{"id":49966,"date":"2021-09-13T08:33:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T12:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=49966"},"modified":"2021-12-06T06:22:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:22:29","slug":"here-is-where-your-lands-will-be-poisoned-without-your-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/49966\/here-is-where-your-lands-will-be-poisoned-without-your-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHere is where your lands will be poisoned without your consent\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ontario government has notified First Nations that their territories are about to be sprayed with glyphosate<\/h2>\n\n
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Glyphosate-sprayed forest in Northern Ontario.
\u00a9 Joel Theriault<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Earlier this summer, bureaucrats working for Doug Ford\u2019s government<\/strong> published maps in local newspapers and circulated them to First Nations across Northern Ontario. The maps are dotted with numerous little stars. <\/p>\n\n

In reality, these \u201cstars\u201d are specific forest areas that are scheduled to be sprayed with glyphosate \u2014 the key herbicide in Bayer\/Monsanto\u2019s Roundup \u2014 before the end of the season<\/strong>. The glyphosate will kill off regrowing trees, shrubs and plants and change the forest ecosystem for years to come.<\/p>\n\n

These notifications are the Ontario government\u2019s replacement for any proper process to consult with the First Nations whose territories are now being sprayed without their free, prior and informed consent<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

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TAKE ACTION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

First Nations across Northern Ontario have been fighting this practice for years.<\/h2>\n\n

Leaders like the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Elders of the North Shore of Lake Huron, Ontario report wide reaching impacts throughout the ecosystem<\/strong><\/a>, including harm to water, soil, birds, plants, fish, amphibians, invertebrates, humans and other mammals.<\/p>\n\n

Elder Joe Jones of Garden River First Nation warns that clearcutting the forest then spraying it with glyphosate is \u201cdamaging Mother Earth twice\u201d<\/strong> and accelerating climate change at a rapid pace. He says that the Anishinaabe are affected but so too are \u201call people wherever you\u2019re from.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

First Nations have deep and longstanding relationships<\/strong> with the lands now being sprayed with glyphosate. They steward the land and harvest from it, as they have for countless generations despite years of colonialism.<\/p>\n\n

Peyton Pitawanakwat of Mississauga First Nation explains: \u201cThese are our traditional territories. Elders remember these areas; our histories are in these areas.<\/strong> They are not just \u2018forest management zones\u2019 with a number attached to it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

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TELL DOUG FORD: STOP THE “RAIN OF DEATH”<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Forests across Northern Ontario are scheduled to be sprayed with glyphosate before the end of the year.<\/h2>\n\n

Here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n

In a public notice about the \u201cApproved Aerial Herbicide Project\u201d for \u201cSudbury Forest\u201d forestry management unit published in a Sudbury newspaper:<\/p>\n\n

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Notice of aerial glyphosate spraying published in a Sudbury newspaper. Photo: Sue Chiblow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Information received by Mississauga First Nation in advance of aerial spraying on the area of their traditional territory that overlaps with the \u201cSpanish Forest\u201d forestry management unit:<\/p>\n\n

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Spanish Forest 2021 Aerial Herbicide Project Plan<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n


Numerous locations where aerial spraying is planned in the territory of Temagami First Nation:<\/p>\n\n

\"map<\/figure>\n\n

It is unacceptable that Premier Doug Ford continues with this assault on forests, on First Nations rights, and on our common future. <\/h2>\n\n

Take action now:<\/p>\n\n

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EMAIL DOUG FORD<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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