Come join us for a talk on the growing resistance to the Energy East pipeline. 

We have a legal contradiction in Manitoba protected areas legislation, and this is a serious roadblock to TransCanada’s proposed Energy East tar sands pipeline.

This March, I was considering the next public hike along the proposed Energy East route west of Winnipeg, which crosses a Wildlife Management Area (WMA). WMAs are the intact natural parcels of public land scattered across the developed region of Manitoba, and set aside for wildlife populations. They are designated under The Wildlife Act in Manitoba, and about 60 per cent of the are considered protected lands.

I originally read about the Whitemud Watershed WMA in TransCanada's documentation in 2013, when they filed a monstrous 30,000 page proposal with the National Energy Board. At the time, I assumed it was a WMA that wasn’t protected.  

My Sunday night discovery was that the the Whitemud Watershed WMA have been protected for more than 15 years and TransCanada's pipeline runs right through it.

We led a hardy group of hikers through the Whitemud Watershed WMA on April 16, braving the rain and snow, seeing beautiful nature, and discussing the Whitemud Watershed situation.

Are our protected Wildlife Management Areas really protected?

Is the route for the proposed Energy East pipeline illegal in Manitoba?

Can the Manitoba government block the proposed Energy East route? Will they?

Join the Wilderness Committee for a discussion of the Wildlife Act legislation, Wildlife Management Areas, the proposed Energy East pipeline, and our climate.

When: Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 7 to 9 p.m.

Where: Fort Garry Community Centre, 880 Oakenwald, Winnipeg