Honourable Dalton McGuinty Premier of Ontario Legislative Bldg Rm. 281 Queen's Park, Toronto ON M7A 1A1 Fax 416-325-9895 Dear Premier McGuinty, Our organizations – human rights groups, environmental movements, social justice organizations and faith communities with members throughout Ontario and across Canada – welcome your July 14, 2008 commitment to uphold and protect the rights […]

Amnesty Internationals Submits Brief on Grassy Narrows to the United Nations In a March 27, 2006 briefing to UNESCO, Amnesty International purports that the current resource extraction in Grassy Narrows is a violation of Treaty Rights and International laws that provide for the protection of indigenous peoples' right to self-determination. The briefing explains that Grassy […]

AbitibiBowater, the biggest paper company in the world, has suspended logging on the traditional territory of the Grassy Narrows First Nation–a major step toward establishing a moratorium on industrial development advocated by the community. Check the resources below for the full story. Mainstream News Coverage Peter Gorrie, Toronto Star. Protest prompts abitibi pullout. June 5, […]

Weyerhaeuser AGM 2006: Report On April 20th, 2006, 9.00am this morning, Weyerhaeuser’s shareholder meeting was held at Weyerhaeuser’s headquarters just south of Seattle. The meeting’s crowd consisted of over 500 white men and women. Those of us who went inside to express their concerns about Weyerhaeuser’s behavior included us four folks from RAN, Lynne Barker […]