Just Say No to Uranium Mining within Ottawa's Watershed

eastern ontario | environment | news report Thursday May 22, 2008 21:06 by Ottawa Coalition Against Mining Uranium events at know-uranium dot org

Please join a peaceful Vigil on Monday May 26 at 12 Noon in front of the CBC building on Sparks St. between Bank and O'Connor.

The City of Ottawa is downstream from uranium exploration sites in eastern Ontario and West Quebec. If uranium mines are developed, our water may become undrinkable due to contamination from heavy metals and radioactivity.

The City of Ottawa and 19 nearby municipalities and counties have said "NO" to such destructive operations and petitioned the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec for a moratorium.

Residents on both sides of the river, Aboriginal People, landowners, environmental and grassroots groups are united in peacefully protecting our lands and waterways.

Despite this, the Ontario and Quebec governments continue to give mining corporations the right to stake and drill on public and private land. Peaceful protests have brought a heavy-handed response, jailing Robert Lovelace, a retired Algonquin Chief and Queens University Lecturer, for six months and fining him $25,000.

PLEASE JOIN US IN DEMANDING:

- AN IMMEDIATE MORATORIUM ON URANIUM EXPLORATION AND MINING UNTIL A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT IS COMPLETED AND AN INDEPENDENT HEALTH AND SAFETY STUDY IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC

-AN END TO THE MINING ACT'S OUTDATED 'FREE ENTRY' SYSTEM

-SETTLEMENT OF NATIVE LAND CLAIMS (IN EASTERN ONTARIO)

Ottawa Coalition Against Mining Uranium is a grassroots network of concerned citizens working on protecting the greater Ottawa-Gatineau region, including its watersheds (Ottawa, Mississippi, Rideau and Gatineau), from uranium exploration, mining and milling-related toxins.