Tsilhqot’in. Teztan Biny is also rich in gold and copper, resources Taseko Mines Ltd. wants to exploit with its proposed New Prosperity Mine. The 1.5-billion dollar mine would seriously affect Teztan Biny, Yanah Biny (Little Fish Lake) and the... Read More
Because of you, we raised almost $80,000 for Unistot’en
Dear Allies When we put out a call to stand with Unistot’en against an injunction by TransCanada, we expected a trickle of donations. This community has already done so much: you’ve stood beside Unistot’en to help realize lofty dreams — the raising of the healing lodge — and to weather incredibly low moments — police raids and intimidation. RAVEN... Read More
Pull Together Re-Launches with Mass Mobilization Call
Hello wonderful allies, It was great to have so many of you on our mass organizing call — over 150 people signed up for what turned out to be a combined legal briefing and strategic overview. We know that, like all of us, you have a dose of deja vu about this whole project, but... Read More
Heiltsuk Nation expose the lie of Canada’s world class oil spill response
A different kind of sentencing hearing took place last week on B.C.’s central coast. Representatives from one of the biggest oil shipping companies in the world thought they were heading to Bella Bella to be handed a fine by the Canadian government. Instead, the Heiltsuk community were preparing to carry out a traditional sentencing circle. The day was... Read More
All Four Pull Together Nations join forces to stop TMX in court
On July 7, 2019, a number of the First Nations — including all four of the Pull Together nations supported by RAVEN — filed lawsuits to judicially review the federal government’s recent re -pproval of the Trans Mountain pipeline and tankers project. After hearing from leadership of Tsleil-Waututh, Coldwater, Squamish and Secwepemc Nations, we’re feeling energized and... Read More
Join Mass Call: Legal Q&A and next steps to stop TMX
What a ride it’s been. When we launched Pull Together to fight Enbridge, we had no idea how far this community would be willing to go to defend our common future. We also had no idea how good it would feel to be part of such a kickass, creative movement. People like you came up... Read More
Mad love vs. Cognitive dissonance
Canada declares a Climate Emergency, then the very next day, approves a tar sands oil pipeline. The cognitive dissonance would be laughable, if it weren’t putting all of our lives at stake. How on Earth did we get here? By some seriously twisted logic. Using that same magical thinking, when one of the richest oil... Read More
Stand with Indigenous Peoples to stop Trans Mountain!
Pull Together was created as a way for people to work together to defend our communities and our climate from tar sands pipelines and tankers. Now, Canada may give the TransMountain project a green light after a hurried consultation process with First Nations. Funding Indigenous legal challenges may be our last, best chance to stop it.... Read More