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Canada police arrest 36 at protest against mining projects

Press TV
Mon Feb 11, 2013
 
Canadian police have arrested more than 30 people, including nine minors, during a protest against plans for new mining projects.

Canadian police arrested 36 in protest against new mining projects on February 9, 2013 in Montreal. Canadian police arrested 36 in protest against new mining projects on February 9, 2013 in Montreal.

The rally was staged on Saturday in solidarity to the Idle No More movement, outside a job fair at Montreal’s convention centre, where businesses and workers were holding a meeting to discuss prospects within the natural resources sector.
Officials said a majority of the 36 arrested at the Saturday demonstration were charged with unlawful assembly, since the activists had not handed in a protest route in advance to authorities.

“We want to keep our resources and protect the environment and the resources that we have belong first and foremost to aboriginal people,” said one activist.

Politicians have been faced with criticism from environmental groups for the new mining plans for northern Quebec, which officials said is an attempt to maintain development for the area.

The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal organized the job fair and it featured top politicians and business leaders.

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http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/02/11/288438/canada-police-arrest-36-at-protest/

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