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First Nations youth launch fund to support pipeline protests in Canada – CBC

by ahnationtalk on December 9, 2016520 Views

‘It’s not a matter of whether Standing Rock will happen in Canada, it’s a question of when’

Dec 08, 2016

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to green-light Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline has prompted First Nations youth to launch a “water protector fund” to raise money for cross-country protests to stop pipeline construction.

The Assembly of First Nations’ Youth Council said Thursday the money will be used to help supply camps they expect to build along the pipeline’s route, similar to what was organized in Standing Rock, North Dakota, where thousands of protesters and members of various Native American tribes assembled on the Sioux reservation near the construction site of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Their protest was successful: the U.S. government halted construction on Sunday.

Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/first-nations-anti-pipeline-fund-1.3887820

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