Date: Thursday, June 20, 2019 Time: 12pm Location: Queen’s Park, 111 Wellesley St W, south end of park, in front of legislature building, College St & University Ave, Toronto Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2277736285834885/
Walk with Grassy Narrows community members to show that you are with them at this critical moment to achieve mercury justice!
On Thursday October 11, beloved Grassy Narrows leader Steve Fobister Sr. passed away after many decades of fighting mercury poisoning in his body and fighting denial from government.
Learn more about Steve below and take action to honour his memory.
Steve’s family says that “Steve always wanted the government to admit that he had been poisoned by mercury. Now we take up his fight to honour him. Trudeau and Elliott, will you admit that Steve was poisoned, and will you compensate Grassy Narrows fairly for our mercury crisis?”
By DAVID BRUSER, Deputy Editor and Investigative Reporter
Toronto Star, Wed., Oct. 17, 2018
When Steve Fobister came to protest outside the Legislature in 2014, the former fishing guide and chief came with his tent and an ultimatum.
Fobister, who was suffering from a degenerative neurological disorder, wanted a care home for those suffering from mercury poisoning in Grassy Narrows First Nation.
Today Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishinabek (Grassy Narrows First Nation) declared its territory to be an Indigenous Sovereignty and Protected Area. The new “Grassy Narrows Land Declaration” bans all industrial logging in Grassy Narrows’ Territory and asserts that Grassy Narrows will make their own land use decisions.
Stand with Grassy Narrows by sharing the historic Declaration!
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