Federal Minister virtue-signalling at taxpayers’ expense – What else is new?
“The reality of where we’re working is that the Government of Canada can’t nationalize the garbage dump or the waste disposal system of the City of Winnipeg.”
{But you wish you could, right?}
“The federal minister of Crown-‘Indigenous’ {sic} relations says Manitoba’s government is standing in the way of a search for the remains of two slain ‘Indigenous’ women believed to be in a landfill.
{Canadian Aboriginals are ‘Indigenous’ to Siberia and Mongolia.}
“We are willing to play a role, a very important role in this”,
Marc Miller said Wednesday at the Assembly of ‘First Nations’ {Aboriginal tribes} general meeting in Halifax.
“But the reality of where we’re working is that the Government of Canada can’t nationalize the garbage dump or the waste disposal system of the City of Winnipeg.”
“Dozens of protesters have blocked the main road of the Brady Road landfill, demanding a search of a different landfill north of Winnipeg, called ‘Prairie Green’, where it’s believed the remains of two ‘Indigenous’ women were dumped last year.
“The {illegal} blockade began last week after Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson said the province would not support a search of Prairie Green, pointing to a study that said it could cost $184 million, pose safety risks and not have guaranteed success.
“Stefanson said Wednesday that the decision was difficult but she stands by it.
“My heart goes out to the families. It’s a horrific situation that they are facing”,
“Stefanson told a news conference at the annual premiers’ meeting in Winnipeg.
“Miller said he will be speaking with Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham about the search later Wednesday. But, he said, the decision by Stefanson’s ‘Progressive Conservative’ government not to search the landfill makes arriving at a decision this summer “logistically impossible”.
“This has been dealt with in a very heartless way, quite frankly”,
Miller said.
{Yes, because your ‘compassionate’ government would just spend more money that you don’t have!}
“Meanwhile, the city filed an application Tuesday to the Court of King’s Bench seeking the removal of protesters from the Brady Road landfill. The court is to hear the request Thursday.
{Why would they have to waste time and money doing that? Simply arrest them!}
“A city official said earlier this week the blockade was preventing maintenance work from being done and the city was at risk of violating its environmental licence.
“Winnipeg’s mayor has said he hopes for dialogue with the protesters {? Stop pussyfooting around and do your job!} but the City of Winnipeg must make sure that garbage continues to be collected and there is access through the road.
“Jeremy Skibicki has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of the two women — Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran — whose remains are believed to be at the private Prairie Green landfill.
“He has also been charged in the death of Rebecca Contois, whose remains were found last year at the city-owned Brady Road landfill, and an unidentified woman ‘Indigenous’ leaders are calling ‘Buffalo Woman’, whose remains have not been found.
“The federally-funded study into the possibility of a search warned there are risks due to exposure of toxic chemicals and asbestos. It also said forgoing a search could be harmful for the women’s families.
“Miller said Stefanson is correct in noting there are health and safety concerns. However, the minister said landfills have been searched before and remediation projects have been carried out on mines.
“We’re standing here today willing to work with our partner in the government of Manitoba, but they’re not there, and that’s unfortunate.”
–‘Manitoba ‘heartless’ for decision not to search landfill for Indigenous women’s remains: federal minister’
Kelly Geraldine Malone, Canadian Press, July 12, 2023
(With additional reporting from Steve Lambert in Winnipeg, Colette Derworiz in Calgary and Stephanie Taylor in Ottawa.)
Then:
“A blockade at the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg erected to protest a decision not to search for the remains of two ‘Indigenous’ women has been taken down. Winnipeg police were at the site of the Brady Road landfill blockade Tuesday morning while workers with front-end loaders and other machinery tore down the {illegal} barricade set up nearly two weeks ago.
“Insp. Gord Spado said crews and police showed up just after 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday to begin removing materials after speaking with Joe Munro, the de facto leader of the group… Units were at the site on Friday ready to tear the barrier down but “emotions were high”, the inspector said.
“As crews moved in Tuesday morning protesters removed items from the roadway they wanted to keep and were cooperative, Spado said. Moments after the conference ended a demonstrator said the protest is far from over.
“We’ll block railways, we’ll block highways”,
Harrison Powder told reporters.
{Advocating a criminal act is, in itself, a criminal act..
“This is bigger than us here.”
{Only in your mind…}
“Powder demanded Minister of ‘Indigenous’ Services Marc Miller step in and called Premier Heather Stefanson “useless”.
“A Court of Kings Bench judge granted a temporary injunction last Friday to end the blockade after the City of Winnipeg said the barrier posed environmental and safety risks related to garbage collection.
“Protesters erected the barrier after Premier Heather Stefanson said the province would not support a search of the privately-owned Prairie Green landfill north of the city for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran, believed to be killed by Jeremy Skibicki.
“The issue was further politicized last week when Miller said the way Stefanson handled the blockade was “heartless”. Stefanson fired back at the minister, calling his criticism “inflammatory”.
“Mayor Scott Gillingham said while he’s glad the blockade was removed without incident, a clear path forward is needed… The mayor said the city’s part in the search of the Prairie Green landfill is limited because it falls outside municipal boundaries.
“Skibicki has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of four women, including Harris, Myran, Rebecca Contois, whose remains were found last year at Brady Road, and an unidentified woman ‘Indigenous’ leaders are calling ‘Buffalo Woman’, whose remains have not been found.
“The injunction said while protesters can’t block the roadway, they can stay at the site.
“Protesters said in addition to keeping ‘Camp Morgan’ set up — the camp erected at the Brady landfill in December — they will establish another camp, dubbed ‘Camp Marcedes’, at the grounds of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.”
–‘Winnipeg police dismantle Brady landfill blockade’,
Nicole Buffie Global News, July 18, 2023
https://globalnews.ca/news/9839560/winnipeg-police-dismantle-brady-blockade/
Background:
“A small group of protesters remained at Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill Saturday, despite an interim injunction preventing them from blocking the main road to the city-owned facility that went into effect at 6 p.m. CT Friday.
“There are people on the front lines that are ready if the police come“,
said Melissa Morrisseau, who has been at Camp Morgan — a protest camp set up near the entrance of the Brady landfill — for more than a week…
“The main entrance to the city-owned Brady Road landfill was blockaded on July 6, in response to the provincial government’s decision that it would not support a search at Prairie Green… On Friday, Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Justice Sheldon Lanchbery said while the protest is valid and protesters can remain at the site, the city must be allowed to operate the landfill and the roadway can no longer be blocked…
“For Long Plain ‘First Nation’ {a ‘nation’ of 4,585 people} Chief Kyra Wilson, protesters aren’t leaving until that search happens.”
–‘Protesters remain at Brady Road landfill a day after injunction delivered’,
CBC News, July 15, 2023
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/small-group-of-protestors-remain-at-brady-landfill-1.6908110
‘Defiant protesters burn injunction after Manitoba judge orders landfill blockade to come down’,
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/brady-road-injuction-hearing-friday-1.6906939
See also:
‘A’FN’ demands urgent action to search Prairie Green Landfill’
https://winnipegsun.com/news/provincial/afn-demands-urgent-action-to-search-prairie-green-landfill
‘’A human rights matter’: Winnipeg {Aboriginal} MP calls on United Nations for help with landfill search’
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