Poet Danika Dinsmore gives an impassioned, first person account of being arrested and sentenced for demonstrating against expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline across British Columbia.
Tag: Canada environmental policy
Trudeau
"No one noticed,/ not even him, the black speck/ at the corner of his smile./ It began to spread, creeping across his lips/ like an oil-bled kiss."
A poem from Rob Lewis about the pipeline-addicted prime minister.
The next pipeline fight
First Nations activists are using an array of tactics to oppose KinderMorgan's proposed TransMountain pipeline across British Columbia. Using lawsuits, direct action, and construction of tiny homes in the pipeline's path, Cascadia's Indigenous nations are taking lessons from the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota.