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The last 48 hours tell us a lot about the next 2 years in Canada. #mikmaqblockade #elsipogtog

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    [ reporter ] Demonstrators have
    blockaded this route for nearly three weeks,
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    angry over shale gas exploration, or fracking.
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    They worry the chemicals used for fracking
    will contaminate their drinking water.
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    RCMP formed a line and started to
    move people out of the way.
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    They pepper sprayed some protesters,
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    and fired several rounds of what they call
    "non lethal bullets".
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    [ shots fired ]
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    "shit! oh shit!"
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    They shot at the women, and the elders.
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    [ woman's voice in background ] Hey hey! Can you...
    don't... don't point it at my mom?
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    [ news anchor ] Do you think there's any relationship
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    between what's happening in New Brunswick now,
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    and what was said in the
    speech from the throne yesterday?
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    [ Pam Palmater ] Oh, it clearly is, on every level.
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    So first of all, the timing.
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    200 RCMP officers are sent in with snipers the day
    after the speech from the throne is given.
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    "We must seize this moment,
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    now more than ever, our future prosperity depends
    on responsible development of these resources.
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    "We will go farther, and we must go faster."
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    No consultation with First Nations, no consent.
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    My view is that you don't take "no" for an answer.
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    Our treaties, unline other treaties,
    did not cede any land.
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    All of those lands and resources
    still belong to the Mi'kmaq.
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    We're here to seize the moment before us,
    Canada's moment, and we will.
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    [ reporter ] Police say it was time to move in,
    and they arrested 40 people.
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    [ RCMP yelling ] On the ground now!
    On the ground!
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    Don't fuckin' move.
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    [ woman's voice ] Let her sit up man! Why are you kneeing on her neck? Let her sit up!
Title:
The last 48 hours tell us a lot about the next 2 years in Canada. #mikmaqblockade #elsipogtog
Description:

Support the blockade: http://sacredfirenb.com/
http://www.submedia.tv/stimulator/2013/10/20/showdown-at-highway-134/
http://noii-van.resist.ca/?p=5670

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Captions courtesy of the Radical Access Mapping Project, Un-ceded Coast Salish Territories of the Skwxwú7mesh, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

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Video Language:
English
Duration:
01:46

English subtitles

Revisions

  • Revision 2 Edited (legacy editor)
    Radical Access Mapping Project
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