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Canadian First Nations at COP 15 Roll Out the Welcome Mat for Stephen Harper in Rally at Canadian Embassy

Copenhagen (ots/PRNewswire)

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Indigenous Peoples Ceremony, Oily Footprints,  Welcome Mat, Giant
Banner, Rally and Gift Basket Delivery to Canadian  Embassy
"Harper: Climate Commitments (equal sign) Shut Down Tar Sands"
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Indigenous Peoples of Canada and their allies from around the
world are  in Copenhagen for the UN summit on climate change.
Today they rolled out the "welcome mat" for Prime Minister
Stephen  Harper at the Canadian Embassy in Copenhagen.
This action was part of a global day of action against the
Canadian  tar sands.
The tar sands are the largest and most carbon intensive
industrial  project on the planet.
Indigenous leaders of communities impacted by the tar sands and
allied  campaigners contend that Canada hasn't kept Kyoto commitments
and hasn't  ratified the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples (UNDRIP)  because of the half-trillion dollar investments the
massive tar sands  development represents.
In a gesture of hospitality for the Prime Minister and an act of
solidarity with communities directly impacted by the tar sands,
Indigenous  representatives and their allies delivered a gift basket
full of Treaties  for Prime Minister Harper to honor and/or sign in
Copenhagen.
These included important documents such as the Kyoto Protocol,
First  Nations Treaties and the UN Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples.
"As Indigenous People, we are here at the international climate
negotiations to speak about threats to our cultural survival and the
direct  life-threatening impacts of climate change in our
communities," said  Clayton Thomas Muller, Tar Sands Campaigner of
the Indigenous Environmental  Network.
"Canada has been blocking the climate negotiations and hasn't
kept Kyoto commitments or ratified the UNDRIP because of the tar
sands."
"Fossil fuel extraction from the tar sands are killing our people
with  cancer, killing our culture by destroying our traditional
lands, and  killing our planet with CO2," said Eriel Tchekwie
Deranger, member of the  Athbasca Chipewyan First Nation and Tar
Sands Campaigner for the Rainforest  Action Network.
"It seems that Canada is more committed to fossil fuels than
human  rights or real action for the climate. Mr. Harper - We welcome
you to  Copenhagen because we want real action on climate, and that
means shutting  down the tar sands and a moratorium on new fossil
fuel development."
"The tar sands are a key reason why Canada has failed to take
climate  action. In the same timeframe that Harper promises to cut
Canada's  emissions a paltry 3 per cent, tar sands emissions are
expected to triple,"  said Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the
Council of Canadians.
Today's action is part of a global day of action organized by a
coalition of groups including: Indigenous Environmental Network,
Rainforest  Action Network, Council of Canadians, Indigenous Peoples
Power Project, and  UK Tar Sands Group.
Actions are occurring in tandem with the Copenhagen events in
London  (UK), Montreal, Toronto, Edmonton, Vancouver and all across
North America.
About Indigenous Environmental Network: Indigenous Peoples
empowering  Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable
livelihoods,  demanding environmental justice and maintaining the
Sacred Fire of our  traditions. http://www.ienearth.org/cits
The Indigenous Environmental Network is in Copenhagen for the
duration  of COP 15.
Copenhagen Media Line: +45-526-85596
For further information: Contact: Clayton Thomas-Muller,
Indigenous  Environmental Network, +45 52685598, 
indigenous.environmental.network@gmail.com; Eriel Deranger,
Rainforest  Action Network, +45-50119390,  ederanger@ran.org; Brent
Patterson,  Council of Canadians, +1-613-882-4408 (mobile in
Copenhagen),   bpatterson@canadians.org; Jess Worth, UK Tar Sands
Campaign,  +44-07946645726,  jess@newint.org

Contact:

CONTACT: For further information: Contact: Clayton
Thomas-Muller,Indigenous Environmental Network, +45
52685598,indigenous.environmental.network@gmail.com; Eriel Deranger,
Rainforest Action Network, +45-50119390, ederanger@ran.org; Brent
Patterson, Councilof Canadians, +1-613-882-4408 (mobile in
Copenhagen),bpatterson@canadians.org; Jess Worth, UK Tar Sands
Campaign,+44-07946645726, jess@newint.org

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