Canada

On Monday morning, the citizens of Batchewana First Nation gave their support to have a blockade initiated on the rail line that passes through their land.

Located in northern Ontario, the Batchewana Nation is blocking trains running between Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury.

The federal and Ontario governments have agreed to give the province's First Nations point-of-sale exemption from the blended sales tax that begins July 1.

Starting this morning and running til Saturday, thousands of aboriginal residential school survivors are meeting in Winnipeg for the first national event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

The gathering is a follow-up to the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement reached in 2006. The agreement gave roughly 80,000 former students about $1.9 billion in compensation, and it also set up the Commission as a forum for their stories to be heard and recorded.

The online magazine Intercontinental Cry reports that Innu communities are blocking access to two mining projects in northeastern Quebec and western Labrador.

As of Monday, June 14, roughly 100 Innu from the communities of Matimekush-Lac John and Uashat mak Mani-Utenam are attending the blockade, which officially began on Friday, June 11. The two mines are being proposed by New Millennium Capital and Labrador Iron Mines Holdings.

No One Is Illegal Vancouver reports that on June 12, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney was forced to leave a Filipino Independence Day celebration. 

The federal NDP is renewing their calls for the creation of a civilian oversight body to oversee the RCMP.  British Columbia MP Nathan Cullen introduced a private member's bill last year proposing an independent oversight body, citing the in-custody death of Raymond Silverfox in 2008 as proof that police forces should not be investigating themselves.

CBC reports that an MP from Calgary is being criticized by his constituents for signing a card in support of Canadian troops with the handwritten message: "When in doubt, pull the trigger."

The card was placed in a lobby of the House of Commons on Monday and bears handwritten notes from politicians from all parties. Photos of the card and its messages from MPs were forwarded to CBC News by the Liberal Party.

On May 18th, Canadian labour leaders announced at a press conference that they will hire Abousfian Abdelrazik in defiance of United Nations security council sanctions against him.

Anarchists have claimed a firebombing of an RBC bank in Ottawa in the early hours of Tuesday, May 18.  A statment was issued an hour after the fire, claiming the action as an attack on RBC for their sponsorship of the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver and for their financing of the Alberta tar sands.

The Southern Ontario Anarchist Resistance (SOAR) is inviting anarchists to summit-hop to Toronto at the end of June to take part in three anti-capitalist actions during the anti-G20 convergence. 

During the large public demonstration planned for June 26, SOAR is calling for an anarchist presence which will break off and move towards the security fence to engage in militant and confrontational actions. Later that evening the group is organizing a roaming street party.

The Southern Ontario Anarchist Resistance (SOAR) is inviting anarchists to summit-hop to Toronto at the end of June to take part in three anti-capitalist actions during the anti-G20 convergence. 

During the large public demonstration planned for June 26, SOAR is calling for an anarchist presence which will break off and move towards the security fence to engage in militant and confrontational actions. Later that evening the group is organizing a roaming street party.