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PostSubject: Local goes global in Canada land rights campaign   Local goes global in Canada land rights campaign Icon_minitimeFri Jan 04, 2013 11:59 pm

The drumming, dancing, train blockades and candlelight vigils popping up in cities across Canada in recent weeks under the banner of "Idle No More," have spurred an Aboriginal rights movement that has shown unusual staying power with a worldwide following through social media.

Galvanized by an aboriginal chief on a liquids-only hunger strike, the protests about legal changes to environmental laws and land rights have shaken the political scene, and on Friday led Prime Minister Stephen Harper to announce he would meet with a delegation of chiefs on Jan. 11.

At issue are wide-ranging amendments in a budget bill, C-45, that affect Canada's Indian Act and environmental laws. Critics say these changes undermine treaties more than a century old by altering the approval process for leasing Aboriginal lands to outsiders and by removing environmental safeguards for rivers and lakes in Aboriginal territories.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/local-goes-global-in-canada-land-rights-campaign-20130105-2c9ld.html
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