Sept 20, 21 - Fall Ceremonies at Sandy Saulteaux Centre

To members of the Just Living group,

One of the ideas which we have talked about in the Just Living group is establishing better relations with Aboriginal people. There is an upcoming opportunity to meet in a positive way with Aboriginal people and, in particular, help out and get to know some of our neighbours at the Oak Table.

I am trying to organize a group of people who would like to attend Fall Ceremonies at Sandy Saulteaux Centre by camping out at the Centre (near Beausejour) on Friday September 20 and staying for the celebration on Saturday Sept. 21. There are several people from the Oak Table who would like to do this, but they have no way of getting out on the Friday night. So, if you’re interested, we would meet at Augustine at 6 pm, form partnerships with Oak Table friends, and drive out to camp at the Centre.

That evening, elders Jules and Margaret Lavalee will light the sacred fire and share teachings. Saturday morning, there will be a sunrise ceremony. Then, around 10 pm, about 100 other people – Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal – will arrive. The day is filled with workshops, activities for adults and kids like “Indian baseball”, wandering the grounds, a sweat lodge for those who wish, all ending with a big feast on Saturday night, breaking camp and returning home.

The stated purpose of this weekend is “Feast For Friends – a day to meet each other in friendship, to learn together, to share stories together, to play together, to feast together … to become a people who walk together.” The Sandy Saulteaux Centre is a United Church training facility committed to the idea of walking the two roads: Christianity and traditional Aboriginal teachings. Everything is free, although donations are welcome. For those who can’t camp, the Centre has rooms available for $55.

This will be a real opportunity to form better relations with Aboriginal people. If you’re interested in attending Friday night and Saturday, please phone me at (204) 338-0090.

- submitted by Mike

Menno Simons College Esau Lecture Series

How  we Grow, Share and Eat

Moving Toward Just and Sustainable Food and Farming Systems

Menno Simons College Esau Lecture Series

 

Fall Public Lectures

 

ALL Public Lectures 7:00 to 9:00 pm, Eckhardt-Gramatté Hall, The University of Winnipeg

 

September 26, 2013

Changing Agriculture to Sustain the World: A Sequel
Dr. Martin Entz, University of Manitoba 

Professor Entz is the co-chair of the first Canadian Organic Science Conference, held in Winnipeg in February 2012. He completed his PhD at the University of Winnipeg in drought physiology, and maintains an interest in international development. Entz has done international development work in North Korea and has traveled all of the world’s continents to observe how sustainable agriculture is performed. His research interests include organic cropping systems, long term organic vs. conventional crop production systems, farmer participatory organic crop breeding, crop-livestock integration, and tropical agriculture.

October 24, 2013

Harvest of hope and food sovereignty in northern Manitoba

 Dr. Shirley Thompson, University of Manitoba 

Dr. Shirley Thompson is an associate professor at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Manitoba. Dr. Thompson has a PhD in Adult Education and Community Development and for the last four years and is a board member of Food Secure Canada and the Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research. In the past ten years Dr. Thompson has published 18 papers in refereed journals in press or published and one co-edited book as well as a number of videos. Dr. Thompson is working with 4 Island Lake Communities as Principal investigator for traditional land use planning and occupancy studies for sustainable community development. 

November 21, 2013

Feeding the world: is hunger inevitable?
Dr. Haroon Akram-Lodhi, Chair & Professor of International Development Studies, Trent University; and author of: Hungry for Change: Farmers, Food Justice and the Agrarian Question

Trained as an economist, the focus of Dr. Akram-Lodhi's research interest is in the political economy of agrarian change in developing capitalist countries, on the economic dimensions of gender relations, and on the political ecology of sustainable rural livelihoods and communities in contemporary poor countries. Haroon Akram-Lodhi's most recent book is Hungry for Change: Farmers, Food Justice and the Agrarian Question.

- submitted by Ruth

FAITH IN THE CITY I

FAITH IN THE CITY I

November 1-3, 2013

Sponsored and hosted by

Augustine United Church, 444 River Ave. Winnipeg

in Association with

The Knowles/Woodsworth Centre - University of Winnipeg

Blog Address:  www.faithinthecityaugustine.blogspot.ca

This is Augustine United Church’s first annual ecumenical, congregationally-based conversation, exploring the intersections of a justice-seeking church and urgent social and cultural matters. 

2013 Theme

Following Jesus … into politics?

Focus of conversations:  "To what extent should Christians rely on political engagement to bring about a just and peaceful society?  What is the response of the church, when the political process inevitably falls short in responding to God's call for justice and peace?"

Faith in the City I begins Friday evening (7 p.m.) with a Keynote Address by Bill Blaikie, United Church minister, former MP and MLA, and director of the Knowles-Woodsworth Centre (University of Winnipeg).

On Saturday (9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.), four 75 minute sessions provide an opportunity for dialogue between these individuals, but will also involve members of the audience.

⁃    Session 1 explores theological perspectives on the question, involving Jane Barter-Moulaison (Religion and Culture, University of Winnipeg and Anglican priest), Tim Sale (former MLA, Anglican priest) and Gord Zerbe (Theology, Canadian Mennonite University, Author:  Citizenship: Paul, Peace and Politics)

⁃    Session 2 invites Winnipeg activists to speak about their personal activism, as well as their experience with and wishes for the church's engagement in social action.  Featured will be Marianne Cerilli (former MLA, Social Planning Council), Jenny Gerbasi (City Counselor), Kevin Lamoureux (University of Winnipeg, Faculty with ACCESS program), David Northcott (Winnipeg Harvest).

          Lunch, catered by a partner of the Social Purchasing Portal

⁃    Session 3 brings together four voices reflecting divergent perspectives on the question of Christian engagement in politics.  Participating in this conversation will be Bill Blaikie, Allison Chubb (Chaplain, St. John’s College, U of M), Aiden Enns (Geez Magazine publisher) and Lynda Trono (West Broadway Community Minister).

⁃    Session 4 provides opportunity for small group conversations in response to questions like: What's happening in our congregations?  How can we carry this weekend’s conversation forward in our respective faith communities?

On Sunday (10:30 a.m.), all participants are invited to join a special service of worship at Augustine United Church, which will conclude Faith in the City I.

REGISTRATION:             $55 (fully employed); $40 (part-time); $25 (unemployed/student) 

              Early Bird:  Save $10, if registered by September 30 (Note extended Early Bird date).

Lunch will be provided on Saturday.

Child care will be provided on Saturday for children under 4 years of age.

Please mark your calendar in order to participate in this important event. 

Registration forms will be available online by mid-September.

For more information contact the office at Augustine United Church

(augustine.uc@mymts.net; phone: (204) 284-2250).

Go ahead, ruin the planet, just don't ruin the view

Image source:  CBC.ca

The Winnipeg Free Press ran this column by Gwynne Dyer on Monday, August 26.  Dyer writes about the leadership Ecuador has shown in protecting their ecosystem, including being the first country to include the "rights of nature" in its new constitution.  He also shows how the rest of the world hasn't participated in Ecuador's creative approach that may "ultimately bear much fruit", but so far is "just too great an intellectual and political leap".

Dyer's column concludes by reporting the contrast between Ecuador's courageous attempts to protect the environment and the Conservatives in  Great Britain, who have expanded fracking across the country without any regulation regarding the minimum distance between fracking rigs and people's houses.  On the other hand, local people in Britain have a veto when wind turbines are being considered for their neighbourhood.  The contrast between Ecuador and Britain explains the column title:  "Go ahead, ruin the planet, just don't ruin the view".

The first paragraph of the print edition wasn't included in the online article.  It has been included in this post.

"The world has failed us," said Ecuador President Rafael Correa.  "I have signed the executive decree for the liquidation of the Yasuni-ITT trust fund and with this, ended the initiative."  What might have been a model for a system that helps poor countries avoid the need to ruin their environment in order to make ends meet has failed, because the rich countries would not support it. 
In 2007, oil drillers found a reservoir of an estimated 846 million barrels of heavy crude in Yasuni National Park, in Ecuador's part of the Amazon. But the park is home to two indigenous tribes that have so far succeeded in living in voluntary isolation -- and it is listed by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve. A single hectare of Yasuni contains more species of trees than all of North America. Ecuador, which cannot access finance on international markets, desperately needs money, and the oil meant money: an estimated $7.2 billion over the next decade. Nevertheless, Ecuadorians were horrified by the pollution, deforestation, and cultural destruction the drilling would cause. A large majority of them opposed drilling in the park. And then Energy Minister Alberto Acosta had an idea.
What if Ecuador just left the oil in the ground? In return, Acosta hoped the rest of the world would come up with $3.6 billion (half of the forecast income from oil revenues) over the next decade, to be spent on non-polluting energy generation such as hydroelectric and solar-power schemes and on social programmes to help Ecuador's many poor.
The payoff for the foreign contributors to this fund would come mainly from the fact the oil under Yasuni would never be burned, thereby preventing more than 400 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from going into the atmosphere. Only a drop in the bucket, perhaps, but if the model worked it could be applied widely elsewhere, offering the poor countries an alternative to selling everything they can dig up or cut down.
The idea won the support of the United Nations Development Programme, which agreed to administer the Yasuni-ITT trust fund. It was set up in 2009, and the money started to come in. But it didn't flood in; it just trickled.        ...

To read the entire column, click here. 

- Submitted by Gareth

Knowles-Woodsworth Lecture (October 23, 2013)

Information posted on the Knowles-Woodsworth Centre blog by Bill Blaikie (Director).

"I am pleased to post that the annual Knowles-Woodsworth lecture this year will be given by Allan Gregg, well known Canadian political pollster, advisor, and commentator.  Mr. Gregg has had occasion to  express concern about the attitude of the current federal government toward science and evidence based policy making, and the lecture this fall will be an opportunity for him to comment further about these concerns. The lecture will take place on Thursday October 23rd, and will be entitled, as the heading of the blogpost suggests: Religion, Reason and the Public Good. Location TBA.  My thanks to Allan Gregg for accepting the invitation of theKnowles-Woodsworth Centre."

Note:  Bill Blaikie is the keynote speaker and co-planner of Augustine's first annual Faith in the City conversations, scheduled for November 1-3, 2013.  This year's theme:  "Following Jesus ... Into Politics?"  Bill is also the author of The Blaikie Report:  An Insider's Look at  Faith and Politics.

Wake up to the aboriginal comeback

John Ralston Saul - Source:  Globe and Mail

These excerpts are from the Globe and Mail, August 9, 2013, written by John Ralston Saul.  You can read the whole article here.

When Canadians learn that malnourished aboriginal children were used for nutritional experiments, they cannot really be surprised. Shock is a more plausible reaction. We should never be beyond shock. But not surprised. That would be to feign innocence, when we all know that for more than a century, Canadian authorities of all sorts continually acted badly 
when it came to indigenous peoples. Many Canadians knew this when it was happening. The standard public discourse made these actions possible. These were our governments, our authorities. Our responsibility cannot be denied.

What’s more, this will not be the last shocking revelation. There must be much more to come.
And so an official national apology was a good thing. But it will not be nearly enough. For a start, everything must come out and be made clear. Full responsibility, whatever that involves, must be taken. The political, legal and bureaucratic cringing, prevarication, negotiating over which documents to release, when, in what conditions, only make the whole tragedy more humiliating for all Canadians, aboriginal and otherwise. How can any of us agree to live together in any sort of healthy relationship if there is not clarity, as well as full and concrete responsibility taken for the past?
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 I have never heard a First Nations, Métis or Inuit person say they wanted to be seen primarily as a victim. That would be marginalizing and demeaning. What they want is that their situation be understood. They want responsibility taken. They want to be heard. They want their dignity back.
That is why there is such insistence on respect for the treaties. We are all signatories. We are all treaty people. Those treaty agreements shaped Canada. The landed immigrant becomes a treaty person the instant she or he swears allegiance as a citizen of Canada.
What indigenous peoples are after is their full and proper place on this territory. They are the original founding pillar of everything done here. Their influence on the shape and habits of this country has been and remains enormous.
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The simple truth is that we are all witnesses to the remarkable comeback of the aboriginal peoples. This will mean fundamental shifts in power, in financing and in how we all live together. We can pretend this is not happening; we can manoeuvre in order to delay it. But it is going to happen. We have everything to gain and nothing to lose by embracing this comeback as living proof of the strength of these cultures and peoples. We are witnessing how central they are to the future of this country.
Now is the time to listen to what they are saying and understand what they are calling for.

- Submitted by Gareth

Mourning for the Earth

To confront climate change, we may need to first deal with our grief.

 

Photo Credit: Erik Mark Sandberg (Sojouners)

WHY IS IT so hard for people to respond effectively to the reality of climate change?
Changing people’s minds—with facts, tables, and predictions—has proven extremely difficult. Even showing people the miraculous beauty of the planet alongside the predicted losses is not working. Guilt, anxiety, and anger can be motivating forces, but they have debilitating side effects: They are all soul-destroying.
So I wonder about our hearts. Have we ignored our emotional and spiritual connections to the planet? Could the noise swirling around climate change—science, politics, media blitzes, as well as the weather disasters themselves—drown out the voice of a loss so profound that it rests unnamed in our souls? Could our breaking hearts be part of the reason we are immobilized?

These are the questions Katharine M Preston speaks to in her Sojourners article "Mourning for the Earth" (August 2013).  She invites people of faith to understand that grief is a process, not a state of being, and that the well-known stages of grieving (made familiar by E. Kuebler-Ross) can equip us to move through the profound losses related to climate change.

Preston writes that many turn to faith communities in moments of grief.  She asks:  Could churches help us work through our grief so we can embrace the radical changes that must be made.

The article concludes with this quote from the Talmud (attributed):   Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work. But neither are you free to abandon it.

You can read the entire article here.

-submitted by Gareth

Life, Dignity, and the Tragedy in Bangladesh

Kathleen and I are away from Winnipeg for a little stretch of time.  I like that phrase "stretch of time". Out here next to a lake, where time seems more elastic, there's time to read and reflect, along with walking, canoeing, and eating (of course).  I brought the August 2013 Sojourners magazine along, which on first skimming, appears to have quite a few excellent articles.

The first article that caught my attention is the one entitled "Life, Dignity, and the Tragedy in Bangladesh", and picks up on some of the other posts here in the Just Living Blog.  It is written by Mary Priniski, who is a member of the Dominican Sisters of Adrian and serves on the executive committee of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice.  She has been involved with worker rights issues for more than 30 years.  I'll post some excerpts here, but encourage you to read this brief column in its entirety, including detailed statements of the seven social principles, by clicking here.  (The image is taken from the online version of this article.)

THE APRIL 24 collapse of a garment factory near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed more than 1,125 people. That tragedy followed a fire that killed 112 last November at a factory making goods for companies including Walmart. According to the International Labor Rights Forum, at least 1,800 garment workers in Bangladesh have died in fires or other factory disasters since 2005. The collapse near Dhaka is the largest disaster in that time and the one that has gotten global attention.

Image: Chinese garment factory, Luisa Fernanda Gonzalez / Shutterstock.com

 
As a Dominican Catholic sister and member of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice, I approach reflection on such a disaster from the foundation of Catholic social teaching. Each of the social principles relates to the situation in Bangladesh and challenges us to reflect on our own regard for those who provide our clothing.

• Life and dignity of the human person
• Call to family, community, and participation
• Rights and responsibilities
• Option for the poor and vulnerable
• The dignity of work and the rights of workers
• Care of God's creation
• Solidarity 

The social teaching of our churches challenges us to conversion to a way of life where consumerism is not our ruling value. The disaster in Bangladesh is just one indication that we are a long way from a society in which we value both individual flourishing and the common good.

 - Submitted by Gareth

Delivery of Letters to Walmart and Gap Re: Bangladesh Safety Accord

On Sunday June 23, Bob and I went to the St. Vital mall and delivered 26 letters to Walmart and 26 letters to the Gap.  The letters, which many of you signed, urged Walmart and the Gap to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, an internationally recognized, legally enforceable, union supported safety accord. 

At Walmart, we talked to an assistant manager, who promised to give the letters to the store manager.  The store manager phoned me the next day and said that he gave the letters to the head office in Toronto, and someone would contact me to discuss them. 

At the Gap, we met with a store manager who gave us a standard response letter, which says that the Gap is committed to improving working conditions in Bangladesh, but does not have any details.  The manager also promised to send the letters to the head office, and someone would contact me. 

I have not heard anything from the head office of either store.  I intend to follow up with this issue in the coming months.  Perhaps we can discuss further action at one of our fall meetings. 

 - Submitted by Amanda

Perspectives on rooming houses from a man who’s studied them

The Winnipeg Free Press published this article July 20.  It features our very own Mike M.  Good story, Mike!

Photo source:  Ruth Bonneville, Winnipeg Free Press

You can read the article here.

- submitted by Gareth

Lanterns for Peace Ceremony: August 9th 2013

Photo source: flickr.com

On August 9, please join Project Peacemakers at the Memorial Park fountain on the Legislative grounds for their annual Lanterns for Peace Ceremony.  Come at 7 p.m. to decorate your lantern.  The theme this year is "Hope and Renewal for Peace in the World".  At 8 p.m, Terumi Kuwada will speak about her visit to Japan and her thoughts for Hope and Renewal.  We will also hear the Mayor of Hiroshima's speech.

Around 9 p.m. we will begin the launch of the lanterns.  Mark your calendars and we hope to see you there for this beautiful event.

- Source:  Project Peacemakers Newsletter

Hold out your hands to beauty

PATRICK LANE

Special to The Globe and Mail

Published Friday, Jul. 05 2013
Last updated Monday, Jul. 08 2013

At 74, Patrick Lane remains one of Canada’s most celebrated poets. Last week, he was named to the Order of Canada. And last month he was awarded an honorary degree by the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus in Kelowna – particularly meaningful since the school is just down the road from Vernon, where Mr. Lane grew up and spent his early years scrounging a living. In his address to the convocation, he spoke powerfully of those tough, formative years and, in particular, of an extraordinary incident that has affected his life ever since. It taught him the value of beauty. When he finished, there was silence, followed by rapturous applause.
  

Photo source:  deviantART.com

Back in early December of 1958, I was 19 years old, living with my wife and baby boy in a two-room apple picker’s shack a few miles down the road from here. I had a job driving dump truck for a two-bit outfit that was working on a short stretch of highway just down the hill from where this university was built so many years later. I remember leaving the shack and walking out to stand by the highway in the wind and snow. I stood there shivering in my canvas coat as I waited to be picked up by the grader operator in his rusted pickup truck. The sky was hard and grey. Its only gift that winter day was ice disguised as a fragile, bitter snow.
As I stood there in the false dawn, I looked up for a moment and as I did an iridescent blue butterfly the size of my palm fluttered down and rested on the sleeve of my coat just above my wrist. It was winter, it was cold and I knew the Okanagan Valley where I had lived most of my young life did not harbour huge, shiny blue butterflies, not even in summer. ...

I have never forgotten it and know the encounter changed me. There are mornings in our lives when beauty falls into our hands and when that happens, we must do what we can to nurture and protect it. That we sometimes fail must never preclude our striving.

Read the convocation speech here.

See a video of the convocation speech here.  Lane's speech commences at about the 5 minute mark.

- submitted by Kathleen

AN INITIATIVE TO REMEMBER AND HONOUR FIRST NATIONS CHILDREN

"You are not alone. We hear you and honour you."

"This red ribbon signifies the loss of the children that were taken from the ancestors of our people and it signifies the voice of these children, the little voices that were not heard.

The beads represent the four directions, red, yellow, black, and white. All children of all races need their stories to be told by our elders who know and to the ones whom still feel the pain and still mourn their babies."

Stanley and Deborah Normand

Cori and I had the privilege of meeting Stanley and Deborah Normand during Aboriginal Day celebrations at the Forks. With minimal help they had prepared 500 commemorative ribbon pins to honour the many aboriginal children of residential schools who were taken from their homes and families. Stanley's vision was to hand out the ribbon pins to all festival goers, however, in a very short time the ribbon stock was depleted. 

Stanley is now committed to attending next year's celebrations with many more ribbons to hand out. Given the daunting nature of ribbon pin preparation, he would like to recruit help so that he can have sufficient stock to hand out to the many who wish to wear the ribbon as a tribute of honour and remembrance of the children who had no voice.

*Those interested in assisting Stanley can contact Karla directly or respond  to this post by leaving a comment.

Submitted by Karla 

Photos by Karla

Standing Up To Big Gold

Martin Mejia/AP Photo/CP Images

A fight pitting Indigenous Peruvians against a multinational mining company highlights the real cost of the global boom in precious metals

By Roxana Olivera

(Excerpts from the article)

On July 3, 2012, Peruvian police opened fire on a public demonstration in the Andean town of Celendin, killing four protesters. José Sánchez was shot in the throat; Eleuterio García in the chest; Faustino Silva in the head. César Medina — the youngest among the dead at only 16 years old — was also shot in the head. Dozens more were seriously injured, and several arrested without cause. They were among 3,000 people rallying against the Minas Conga, a proposed gold mine that threatens to contaminate their community’s water supply.

The government immediately called a state of emergency in Celendin and two other provinces, suspending civil liberties and mobilizing riot police and soldiers to the region. But the very next morning, police and soldiers again fired at unarmed anti-Conga demonstrators in the nearby town of Bambamarca, this time killing Joselito Vásquez, 26, and injuring and arresting several others.

News of the violence sparked indignation in Peru and abroad. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, along with a host of other human rights groups, condemned the brutality, calling for a thorough investigation. 
......... 

Nearly three-quarters of the world’s mining companies are registered in Canada, and about half of the world’s mining capital is raised in this country. Most Canadian citizens are unaware that they, too, profit from foreign gold mines. The Canada Pension Plan and several public and private pension funds — including The United Church of Canada’s pension fund — own substantial stocks in Canadian mining companies with foreign operations.

“Canadians just don’t realize how widely Canadian mining companies operate,” said Paul Champ, a lawyer for Amnesty International, at a recent court hearing involving Guatemalan citizens who are suing Canada’s HudBay Minerals for alleged wrongdoings in their country. “And when Canadian corporations become complicit in human rights abuses in foreign countries, that will naturally affect the reputation of all Canadians.”
 ......... 

In Peru, the Ecumenical Foundation for Development and Peace (Fedepaz), a longtime partner of The United Church of Canada, provides technical and legal assistance to individuals who defend their land and environment. More than 150 people are currently receiving legal aid through Fedepaz. Each Conga protester faces an average of five criminal charges. Marco Arana alone has 25 pending charges.

Fedepaz and three other human rights groups recently filed a complaint against Peru with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, charging the government with human rights violations related to the Conga project and other mining ventures.
 ......... 
 
This morning, Just Living member Christine shared this article from the June edition of the United Church Observer, highlighting the information that the United Church of Canada's pension fund owns substantial stocks in the mining companies implicated in these human rights violations.  The article also reports that the United Church partners with Fedepaz in providing assistance to those who defend land and environment.

Read the whole article by clicking here.

- Submitted by Christine

Act now to protect Hecla/Grindstone Provincial Park!

submitted by Karla

We only have a couple days to fully protect Hecla / Grindstone Provincial Park!

The Manitoba government just announced it is proposing to protect 4, 015 hectares (ha) of land in Hecla / Grindstone Provincial Park, and is asking for your public comments by JUNE 2!  This announcement is a direct result of Wilderness Committee supporters and concerned Manitobans speaking up about peat mining in Hecla Park, and telling the government that we don’t want peat mining or any other industrial development in our provincial parks!

The job is not quite finished in Hecla / Grindstone Park, though. The Manitoba government is proposing to leave an additional 1,370 hectares UNPROTECTED.

Areas inside provincial parks in Manitoba are classified as any one of six land-use categories, and Resource Management is the problem category, which explicitly encourages industrial activity. The government is proposing to reclassify 4,015 ha of the current Resource Management area as Backcountry, which fully protects it.

Who actually wants to see industrial development in Hecla park?

The Wilderness Committee is asking that this land-use category be completely eliminated from provincial park classification – not only in Hecla / Grindstone, but in all provincial parks.

To fully protect Hecla / Grindstone Provincial Park, please write an email to the government NOW, and ask them to reclassify ALL of the Resource Management area to Backcountry, not just 4,015 hectares.

You can contact the Manitoba government at the following email address and fax number:

Email: parksystem@gov.mb.ca
Fax: 204-945-0012

Click here to if you’d like to see the government’s proposal.

REMEMBER, the government is running the shortest public comment period we have ever seen (two weeks only!) The deadline for comments is this Sunday, June 2. So please write your email now!

For the wild,

Eric Reder | Manitoba Campaign Director
Wilderness Committee

 

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