DEMONSTRATION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 - 12 NOON TO 2 PM - TORONTO
The Canadian military has announced that Belgium, France, Italy and
the United States have been invited to join in low-level military
flight training over native Innu land in Labrador-Quebec.
Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay costs Canadian taxpayers more than
$150-million a year, and training is harming the Innu and the
environment. The Innu have never signed any treaties and have not
consented to the militarization of their land. Yet, an
environmental assessment, due shortly, is expected to favour the
military.
On Thursday, February 9, the International Campaign for the Innu
and the Earth is holding a protest rally in Toronto. It will start
at 12 noon at the north-west corner of Bloor and Yonge, at the
Belgian consulate. At 1 pm, protesters will move to the French
consulate a block down the street at 130 Bloor West.
We are encouraging people who can't attend the rally to write
defence minister David Collenette and environment minister Sheila
Copps, with copies to newspapers and also to ICIE. We also invite
people outside Toronto to organize events in their own communities.
For more information, please call (416) 920-2656 or (905) 849-5501.
Or, write ICIE at 602 Markham St., Toronto, Ontario M6G 2L8
And, we may be reached by e-mail at:
chernos@web.apc.org
and
occpehr@web.apc.org
The Innu Nation may be contacted at (709) 497-8398. Our liaison
there is Daniel Ashini, director of Innu Rights and the
Environment.
Thank you!