Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: chris gadsden on January 27, 2013, 05:30:15 PM
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Take a moment today to think about where we will be if there are no wild salmon ...left. No food for eagle, bear, wolf and whale. No flesh to nourish the forest floor deep in the mountains, no writhing maggots to fill the bellies of birds, no salmon eggs flowing down the river to feed the trout. Or think about yourself and no more days on the water hook and line with a loved one. The last old fisherman gone home. And the first nations people who suffered through European viruses themselves, gifted in blankets by our ancestors.. children taken away.. land destroyed.. will you think about them?... how we force their salmon to swim past the industrial floating salmon feedlot net pens when science shows everywhere in the world these things go ...wild salmon die. European viruses in farmed salmon. European flu viruses found in wild salmon with top labs finding signs those fish are responding and fighting a flu... When is it a time for truth and transparency? I am looking for a government that will honour basic needs of people. On this coast it includes wild salmon. Alexandra Morton, Sabra Woodworth, myself and MANY others will join Beau Dick http://www.facebook.com/events/523817867638355/?fref=ts on a journey to the Legislature leaving the North Island on the 2nd and arriving Victoria the 9th and to the Legislature on the 10th to witness a copper cutting ceremony and to help carry the voice of the wild salmon to the those who will listen.By: Anissa
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Hey Chris , get "Idle No More" .
Cheers ;)
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START DAY (FEB 2nd)
Visit Quatsino residents
Leave from T'saxis (Fort Rupert)
Arrive at Port McNeil in afternoon, meeting a group of people...
Continue towards Woss on the highway
DAY 2 (FEB 3rd)
Start outside Campbell River and walk into/thru town
Make it as far as Comox
DAY 3 (FEB 4th)
Start at Comox
Arrive at Qualicum
DAY 4 (FEB. 5th)
Start in Qualicum
Pass thru Nanoose
Make it as far as Nanaimo
DAY 5 (FEB 6th)
Start in Nanaimo
Pass thru Shell Beach
Arrive at Chemainus
DAY 6 (7th)
Leave Chemainus
Arrive at Duncan
DAY 7 (FEB 8th)
Leave Duncan
Arrive at Mill Bay
Possibility of taking ferry to Sidney this evening (if not it will be taken the following morning)
DAY 8 (FEB 9th)
Leave from Sidney
Arrive in "outskirts" of Victoria
FINAL DAY (FEB 10th)
Meet at Tsawassen ferry terminal for final march into town (Victoria)
Arrive at legislature buildings
Event takes place
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.... the Legislature on the 10th to witness a copper cutting ceremony and to help carry the voice of the wild salmon to the those who will listen.By: Anissa
What is a copper cutting ceremony?
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What is a copper cutting ceremony?
Not wire thief. ;D ;D ;D
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OK, so what is it?
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OK, so what is it?
The copper cutting ceremony will be conducted by Beau Dick who is a master carver. It will be symbolic of the meaning behind Idle No More and our quest to live in harmony and balance with the natural world and with each other. It will symbolize breaking the chains that bind us from doing so and those are the chains of global economies run be multimillion dollar corporations that want to get richer regardless of the damage they do to environment and regardless of anything but filling their coffers.
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The copper cutting ceremony will be conducted by Beau Dick who is a master carver. It will be symbolic of the meaning behind Idle No More and our quest to live in harmony and balance with the natural world and with each other. It will symbolize breaking the chains that bind us from doing so and those are the chains of global economies run be multimillion dollar corporations that want to get richer regardless of the damage they do to environment and regardless of anything but filling their coffers.
Jaysus!! Cookies and warm milk will be served later...
Will you be walking Chris?
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Is there a wild salmon barbeque at the end? ;)
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Sounds like it would be a good walk Chris, but very expensive, staying in a motel for 9or 10 days
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Sounds like it would be a good walk Chris, but very expensive, staying in a motel for 9or 10 days
Yes, it cost a lot of one's personal funds and time being a volunteer, working to try to bring awareness and make things better for what you believe in but that's the way I personally want it to be.
Without doing your best to protect the environment and all that goes with it I feel we are letting our children, grandchildren and future generations down very badly.
A little off topic, working on the Fraser River Gravel file we just have found out how many people from FOC have been moved from habitat protection, this is the result of the 2 recent federal Omnibus bills, very disturbing.
This is another thing that makes the fish farm issue front and center as is the government being up front on all aspects of this file? So many people fear for their jobs and because of this I feel they are not allowed to do their job they were hired to do.
This is why it is so important to have many people, like Alex and so many others keeping these topics current, without them we would be in deeper trouble than we are now.
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Yes, it cost a lot of ones personal funds and time being a volunteer, working to try to bring awareness and make things better for what you believe in but that's the way I personally want it to be.
Without doing your best to protect the environment and all that goes with it I feel we are letting our children, grandchildren and future generations down very badly.
A little of topic, working on the Fraser River Gravel file we just have found out how many people from FOC have been moved from habitat protection, this is the result of the 2 recent federal Omnibus bills, very disturbing.
This is another thing that makes the fish farm issue front and centre as is the government being up front on all aspects of this file? So many people fear for their jobs and because of this I feel they are not allowed to do their job they were hired to do.
This is why it is so important to have many people like Alex and so many others keeping these topic current, without them we would be in deeper trouble than we are now.
Well said Chris and I agree...
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You are really becoming a Master at this stuff Chris; that was nicer than a Sedin to Kassian to Sedin deflection :D
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http://youtu.be/AbcPB-uc6P4
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http://www.facebook.com/groups/111365508874859/permalink/568697706474968/
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What is a copper cutting ceremony?
http://www.facebook.com/groups/111365508874859/permalink/568907813120624#!/photo.php?v=10151456890476253&set=vb.745511252&type=2&theater
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A recent video of the walk.
http://youtu.be/5y2tmAzH6W0
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A lot of people do care about our wild salmon.
http://youtu.be/2BRDFn_tIvA