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Burns Lake idle no more peaceful protest Large turnout for rally in support of hunger strike protester Theresa Spence
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Local First Nations and supporters gathered in the parking lot of the College of New Caledonia in support of Theresa Spence’s hunger strike. The Idle No More movement calls for solidarity between First Nations and none First Nations to protect the nations waterways and environment.
Walter Strong Ontario Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence has been on a hunger strike since Dec. 11, 2012. She is holding her strike
in a tipi on a small island in the Ottawa River. Spence is trying to draw attention to the dire circumstances of her First Nations people in Northern Ontario, but her efforts have in-
spired and been taken up by a larger, nation-wide movement called ‘Idle No More.’ The self-styled grassroots movement has been holding rallies across the country in a show of
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unity in defiance of Bill C-45. This recently passed omnibus package included changes to environmental legislation that critics have identified as weakening Canada’s protection of environmental and First
Nations interest in the face of resource development. The movement is fundamentally about First Nations treaty rights and further proposed changes to More on page 2...
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