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(38,893 posts) Tue Mar 19, 2013, 01:52 PM Mar 2013

HudBay sues First Nation over Idle No More blockade [View all]

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HudBay sues FirstNation over #IdleNoMore blockade

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/03/18/mb-first-nation-sued-idle-no-more-protests-manitoba.html …

HudBay: long history persecuting indigenous people throughout world

A Manitoba First Nation is being sued by Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting for a series of Idle No More protests and blockades.

The company claims protestors from Mathias Colomb Cree Nation (MCCN) caused a safety risk to employees when they blocked the entrance to where the company's gold, zinc and copper mine is being developed near Snow Lake in January and March.

Protestors claim it was the company that closed the gate. They also disagree it was a blockade.

"Actually we didn't organize blockades. We organized demonstrations where you go and exercise some of our treaty rights on our ancestral lands," said MCCN Chief Arlen Dumas.

(More at the link.)

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