contact information for premier and ministers relevant to Texada coal project
For those with time and energy to write emails, make phone calls, send faxes or letters, here are some relevant addresses.
Phone calls and emails/letters to media, and talking to friends and neighbours to get them interested and active to oppose this silly, deadly plan will also help stop it.
Premier Premier [at] gov [dot] bc [dot] ca Hon. Christy Clark 250 387-1715 fax 250 387-0087 PO BOX 9041 STN PROV GOVT Victoria V8W9E1
Minister of Energy and Mines MEM [dot] Minister [at] gov [dot] bc [dot] ca Hon. Bill Bennett 250-387-1715 fax 250 356-2965 PO Box 9060 Stn Prov Govt Victoria V8W9E2
Minister of Environent ENV [dot] minister [at] gov [dot] bc [dot] ca Hon Mary Polak 250 387-1187 fax 250 387-1356 PO Box 9047 Stn Pov Govt Rm 112, Parliament Buildings Victoria V8W9E2
Minister of Health hlth [dot] minister [at] gov [dot] bc [dot] ca Hon Terry Lake 250 953-3547 fax 250 356-9587 PO BOX 9050 STN PROV GOVT Victoria BC V8W9E2
Lasqueti (Parksville/Qualicum) MLA Michelle [dot] Stilwell [dot] MLA [at] leg [dot] bc [dot] ca (Michelle [dot] Stilwell [dot] MLA [at] leg [dot] bc [dot] ca )Michelle Stilwell 250-356-0963 Parksville office 250-248-2625 fax 250-248-2787
climate_action [at] vtacc [dot] org This address will keep VTACC aware of public action and reaction. Check their website at www.vtacc.org
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opposing the Texada Coal project
It's probably too late for letters, phone calls, and petitions to make much difference, because the government has been receiving them and rejecting them for a long time now. Still, a blast of them might help. One email can be sent to all the recipients, or one written each day. Same with phone calls, if that's more your style. Access data is posted at lasqueti.ca/notd/4592
There is an on-line petition you can sign against the coal export project, and lots of information about it, at http://dogwoodinitiative.org/beyondcoal
What I think we need is planning for citizens to undertake disruption of the whole project. Blockading the train tracks where the coal trains will enter Canada, preventing the coal from getting to Fraser Surrey Docks, seems like the obvious way to protest. I imagine that there will be US citizens willing to indicate their opposition to the trains traversing their states (and denying them the 25 direct and 25 indirect jobs that our government says we will be getting - though we'll all get the coal dust and increased CO2 and climate change that will be caused).
If we indicate strongly enough that we will not allow this project to proceed, Fraser Surrey Docks on the Fraser River and Lafarge on Texada will be reluctant to spend the big bucks on equipment and infrastructure that are necessary before they can do the dirty work.
Direct Action Gets Satisfaction:)
It's time to blockade the LaFarge port on Texada:) If there's any legal fall out from it we could use the Lasqueti Defense Fund to help those people out.
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