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[Dawn Morrison]

Hi All,
Please join the March to Imperial Metals in downtown Vancouver to Protest
the Mount Polley Disaster.
We need everybody to stand beside the women and children who are organizing
this to send a strong message loud and clear that we will not stand for any
more destruction to the lifeblood of this beautiful place we live in! We
cannot allow this kind of disaster to happen again...the entire Fraser
Basin watershed is much too valuable and important to our whole land and
food system in BC.
The things we cherish most about this land and food system, like our
salmon, agriculture, forests, and our bodies are ultimately depend on
healthy clean water!
Please distribute this call to action far and wide within your circles and
come out and stand in solidarity for the health of the present and future
generations to come.
Monday August 11, 2014 @ 2:00 pm @ Vancouver Public Library  (Robson and
Homer)
The recent tailings pond breach and toxic spill disaster by Imperial Metals
in the Cariboo region sent a slurry-like mixture of 10 million cubic metres
of water and 4.5 million cubic metres of fine sediment into Polley Lake,
Hazeltine Creek and into Quesnel Lake. This has huge devastating impacts on
drinking water quality and salmon runs.

This is one of the most disastrous environmental events, a result of
unfettered access to mining companies to unceded Indigenous lands. In a
press release Grand Chief Stewart Phillip has stated "What we have now in
BC and Canada, as a consequence of weak environmental review procedures and
the federal omnibus bills C-38 and C-45, are repugnant and reprehensible
processes of rubber-stamp approvals that shamelessly pander to industry and
tragically at the great expense of environmental devastation."

The Secwepemc Women's Warrior Society has called this action against
Imperial Metals. Join them in opposing Imperial Metals and all destructive
projects. As Secwepemc land defender Janice Billy says, "Stop the
destruction of Mother Earth, no more mining on our territories."

BACKGROUND ON IMPERIAL METALS:

Imperial Metals, operates the Mount Polley tailings pond. Imperial Metals
has a number of other proposed projects including Ruddock Creek project
which is located near Tum Tum lake in the headwaters of the Upper Adams
River. The project is in the advanced stage of exploration but has not
obtained the consent of Neskonlith for current or any future activities.
The Secwepec territory includes the Adamas River Watershed – home to the
world’s largest sockeye salmon run and the location of Imperial’s Ruddock
Creek lead and zinc project. The area is of great importance to the
Neskonlith who continue to use and occupy the area for hunting, gathering,
education and ceremonies. In addition to being the headwaters of the Adams
River, the area is also home to threatened mountain caribou and grizzly
bear populations.

Imperial Metals is also planning two mining projects in Clayoquot Sound.
Chitaapi (Catface Mountain) in Ahousaht territory, contains low-grade
copper-molybdenum ore. Catface Mountain mine is a mountain-top removal
scheme that would take place only 3 km from the village of Ahousat.
Fandora, a potential gold mine, would be at the head of Tranquil Valley, on
Tla-o-qui-aht territory, for which the provincial government is currently
reviewing an application for exploration. They have not consulted with the
Tla-o-qui-aht, who are opposed to mining in their homelands.




Dawn Morrison,


Indigenous Food Systems Network
C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
Mobile: 778.879.5106
Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org
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