The decision concerning the development of Northern Gateway's pipeline will be revealed sometime during the first week of June. It's safe to say that no one is waiting with bated breath. Everyone knows all too well that even if Stephen Harper would be the only Canadian supporting the project, it will go through -- despite having lost referendums and faced opposition from Indigenous peoples and Canadian citizens alike -- ignoring Canada's responsibilities and the negative impact that expanding the tar sands industry will have on climate change. A recent exchange with Barack Obama in regards to the Keystone XL pipeline sums it up: Harper "won't take no for an answer."

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La seconde Assemblée générale du Forum social des peuples qui s’est tenue les 2 et 3 juillet dernier à Edmonton s’est soldé par plusieurs importantes avancées, notamment la décision de tenir ce premier Forum « pancanadien » à Ottawa en août 2014. L’Assemblée s’est ainsi rangé dernière la proposition déposée conjointement par la Fédération des travailleurs-ses de l’Ontario et le « Ontario Common Front », une large coalition regroupant une centaine d’organisations syndicales et communautaires de cette province.

On June 20, anticipating the failure of the United Nations Conference Rio+20, more than 50,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil conjointly with dozens of other demonstrations around the world. These mobilizations demanded from the governments and corporations involved in the official conference, that solutions immediately be put into place to counter climate change and the degradation of the terrestrial environment.