Environmentalists felt like ‘enemies of the state’ after cabinet minister’s letter

By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
Letter put protest chill into environmentalists, made awareness work harder

A letter by Canada’s former Conservative government’s environment minister left Canadian environmentalists thinking they were under police surveillance and “enemies of the state,” newly released documents show. The groups – among them Dogwood Initiative, ForestEthics (now Stand.Earth), Sierra Club BC, Leadnow.ca and the Indigenous #Idlenomore movement – said the fear of monitoring impacted their ability to fundraise, get petitions signed and organize protests.…

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July 12, 2019

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