Those arrested included Maude Barlow, Tantoo Cardinal and dozens of other leaders from Canada. People who crossed the police barricade were briefly detained and then set free after being fined.
This was one of the largest climate change focused acts of civil disobedience in Canada in decades. However, the crowd remained peaceful throughout the demonstration.
This action sent a powerful message to lawmakers in Ottawa whose fall parliamentary session coincided with the protest.
As protesters where being arrested on Parliament Hill, interim Liberal leader Bob Rae was asking the Harper's Conservative government to explain its woeful record on the environment and its strategy going forward.
© 2011, Richard Matthews. All rights reserved.
Related Posts
State Department Hearings for the Keystone XL Pipeline
Supporters of the Ottawa Action Opposing the Tarsands and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Ottawa Action Opposing the Tar Sands and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Training for the Tar Sands and Keystone XL Ottawa Action
Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Protest in Washington and Now Ottawa
Cornell University Questions the Economic Benefits of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Keystone XL Protest Ends in Washington
Bill McKibben and other Protestors Jailed for their Opposition to the Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
Oil Spills Add to Concerns about the Keystone XL Pipeline
Nobel Prize Laureates Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
Video: NASA's Leading Climatologist Addresses Crowd Before he was Arrested at the Keystone XL Tar Sands Protest in Washington
Religious Leaders Join the Protest Against Keystone XL Pipeline
US Protests Against the Tar Sands Oil
Canada on Track to be a Dirty Energy Superpower
Oil Spills Add to Concerns about the Keystone XL Pipeline
Nobel Prize Laureates Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
0 comments:
Post a Comment