Resolute Forestry Products is trying to muzzle Greenpeace

Myself and nearly a hundred Greenpeace volunteers and supporters gathered at Queen's Park this afternoon to declare our freedom of speech. Resolute Forestry Products' destructive logging practices have long been criticised by Greenpeace but now Resolute sued #Greenpeace Canada, Greenpeace U.S., Greenpeace International and several Greenpeace staff. 

Resolute has also publicly lashed out against the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Natural Resources Defense Council, World Wildlife Fund for Nature, and the Forest Stewardship Council. It would appear that they see no place in civil society for criticism of their practices.

Simultaneous gatherings took place all over the world.

"Greenpeace will continue to defend against Resolute’s meritless claims because too much is at stake - not only the future of Canada’s forests but the future of free speech in this country." says Joanna Kerr, Executive Director for Greenpeace Canada

Road trip to protect the Canadian Arctic from oil drilling

We're on our way from Toronto to the Supreme Court in Ottawa to help protect the Canadian Arctic.

The Court is due to rule today on the issue.

People in the coastal town of Clyde River, Nunavut — one of the most remote communities in the world — are protesting dangerous oil exploration in their waters. They are taking legal action to protect the Canadian Arctic and the mammals that thrive there from seismic blasting and their case will be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada on November 30th.

A five-year oil exploration project has been approved without Inuit consent off Clyde River’s coast, which allows seismic blasting — a process of firing loud sonic explosions through the ocean to find oil — as a first step towards dangerous Arctic oil drilling.
But it’s not just the oil drilling that’s dangerous — these explosions can disrupt migration paths of marine animals like narwhals, belugas, and bowhead whales, sometimes causing permanent hearing loss, and in the worst case, even death.
Join this brave community in their fight to protect their home and their traditions.

https://www.savethearctic.org/en-CA/clyde-river/

Emma Thompson and me

Wow! Last night I chatted with one of my favourite actresses EMMA THOMPSON who was in Toronto to help with Greenpeace's campaign to STOP SEISMIC BLASTING in the arctic by oil exploration companies.

Please go to the Greenpeace website for more info and perhaps even contribute to this vitally important cause. Mother Nature will thank you #arctichome #savethearctic.
www.arctic-home.greenpeace.org

I also had the chance to mention to her my feature film project FATHER'S DAY as I am hoping that she will sign on as a production partner.