Gathering for a good cause at the Canso Causeway

Approximately two hundred people came together on Saturday, 22 September with signs, flags, goodwill and leaflets to hand out to the people in cars and trucks, driving by on the Trans Canada Highway.

The people at the action came from different places in Cape Breton Island, mainland Nova Scotia, (Antigonish, Indian Brook, and Halifax) and Prince Edward Island.

They are all speaking out against the proposed oil and gas exploration, and possible fracking. This commercial activity has been approved by the government for right next to the pristine waters of Lake Ainslie. Lake Ainslie is part of the Margaree River Watershed.

The First Nations leaders who had arranged this event, warmly invited the rest of us to stand with them. Both First Nations and us newcomers are all coming to the same conclusion.. We're all very concerned that this proposed drilling activity will negatively affect the fresh water on our small island.

We are getting to hear about how polluted water can affect the health of the people, animals and plants in a particular area. ie in Indian Brook. At Indian Brook the people cannot use their water for any purpose because of commercial activity. Also, in Colchester County, there are overflowing and leaking pits of fracking water, (industrial waste which contains radioactivity from underground). The company, Triangle, which signed an agreement with the government, refuses to clean up.....
 
The Peoples of Nova Scotia, who came to the Causeway are looking ahead to the needs of the next generations. Water is sacred. Without clean water there will be no healthy plants, animals or humans in the future.

Our event was a positive coming-together, with drumming, singing, a water ceremony -  some wet eyes, a time to meet and make new friends, a sharing of information and trust. Mist and warm rain, eagles gathering above us...........

"Good energy",     "We're all on the same wavelength", "The divisions are disappearing,,,,,"

“In Unity there is Strength” – One friendship at a time

In Nova Scotia and around the world the First Nations people and the rest of us (the people who have moved to colonize other countries), have had a change of heart and are concerned about saving the environment and Earth, We spoke out at Copenhagen, but our voice was ignored.

There is a realization that we are now on the same wavelength and that now we have the same concerns for Earth.

There is a history of negative relationships between our two peoples. But there is a realization that this fractured community was created by the British. This clever policy of “Divide and Rule” has been continued by the federal and provincial governments and the corporations ever since to their advantage.

In the past, the way that the laws have been written, have excluded all the citizens in decision making. Increasingly, right now, even the elected representatives in parliament and in the Nova Scotia Legislature are not given the opportunity to discuss and vote on matters of concern to the citizens. We voted these people into office, to act on our behalf. Undemocratically, decisions are being made by small groups of people, behind closed doors.   

Good news

Recently, the First Nations people around the world have been told that there is a “duty to consult” them. (This is written clearly in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. It is the law at the national and provincial (state) government level in each country. Although this requirement is in place, First Nations peoples’ continue to be ignored. They are not being consulted until after all the agreements between governments and corporations have been signed, and after it is too late to change their "business plans". This is convenient for governments and corporations, and shows disrespect for First Nations. First Nations peoples are speaking out about this travesty. They know that they have strong rights in this regard.

Now is our chance to work together and support each other in our goals to save Earth. If we stay separated from each other, nothing will change. 

“One friendship at a time”, is the only way to achieve our goals. We need to have a website, or even have a picture gallery on this blog, where people can post photos of friends, and talk about their concern for Earth and a healthy future for our families – and the next generations of living beings on earth.

Then the governments and the corporations will know who is in charge and do what we say to save Earth for future generations.

Together We Will Save Earth

There are more of us than there are of them. (1) Be strong and confident.

Remember our history and know that we are the ones in charge. (2)

Our politicians are public servants  –  servants of the public. (3)

We, the people, (citizens, tax-payers and voters), vote them into office.

Don’t be conned by governments and corporations. (4)

Our governments, civil servants, the police and the army, are public servants.

We pay their wages, salaries and pensions.

Corporations do not vote for governments. Their nature is to be the same as a psychopath. (5) Disregard them. They have no conscience.

The mandate of the governments and public servants is to serve the citizens, voters and tax-payers. (6)

The mandate of the corporations is to make profits for their shareholders. (7)

1) Rand Corp, "mosquitos" , no leaders, they can sting you to death.
2) See Wikkipedia - Magna Carter, England, habeus corpus, US Constitution, Bill of Rights, USA, Declaration of the Rights of Man and citizen of 1793, France.
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4) see Wikkipedia, profit motive, Articles of Incorporation, Corporation
5) Movie and book. "The Corporation"
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