[BCFSN] Wild Salmon Convergence ~ October 4 & 5 ~ Info, hi-res printable poster, flyers and online invite

[Dawn Morrison]

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> From: Andre Piver <andrepiver at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Fwd: protect non-profits from legal attacks by industry
> Date: September 20, 2014 at 8:49:02 AM PDT
> 
> New proposed legislation……..as dystopia continues to emerge.
> 
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>> From: "West Coast Environmental Law" <admin at wcel.org> 
>> Subject: Stand up to protect societies from legal attacks by industry
>> Date: September 19, 2014 at 4:58:02 PM PDT
>> To: "Andre Piver" <andrepiver at shaw.ca>
>> Reply-To: admin at wcel.org
>> 
>> September 2014  |   View on the web  |  Donate  |   Leave a Legacy
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>> In this issue:
>> In this issue:
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>> BC societies shouldn't be dragged into court| Enbridge project: dead or just resting? |Who writes Canada's environmental laws? |Nominations open for the Andrew Thompson Award | New face at West Coast | Brand new video
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>> Dear Andre,
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>> This month we bring you several Environmental Law Alerts to keep you up to date on recent environmental issues that affect you and your community. We are especially calling on our readers to take action and speak out against a troubling part of the new BC Societies Actwhich could thwart freedom of speech and the ability of non-profits to do their important public interest work to make the world a better place.
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>> Did you know that West Coast Environmental Law is 40 years old this year? To celebrate, we recently released a brand new animated video which tells the story of who West Coast is and how we make change in the world. To watch this two and a half minute video, click here. It’s a pretty cool video, if we do say so ourselves.
>> 
>> BC societies shouldn't be dragged into court
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>> The BC Government wants to hear your views on a new Societies Act that would allow anyone who believes that a society is acting “to the detriment of the public interest” to file a court petition against that Society. These alarming provisions, which have the potential to allow deep-pocketed interests to drag community groups that oppose them into court and to silence the civil sector.
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>> Click here to read our legal analysis of how the proposed Societies Act could result in “mini-SLAPPs” against BC’s non-profits.
>>  If you agree that BC’s societies don’t belong in court, take action now.
>> Is Enbridge's pipelines and tankers project dead, or just resting?
>> 
>> Earlier this month Enbridge announced that a 2018 start date is ‘quickly evaporating’ due to the need to meet with First Nations. Is this project dead, or is it just resting?
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>> Also, West Coast Environmental Law was pleased to take part in the recent totem pole journey from Washington State to Northern Alberta. In an unprecedented cross-border showing of indigenous solidarity, the Lummi people transported a hand-carved totem pole from their territory in Washington State to the Beaver Lake Cree Nation in Northern Alberta. The totem pole is a gift symbolizing the shared responsibility of the Nations in protecting their respective territories, and resistance to projects like the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline which threaten the health of their communities.
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>> Could the Enbridge oil pipelines and tankers project be on its last legs? Find out what we think here.
>> Read a first-hand account of the totem pole journey from West Coast Staff Lawyer, Eugene Kung.
>> Who writes Canada's environmental laws?
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>> Recently released documents show the most recent efforts of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) to rewrite yet more of Canada's and BC’s environmental laws, in the name of "balance." We say that true balance has to include protection for animal species that we've driven to the brink of extinction and should not be written to accommodate one industry.
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>> How would CAPP like to see Canada’s Species at Risk laws and BC Environmental Assessment laws rewritten to serve the wishes of oil companies? Find out here.
>> Nominations open for the Andrew Thompson Award
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>> It is with great pride that we announce that nominations are open for the 2014 Andrew Thompson Award. The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated a significant lifetime contribution to environmental protection and sustainability in British Columbia through the law. This year, the successful recipient’s work will focus on the nexus between Aboriginal and environmental law and/or on Indigenous environmental law.
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>> Do you know someone who demonstrates Andrew Thompson’s commitment to environmental sustainability and has made an exceptional contribution to the fields of environmental and Aboriginal law, or to the revitalization, recognition and/or enforcement of Indigenous environmental law? Nominate them today for the Andrew Thompson Award.
>> New face at West Coast and a brand new video!
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>> The West Coast team is excited to welcome Hannah Askew as our new Staff Counsel! Hannah will be working as part of West Coast Environmental Law’s Aboriginal and Natural Resources law team.
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>> Also, we are pleased to share West Coast's brand new video! This two and a half minute animated video tells the story of who West Coast is and how we make change in the world by using the law to protect the environment.
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>> To read Hannah's full bio, click here.
>> Watch West Coast' brand new video.
>> Publication of Legal e-Brief is made possible by the generous financial support of the Law Foundation of BC	
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