Posts made in October, 2014

Pipeline Song for Climate Fast

Posted by on Oct 3, 2014 in Environment, Songs

Pipeline Song for Climate Fast

(tune: Flying Trapeze)   Don’t give us a pipeline as big as this hose A leak of this size who knows how far it goes Of course it must leak that’s as plain as your nose Nobody can stop it, you know.   How fast can we sell all our assets away No jobs for refining the crude on the way And then Harper’s petro state’s well on the way And Canada hits a new low.   Nobody knows what goes into the pipes Nobody knows it, so nobody gripes But naphtha and benzine are poisonous types That get that old tarsands to flow.   And if it gets out, as it...

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Ottawa Grans at Climate Justice Fast

Posted by on Oct 3, 2014 in Actions

Ottawa Grans at Climate Justice Fast

For the third year, a group of activists have fasted on Parliament Hill while engaging in conversations with MPs and others on the importance of climate change action.  Check them out at climatefast.ca/. This year, the Ottawa Raging Grannies came to show support and sing about pipelines.  We were holding a garden hose with a sign that said “This pipeline is too big!! You can’t drink...

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