Thursday, December 4, 2008

Barriere Lake: is this Canada?


As all of the recent media headlines worry over the economy, the political posturing of the "coalition" vs Harper, and of course all of the festive preparations for Christmas, there is one story that has not made it to the headlines. But it should.

Peaceful protesters, with children and elderly people present, are tear gassed and beaten by a riot squad. This happens frequently. The issue and the images are shocking, it seems hard to believe that this kind of thing is happening in Canada. The conditions that the Barriere Lake community is forced to live under are at third-world levels; no power, no water, no services such as hospital access, random arrests and puppet leaders installed to be in power with no consultation from the residents. It is sickening and shameful. But we can do something about it.

Watch the video. Check the website. Take Action. Don't allow this insane oppression to continue unnoticed.

http://blip.tv/file/1391794
http://barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com/

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

House Famous --- I have been telling you this for a long time now. It will spread - it will become worse.

Barriere Lake Solidarity said...

If you send your contact info to barrierelakesolidarity.blogspot.com we can send you updates on the situation.