Ardoch Algonquin court hearing Feb 12-14
URGENT: KINGSTON COURT HEARINGS, at 5 Court St.,
Tues, 11 a.m., and currently on the court schedule through to Thursday
PLEASE ATTEND TO SUPPORT NATIVES AND SETTLERS CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT.
“Ardoch Algonquin First Nation has no choice but to continue to prohibit uranium exploration and mining on our community lands which have been staked by FVC. While we will not prevent access to private property, we cannot allow a drill to be brought onto our lands from any adjacent private property and will stop any such drill from having access. This stance will no doubt lead to actions against our leaders including the possibility of arrest, fines of $50,000 in compensation to FVC and $5,000 a day fines for preventing the drill from having access to our lands. These actions against our leaders have been requested in the contempt order filed by FVC which will be heard in Kingston
beginning on Tuesday. We are calling on other Indigenous peoples and Canadian citizens to attend the court process to show FVC and Ontario that colonialism against Indigenous peoples must stop and that Canada and Ontario must take responsibility for the past or this issue will continue to skyrocket until someone is hurt or worse.”
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Posted on Feb 12