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<div id="divRpF42116" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Amnesty International Canada [members@amnesty.ca]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 26, 2014 3:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gregory C. Michalenko<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Northern Gateway pipeline should not go ahead without consent of First Nations<br>
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<td style="text-align:left; background-color:#dcdcdc; width:100%"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px"><strong>First Nations are concerned about Northern Gateway
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px">The proposed pipeline is intended to transport a daily average of more than a half-million barrels of bitumen and oil from the Alberta oil sands to a new facility in Kitimat, B.C. where it
would be loaded onto tankers for export.</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px">Approval of the project would lead to :</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px">• pipeline construction across roughly 1000 rivers and streams in the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples in Alberta and British Columbia;</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px">• the transport of bitumen, oil and industrial chemicals across these territories and through coastal waters vital to other Indigenous nations; and</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12px">• an expected increase in demand for oil sands extraction on Indigenous peoples’ lands in Alberta.</span><br>
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<h1><em><strong style="color:#222222; font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:normal; orphans:auto; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:auto; word-spacing:0px; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-size:24">The
Northern Gateway: Urge Canada to listen to First Nations</span></strong></em><em style="font-size:2em"><strong style="color:#222222; font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; letter-spacing:normal; line-height:normal; orphans:auto; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; white-space:normal; widows:auto; word-spacing:0px; background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-size:24"> </span></strong></em></h1>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear Dr. Greg,<br>
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The majority of First Nations whose lands and waters might be affected by the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline have called on the federal government to reject the project.<br>
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<strong>Amnesty International believes the government must listen to First Nations.
</strong><br>
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<a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213133&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">See 4 reasons why the pipeline should not be approved against the wishes of
First Nations</a>. <br>
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Amnesty International has heard from First Nations along the pipeline route in northern BC about the
<em><strong>continued vital importance of salmon and other wildlife to their cultures and livelihoods</strong></em>. We have also heard about the lasting harm that is still being experienced as the result of a
<em><strong>long history of government decisions imposed on their communities</strong></em> – and the deep rift of mistrust that this has created. <br>
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Despite a lengthy public review of the Northern Gateway proposal, <em><strong>fundamental issues of Indigenous peoples’ ownership of the land, and their right to make their own decisions about its use, have never been properly addressed</strong></em>. <br>
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What the federal government does next will be a crucial test of its willingness to uphold human rights standards vital to Indigenous peoples in Canada and around the world. <br>
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<span style="font-size:14px; color:#000000; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><< <a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213134&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">Please
write to Greg Rickford, Minister of Natural Resources, urging his government to live up to its human rights obligations by guaranteeing that the project will not proceed against the wishes of affected First Nations.</a></span></span></span></p>
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Thank you for taking action. What Canada does at home matters for human rights in Canada and abroad.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Alex Neve<br>
Secretary General<br>
Amnesty International Canada<br>
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P.S. After an environmental review process that – although shorter than the Northern Gateway Review – was more careful in its consideration of Indigenous rights, the federal government has rejected a proposed mine on the territory of the Tsilhqot’in people
in British Columbia. <a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213135&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">
Read more about this positive decision for Indigenous rights</a><br>
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<span style="font-size:24px; color:#c0c0c0"><strong> ___________________________________</strong></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:18px"><strong><br>
WHY CONSENT MATTERS: <br>
The urgent cases of Colombia & Guatemala</strong></span><br>
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The call for governments and corporations to uphold a standard of human rights protection based on the
<a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213136&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">
principles of Free, Prior & Informed Consent</a>, or "FPIC", is at the heart of Amnesty International’s work in support of Indigenous rights in many countries.<br>
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<p><strong style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; color:#222222">FPIC ensures that decisions cannot simply be imposed on Indigenous Peoples</strong><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; color:#222222"> and guarantees that
their perspectives and concerns must be heard in the decision-making process.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<strong><img src="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/action.retrievefile.do?ea.client.id=1770&ea_filename=48_thumb.jpg" alt="48_thumb.jpg" title="48_thumb.jpg" style="margin:9px; border:0px; float:right" height="150" width="100" border="0">In Colombia</strong>,
Canadian resource and mining companies have secured permits to operate, amidst complaints by Indigenous peoples that their right to decision-making about projects that will impact their land is routinely denied.
</span></span><span style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Through the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, the Canadian government is promoting further expansion of these operations without human rights guarantees. </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px">Indeed,
<em><strong>expressing opposition to projects brings threats and attacks</strong></em>. </span></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213137&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank"></a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213137&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">See
action to protect Flaminio Guiterrez, whose family members were killed</a></span>
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<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213138&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">See
campaign to protect 1 in 3 Indigenous nations in Colombia who are at risk of "extermination"</a></span>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong><img src="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/action.retrievefile.do?ea.client.id=1770&ea_filename=yolanda_oqueli_feature_100.jpg" alt="yolanda_oqueli_feature_100.jpg" title="yolanda_oqueli_feature_100.jpg" style="margin:9px; border:0px; float:right" height="100" width="100" border="0"><span style="font-size:14px">In
Guatemala</span></strong><span style="font-size:14px">, is a disturbing pattern of violence and intimidation of human rights defenders opposed to mining in their communities - Indigenous and non-Indigenous - is emerging, linked to large-scale mining development
controlled by the Canadian mining companies.</span></span><br>
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<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213139&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">See
action to protect a community activist who was shot for opposing a Canadian mine</a></span>
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<li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><a href="http://www.e-activist.com/ea-campaign/broadcast.response.do?ea.url.id=213140&ea.campaigner.email=scWKGaRVyWY2kfWM2sB8RB6uk1PK%2Fsde&ea_broadcast_target_id=0" target="_blank">See
campaign to protect the rights of mining affected communities in Guatemala</a></span>
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