First Nations and Enbridge
William Housty Addresses the National Energy Board on Heiltsuk Culture and the Threat of an Oil Spill
April 4, 2012 - Bella Bella, B.C.
30 year-old William Housty's powerhouse presentation to the National Energy Board's Enbridge hearings in his community of Bella Bella. William describes the history, language and culture of his people in fascinating detail - and how the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline and Tar Sands supertankers transiting the waters of his people's territory would destroy their traditional way of life. A must-watch!
The Heiltsuk First Nation and community of Bella Bella, B.C. welcomes the Joint Review Panel
April 1-5, 2012
Enbridge Hearings ResumeGLOBAL TV - NEWS HOUR FINAL
April 3, 2012
Reporter - AARON MCARTHUR
Footage by - DAMIEN GILLIS
Cancelled Enbridge Hearings to Resume in Bella Bella, Youth Embark on Hunger Strike(Video)
Damien Gillis
The Common Sense Canadian
April 3, 2012
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For more press, go to 'IN THE NEWS' section
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For more videos and images, go to 'JRP Hearings, Bella Bella'
PACIFIC WILD'S PRESS RELEASE - April 2, 2012
MORE FUTURE DATES FOR JRP HEARINGS
Coastal First Nations Declaration
No Tar Sands in Our Waters |
To view the Coastal First Nations Declaration, please download the pdf.
Ta'Kaiya Blaney, an environmentally aware youth, sings and writes for the future preservation of B.C. coastal waters.
Ta'Kaiya Blaney is a worried 10 year old girl from North Vancouver B.C.. Ta'Kaiya became extremely concerned about the effects that the Enbridge Inc. Northern Gateway Pipeline would have on the Central and North Coast Pacific ecosystems and magnificent, if not rare, wildlife. What did she do? She wrote a beautiful song, "Shallow Waters", with the hope of raising both political, national and environmental awareness.
Further to this, on March 22nd, 2011, Ta'Kaiya wrote an open letter to Canada's Members of Parliament, 22 years after the catastrophic Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. In this letter, Ta'Kaiya succinctly states her hopes for a future without the devastation that the tanker traffic will bring to not only B.C.'s coast but also the knock-on effect internationally.
Please take the time to read her letter:
Open Letter to Canadian Members of Parliament,
My name is Ta'Kaiya Blaney. I am 10-years-old. I live in North Vancouver and am from the Sliammon Nation. My name means "special water."
I am writing to you because the Enbridge Corporation is planning to build a pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to Kitimat, BC. I thought it would be very risky for our coast so I wrote a song, called “Shallow Waters” about an oil spill happening in the shallow waters.
You will be debating Bill C-606 soon, if an election is not triggered, which would ban oil tankers from our northwest coast. I am sharing my song’s music video <http://www.youtube.com/
Today is the anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Even today, 22 years later, oil still remains a few inches under the surface of the water.
With this song, I hope to encourage government officials, people of British Columbia, and people across the world will realize the dangers of oil pollution, replace jobs that destroy the environment with jobs that help the environment. I ask government and corporate officials such as yourselves change your plans stop oil tanker traffic on BC's coast and in waters around the world.
Please feel free to share my letter and video with others.
All my relations,
Ta’Kaiya Blaney