I know some of you are interested...thought I'd post.
JUST SAY NO TO URANIUM MINING IN OTTAWA'S WATERSHED!
[color:green]Monday May 26, 2008
12 Noon – 1pm
In front of the CBC building on Sparks Street, Ottawa
(between Bank and O'Connor)
The City of Ottawa is downstream from uranium exploration sites in eastern Ontario and West Quebec. If uranium mines are developed, our water may become undrinkable due to contamination from heavy metals and radioactivity.
The City of Ottawa and 19 nearby municipalities and counties have said "NO" to such destructive operations and petitioned the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec for a moratorium.
Residents on both sides of the river, Aboriginal People, landowners, environmental and grassroots groups are united in peacefully protecting our lands and waterways.
Despite this, the Ontario and Quebec governments continue to give mining corporations the right to stake and drill on public and private land. Peaceful protests have brought a heavy-handed response, jailing Robert Lovelace, a retired Algonquin Chief and Queens University Lecturer, for six months and fining him $25,000.
PLEASE JOIN OUR PEACEFUL VIGIL IN DEMANDING:
AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON URANIUM EXPLORATION AND MINING UNTIL A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETED AND AN INDEPENDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY STUDY IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC
AN END TO THE MINING ACT'S OUTDATED 'FREE ENTRY' SYSTEM
SETTLEMENT OF NATIVE LAND CLAIMS (IN EASTERN ONTARIO)
More information: www.kNOw-URANIUM.org
Ottawa Coalition Against Mining Uranium - a grassroots network of concerned citizens working on protecting the greater Ottawa-Gatineau region, including its watersheds (Ottawa, Mississippi, Rideau and Gatineau), from uranium exploration, mining and milling-related toxins.
*Related article: Cameco (uranium) pollutants may be in lake. Financial Times. 05/22/08 Link