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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.86,0:00:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR Wab Kinew{\i0} ] Had it not sparked fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.27,0:00:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this story would be like that of many other\Nlow-intensity conflicts over resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.44,0:00:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting to erupt across this oil, gas and \Nfresh water rich country.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.82,0:00:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in 2010 the canadian province of new \Nbrunswick granted a texas based company
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.10,0:00:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,South Western Energy
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.03,0:00:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,licences to explore for shale gas.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.78,0:00:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in exchange for investment worth 47 million dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.98,0:00:43.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If shale gas extraction goes ahead it will be\Na boon to new brunswick's struggling economy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.14,0:00:49.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The province anticipates it could generate \Nover 1,000 jobs and 1.5 billion dollars,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.53,0:00:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,staunching the exodus of workers west \Nto alberta's oil sands [tar sands].
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.19,0:00:56.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}CRAIG LEONARD, Minister of Energy & Mines for New Brunswick{\i0} ] To have that kind of revenue \Nincome flow
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.40,0:00:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that kind of potential...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.28,0:01:01.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would have a dramatic impact on the province.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.69,0:01:04.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, one of the studies we looked at \Njust a few weeks ago
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.81,0:01:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,indicates that shale gas development would actually double the economic growth rates in the province.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.18,0:01:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Three years later, these were\Nthe images from new brunswick
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.12,0:01:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flashing across canadian television screens.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.89,0:01:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RCMP guns trained on First Nations people,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.01,0:01:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,police cars sent up in flame.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.02,0:01:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}We seized a number of firearms \Nfrom the encampment at the protest site.{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.05,0:01:36.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}We also found explosive devices, a large amount \Nof ammunition, knives and bear spray.{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.30,0:01:39.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}Several shots were fired from within\Nthe encampment.{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.45,0:01:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}Molotov-style explosives\Nwere thrown at police.{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.60,0:01:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}And 6 rcmp police vehicles\Nwere destroyed by fire.{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.02,0:01:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Faultlines traveled to the province of \Nnew brunswick on canada's east coast
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.39,0:01:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to find out what went wrong\Nand ask how it could be set right.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.60,0:02:07.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Southwestern subsidiary SWN Resources Canada, or "{\i1}SWIN{\i0}" as it's locally known,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.92,0:02:11.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began exploring on land \Nby the Elsipogtog First Nation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.20,0:02:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the community started hearing about fracking,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.89,0:02:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the process by which gas is extracted \Nfrom shale rock beneath the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.72,0:02:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by injecting water, nitrogen, and chemicals.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.89,0:02:22.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many were alarmed.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.21,0:02:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}SUSAN LEVI-PETERS, Former elected Chief, Elsipogtog First Nation{\i0} ] Without no consultation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.38,0:02:27.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and people not knowing what's going on,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.10,0:02:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just hearing that we know that the shale gas\Nis not good for the land and water,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.88,0:02:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the protest started, \Nit's been goin' on for three years now.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.17,0:02:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}DORIS COUPAGE, Elsipogtog First Nation Elder{\i0} ] \NThe water, our river, is very very precious to us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.76,0:02:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we were growing up in the summertime \Nwe'd stay there all summer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.35,0:02:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}AMANDA POLCHIES, Elsipogtog First Nation Resident{\i0} ] When I was a kid?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.93,0:02:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got to go play in the woods,\NI got to swim in fresh water.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.28,0:02:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm breathing fresh air.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.19,0:02:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now that I have my own kid, I have my son,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.73,0:02:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want him to experience \Nthe same thing I experienced,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.68,0:02:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want my grandkids to experience that too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.40,0:03:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to have them have to worry about\Ngoing swimming and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.10,0:03:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}oh, this water's contaminated \Nbecause they're drilling 50 feet away.{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.55,0:03:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] In early summer, as SWN\Ncarried out seismic testing near the reserve,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.60,0:03:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,members of the Mi`kmaq community \Nset out to stop them.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.28,0:03:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They set up a protest camp
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.78,0:03:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and drew the support of the local Acadian community \Nand environmental groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.96,0:03:27.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They scouted for signs of testing
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.86,0:03:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for the impact it might be having on the\Nland and water they rely on and consider sacred.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.85,0:03:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NO NAME GIVEN{\i0} ] See you don't want to waste \Nall this beautiful land right here just for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.81,0:03:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what fracking doe, eh?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.48,0:03:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They put a lot of drills holes, the don't just put one,\Nthey put hundreds within the area.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.06,0:03:48.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}JOHN LEVI, Elsipogtog War Chief{\i0} ] \NWe started slowing down SWN,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.37,0:03:50.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we talked to the people,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.62,0:03:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and y'know, the best way to gain support
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.80,0:03:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was we had to sacrifice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.66,0:04:03.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there were people that were willing to get arrested for the cause, y'know, for a good cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.13,0:04:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Y'know, save our water, stop fracking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.21,0:04:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] More than 40 people were arrested.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.90,0:04:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then one day two women chained themselves \Nto a seismic testing truck,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.30,0:04:19.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and exploration work ground to a halt.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.38,0:04:21.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the reprieve was only temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.85,0:04:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At summer's end, SWN returned.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.13,0:04:26.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}LEVI-PETERS{\i0} ] They made a compound in Rexton,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.40,0:04:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they put spotlights on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.83,0:04:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they put a gate on it, \Nas if it was their trophy,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.47,0:04:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they put all these thumper trucks,\Nabout 6, 7 thumper trucks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.36,0:04:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Elsipogtog community members\Nlit a sacred fire
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.47,0:04:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the exit to the compound \Nwhere SWN was parking the trucks.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.56,0:04:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The RCMP blocked the adjacent road,\Nand a blockade went up.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.72,0:04:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SWN's vehicles were trapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.96,0:04:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another encampment grew, and the Mi`kmaq\NWarrior Society was asked to secure it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.09,0:05:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SWN was losing $54,000 each day \Ntheir vehicles remained on the lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.47,0:05:05.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,guarded by private security.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.44,0:05:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they obtained a court injunction\Nagainst the site's occupants,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.84,0:05:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which the RCMP could enforce at any time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.64,0:05:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the threat of police action loomed,\Ntension on the site escalated,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.52,0:05:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on October 17th, the day before \Nthe injunction was set to expire...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.50,0:05:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the RCMP moved in.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.68,0:05:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know why they couldn't wait til the deadline.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.52,0:05:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't understand, y'know, \NI can't speak for the RCMP.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.80,0:05:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}VOICE OVER MEGAPHONE{\i0} ] ...anyone that \Ncontinues to do so [{\i1} I.E. STAY IN THE AREA{\i0} ]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.55,0:05:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will be arrested and removed from the area\Nby police...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.22,0:05:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}JASON AUGUSTINE, District Chief, Mi`kmaq Warrior Society{\i0} ] ... "drop that gun", What gun?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.33,0:05:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a cellphone in my hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.81,0:05:51.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a fast light in my hand,\Ncause it was still dark out, eh?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.27,0:05:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Jason Augustine is a district chief\Nwith the Mi`kmaq Warrior Society.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.93,0:05:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was on traffic duty that morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.13,0:05:59.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}AUGUSTINE{\i0} ] And they told me again \N"drop that gun!",
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.28,0:06:00.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's not a gun!" I told them again,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.56,0:06:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the next thing I know they were \Nalready like that on me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.86,0:06:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like they had their guns on me and everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.13,0:06:07.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's when the chaos started.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.72,0:06:10.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}YELLING/ BANGS{\i0} ]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.84,0:06:13.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Suzanne Patles was sleeping\Nin the woods nearby.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.96,0:06:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She did the first thing you'd expect the defacto \Nspokesperson for the Warrior Society to do:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.37,0:06:21.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she logged onto Facebook.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.89,0:06:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}PATLES YELLING{\i0} ] Get your guns off me! \NThis is a phone!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.57,0:06:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey! This is a phone! I have no gun!
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.17,0:06:31.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}PATLES{\i0} ] And I sent out a message\Nand I said everybody's always said
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.31,0:06:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to let them know when shit gets real,\NI said how much more real can this get?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.40,0:06:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When there's guns drawn on you\Nfirst thing in the morning when you wake up.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.31,0:06:42.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}AUGUSTINE{\i0} ] The RCMP's jumped me
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.30,0:06:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were bashing my head with their boots \Ntil they knocked me out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.33,0:06:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Took a lot to knock me out\Nwhile I was hanked up and I was on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.46,0:06:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Suzanne was in a car \Ntrying to upload a second video
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.77,0:06:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the RCMP arrested her too.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.14,0:07:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}PATLES{\i0} ] All i seen was one officer\Nlike go to throw his assault rifle
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.61,0:07:05.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like towards the windshield,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.98,0:07:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I went to go put my head down like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.14,0:07:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it went through the windshield \Nand hit the top of my head,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.29,0:07:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at that moment I was pulled out of the car
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.82,0:07:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hit several more times \Nwith the assault rifle in the head.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.96,0:07:23.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] As word got out that the raid was underway, people began arriving from the rez.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.14,0:07:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}PROTESTER{\i0} ] {\i1}Can you drink money? \NCan you drink money?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.18,0:07:28.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}You must have a lot of money to drink?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.70,0:07:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] The elected chief of Elsipogtog,\NAaron Sock, and 8 of his coucil members
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.18,0:07:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tried to cross the line of RCMP\Nto find out what was going on.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.10,0:07:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Roger Francis's sister \Nwas one of those councilors.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.57,0:07:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}ROGER FRANCIS, Elsipogtog First Nation{\i0} ] \NI warned them not to be physically grabbin'
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.11,0:07:45.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our council members, our council;
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.80,0:07:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I told him I'll use any force necessary\NI have to use to stop you guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.10,0:07:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when the RCMP grabbed my sister, yanked her,\NI just lost it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.81,0:08:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Francis was arrested \Nand charged with assaulting a police officer.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.61,0:08:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A great grandmother Doris Coupage\Nalso joined the crowd at the police line.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.100,0:08:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}INDISTINCT TALKING{\i0} ]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.69,0:08:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}... we are North American Indians...\Nwhether you ... or not...{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.45,0:08:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the sides, there were these dogs\Nand police with ammunition,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.84,0:08:27.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the women here, have their feathers.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.48,0:08:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went there with my rosaries,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.09,0:08:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the other ladies were chanting and drumming.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.69,0:08:36.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}POLCHIES{\i0} ] They're yelling "move back! \NMove back!",
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.41,0:08:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we didn't move, we stayed there,\Nwe linked arms and we stayed there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.69,0:08:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were pushing against them,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.42,0:08:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then all of a sudden, like, \Npepper spray comes out of nowhere,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.05,0:08:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I looked back and I seen Doris,\Nshe had gotten sprayed in the face,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.13,0:08:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all she had was her rosary.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.38,0:08:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It didn't hit you at first, but it did and then uh,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.16,0:09:00.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was young boys standing\Nwho came over and grabbed me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.13,0:09:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cuz you would have been knocked down, like,\Nthose cops when they push push push!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.32,0:09:09.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] The picture of a great grandmother \Npepper sprayed by police
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.08,0:09:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a profound effect on the people\Nof Elsipogtog,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.58,0:09:15.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it wouldn't be the only lasting image\Nfrom that day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.84,0:09:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}POLCHIES{\i0} ] I just had this feather, \NI didn't know what to do,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.49,0:09:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the first thought in my mind was:\Npray.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.05,0:09:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I kneeled down in the road \Nand I started praying.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.84,0:09:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was praying for Doris, and I was praying \Nfor the other women that had gotten sprayed,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.20,0:09:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was praying for my people,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.92,0:09:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping that this will end peacefully, \Nnobody will get hurt, nobody would die.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.01,0:09:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] A photo of that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.56,0:09:46.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was taken by a reporter from Aboriginal \NPeople's Television Network.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.72,0:09:49.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,RCMP vehicles were set ablaze.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.48,0:09:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While Amanda Polchies was being arrested,\Nthe photo went viral.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.00,0:09:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why do you think people connected with it so much?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.12,0:09:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because like, it's a struggle,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.69,0:10:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see the struggle if you look at the picture,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.50,0:10:06.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like, you have all of these RCMP officers,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.11,0:10:07.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can do so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.65,0:10:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then there's a woman kneeling down \Nin the middle of the road with a feather.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.11,0:10:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}COPS YELLING{\i0} ] Move back! Move back! ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.41,0:10:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] After the RCMP raid, \Nthe conflict continued to smolder.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.08,0:10:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The premier of New Brunswick\Nrefused to back down on shale gas.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.30,0:10:32.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}PREMIER ALWARD{\i0} ] We're not talking\Nmoratorium, today;
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.93,0:10:41.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we're talking about very much is the um, the issues that took place yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.05,0:10:43.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Chief Sock was blunt about\Nwhat he wanted.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.80,0:10:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}CHIEF AARON SOCK{\i0} ] Basically, y'know,\Nfor the RCMP to back off,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.37,0:10:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SWN to back off, and to give us some time\Nto try to heal and reflect on what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.71,0:10:58.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] This is the Elsipogtog RCMP station.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.04,0:11:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have been telling me that there's been\Nattempts to burn this station down
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.33,0:11:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the past few nights.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.16,0:11:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Burn marks all along these rafters...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.37,0:11:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right under the singe marks there's this beer bottle \Nwhich has been turned into a Molotov cocktail.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.45,0:11:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shows that there's a lot of anger in the community\Nagainst the RCMP.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.77,0:11:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That anger was also turned on the media.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.70,0:11:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}REPORTER{\i0} ] What began as a peaceful day \Nturned tense when...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.60,0:11:26.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] when a few protesters forced a TV \Ncrew to abandon their satellite truck
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.69,0:11:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and seized a reporter's car and gear.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.14,0:11:31.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}REPORTER{\i0} ] When I asked if I could get \Nmy camera equipment,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.41,0:11:34.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said it was theirs, that they were seizing it too.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.33,0:11:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NEWSCASTER{\i0} ] The group of protesters \Nhas seized his vehicle and camera...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.88,0:11:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Isolated from a conversation \Nabout colonialism,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.76,0:11:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,news reports seemed to amplify \Nold stereotypes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.65,0:11:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}EZRA LEVANT{\i0} ] "...but it was the eco-rioters \Nthemselves who used true violence."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.06,0:11:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] And some of the commentary\Nwas just plain out of touch.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.11,0:11:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This op-ed in one of Canada's national newspapers
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.93,0:11:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calls the confrontation here between \Nthe community and the RCMP
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.32,0:12:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a "rude dismissal of canada's generosity"\N[ {\i1}quote from Rex Murphy{\i0} ]
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.24,0:12:03.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's this type of media sentiment \Nwhich is common in canada
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.96,0:12:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which makes indigenous people skeptical \Nthat the rest of the country
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.05,0:12:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is willing to take their arguments seriously.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.33,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For more than a century, the Indian Act\Nhas denied economic opportunity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The nation to nation relationships \Nset out in many treaties has been ignored;
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and until 1996 the government-funded \Nresidential school system
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set out to "kill the Indian in the child".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the past, Indigenous people in canada
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have not shared equally int he benefits \Nof resource development in their homelands.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The unemployment rate on the Elsipogtog \NFirst Nation is estimated at 80%.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, they fear the next phase of development\Nwill damage the lifeblood of their culture:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}SUSAN LEVI-PETERS{\i0} ] So right now what's happening is... Idle No More,\NFirst Nations people are sayin we've had enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our young generation are gettign educated,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so now we're starting to say hey, this is wrong,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you're treating us is wrong.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now when they want to take the water \Nand the land, we're saying no way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know, this is enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] As round dances and drum circles \Nswept canada last winter, a movement was born,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taking its name from a Twitter hashtag:\NIdle No More.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it was catalyzed by opposition to a law that has removed Federal protection
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for amny of the country's waterways.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It reawakened a lot of people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of people were uprising,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the most important thing that \Nbrought everyone together was the water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was the one thing that, um, \Nreverberated all across the country,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we needed to ensure the water's protection.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] It was a spirit of Idle No More,\Nand the social networks it created,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that emboldened Elsipogtog's resistance \Nto SWN's exploration work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and caused people to come out \Nto face down the RCMP.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was scary that day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have all those grandchildren, why wouldn't you just stay back, how come you decided to go to the front?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't even think about that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The women are the protectors of the water, \Naren't they?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stuff like this happens with SWN resources, \Na company based in the united states,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comin' down to make money in canada,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not consult First Nations in the first place,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know, it's just gone too far.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It scared me, but I didn't wanna run away.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause I don't want them here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want SWN here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I felt like making a stand was \Nthe only thing that was left.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause nobody was listening.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Why do you think it always\Ncomes down to a confrontation like that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between police and y'know Indigenous people?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like I said it's like you're a second class citizen,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things are not gonna change,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless the government of canada recognizes\Nour First Nation rights and who we are,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, we can't be just bullied over any more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Being bullied, not being listened to,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's a legal standard grounded in the canadian constitution that's supposed to avoid these issues.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When mining and energy companies want to \Ncarry out activity
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that stands to compromise an aboriginal or treaty right, like for example access to water or land,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Crown has a duty \Nto consult the First Nations affected
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in proportion and to the extent that they will be \Nimpacted by the development.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the New Brunswick legislature,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the premier and the members of \Nthe legislative assembly sit.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this part of canada, for practical purposes,\Nthis is the Crown.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was no consultation before the government awarded SWN licences to explore 3 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but since the deal was done, they say they've\Ndone more than required.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}CRAIG LEONARD{\i0} ] We've had ongoing dialogue\Nwith chief council,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and again it's... a lot of the consultation that has been taking place
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is talking about that framework of...\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if there is something there, where do we go,\Nuh, in terms of discussion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on how to move forward... with it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Uh, very little actually gets discussed about \Nthe actual seismic work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody recognizes that, uh, there's...\Nno impact uh... to environment land use,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or treaty rights from that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Do you feel that the province has fulfilled its duty to consult?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}CHIEF SOCK{\i0} ] No.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] But the duty to consult\Nis not explicitly defined in law.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Instead, it has been shaped and tested\Nby court challenges,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it does not give First Nations \Nthe right to veto projects.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So one of the contentious parts \Nof the duty to consult
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is what happens when some members \Nof a community like Elsipogtog say "{\i1}no{\i0}",
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}at any price{\i0}"?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}CRAIG LEONARD{\i0} ] It's a challenge to\Nget to that next stage,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you really want to talk about what \Nthe potential for economic benefits are,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you don't know what the resource actually is,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what the total pie looks like, and who's \Ngoing to get the different pieces of that pie.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] In his first year as Chief,\NSock participated in the consultation process,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as part of an umbrella group \Nof New Brunswick Chiefs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that organized information sessions \Nabout SWN's work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sought to negotiate a revenue-sharing \Nagreement with the government.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But after a summer of protests,\Nhe and his council withdrew.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}CHIEF SOCK{\i0} ] Being a new Chief, I don't \Nquite understand yet how this came to be,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what I do understand is my community doesn't \Nwant it, and I stand with my community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I listened to them and if that's what \Nthey want me to fight, that's what I'll fight.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] As they pursue their struggle,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,many in Elsipogtog say the government doesn't \Nhave the authority to allow SWN to work here
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without their consent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're drawing on the treaties that \Nthe Mi`kmaq signed with the British 3 centuries ago.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Treaties that outlined a peaceful relationship\Nbut did not cede land or water to the Crown.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're protecting it not just for us. \NWe're protecting it for everybody.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Anglophone, the Francophone, \Nthe Irish, anybody,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it says in our treaties, the peace and friendship treaties,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody is welcomed in Canada, provided you\Ndont ruin the land and water.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Two days after the raid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community members and warriors marched from the former blockade site and took to the highway.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}Turn it around! Turn it around!{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}Go that way, that's not our problem.\NTurn it around, go...{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] We're here on Highway 11,\Nthis is the main thoroughfare through this area.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Protesters have just moved from the blockade \Nover here, and have shut down passage here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're allowing the remaining cars that were sort of \Ntrapped int he middle of the protest to go through,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they're stopping people in transit \Nthrough this area.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Across the country,\NFirst Nations communities were on alert,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching what would happen next.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were rumours that the army was on standby,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that warriors from other nations\Nwere coming to stand with the Mi`kmaq.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"*We're gonna have a meetin' with all of the people, \N_{\u1}and you guys are gonna say{\u0}_ what you want done,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}what you guys want blocked, who you want protected.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}The Warrior Society is going out there ___, \Nno more division, OK?{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Less than an hour after \Nthe blockade started here, it's been taken down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only reason there's no traffic here is because\Nthe RCMP is holding vehicles back.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the group is heading back to the main camp now, \Nblockade on, blockade off.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of all, there were rumours \Nthat the RCMP was on the move.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is probably the 10th time we've heard \Nthat the police are here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or are getting ready to move in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are really on edge,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and y'know, jump at the mention\Nof a police action.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}VOICES IN BACKGROUND{\i0} ] How many cops care do you think?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Five{\i0}.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}Five? Just five?{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}That's nothing then...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}They've been there all day, five is how much\Nthey usually have at either end of the road...{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}No theres more than that...{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}Listen, she's there, she's there, \Nso stop freaking out.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}You've caused a lot of panic today already,\Nno really.{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}There's a cop, on the right, in the field,\NI see it...{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}I'll go down there myself and I'll go by myself...\Nalright...{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}We need everyone staying in the middle though,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}because they'll think we're rushing the line\Nif we go...{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}Everybody stay here, we don't need \Neverybody to go down and check this out.{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Why do you think people\Nare jumpy like that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}SUZANNE PATLES{\i0} ] They're jumpy\Nbecause of everything that happened the other day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how they just came in and rushed us,\Nhas everybody like on their toes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they're scared, they're scared the police \Nare going to move in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come at us with excessive force
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they've been hearin' that the next time \Nthey come in they're gonna come in harder.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}DEREK NEPINAK, GRAND CHIEF OF MANITOBA{\i0} ]\NI think we came within hours
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of seeing very very significant \Nnational incidences occurring.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's enough people \Non the ground across the country
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to create a great disruption in the peaceful existence of many who take for granted the lands they live on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Grand Chief Derek Nepinak \Nand his team had arrived from Manitoba
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to assess the situation on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NEPINAK{\i0} ] I think that there is almost \Na conflict of interest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the province has a duty to consult\Nflowing from a constitutional standard,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but yet they also have financial interests in the end\Nin terms of the corporations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ability to convert resources into wealth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] At the first gathering after the raid,\Nhe found a community determined to heal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but fearful for the future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NEPINAK{\i0} ] ...and I am concerned about the degree \Nof collusion and collaboration
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between corporate interests, the state apparatus,\NRCMP, and government.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am concerned about that.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Just a few days after the raid,\NSWN appeared ready to resume exploration again.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seismic testing equipment lay along the highway,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sensors and batteries that would\Nallow geophones to work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These geophones can reveal what's beneath \Nthe surface of the earth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in order to do that, they need to operate\Nin conjunction with so-called thumper trucks.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those trucks were captured behind the blockade\Nnear Elsipogtog.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,However, during the RCMP raid,\NSWN was able to drive them out.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SWN Resources Canada declined to speak with us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey hows it going?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name's Wab, I'm with AlJazeera America.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}GUARD{\i0} ] This is private property, \Nso media isnt allowed up here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so the RCMP's been contacted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Oh yeah? You called the cops?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}GUARD{\i0} ] {\i1}I{\i0} didn't.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] Oh okay.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in a written statement,\Nthey assured AlJazeera,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"{\i1}SWN has been and will continue to work closely \Nwith local authorities and community leaders{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}to conduct our operations safely and responsibly,{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}and in full compliance with the laws \Nof the country and province.{\i0}"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In mid november the seismic testing trucks\Nreturned to work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New protest sites sprang up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And backed by supporters from across \Nthe province and the country,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Elsipogtog slowed them down.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SWN obtained another injunction \Nagainst the protesters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one knows if they will stop fracking \Nbefore it starts,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the people of Elsipogtog have shown that whether or not a government and a corporation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fulfil their legal duty to consult,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the resolve of grassroots people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still has a power to throw a wrench \Ninto resource development projects,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for development to move ahead,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's their consent that's needed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}SUZANNE PATLES{\i0} ] I don't think anything \Nis gonna stop the grassroots people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's in their hands, I think the power needs \Nto be handed back to the people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because as an Indigenous person
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the route to self-determination \Nis always from the ground up approach
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's who we are as a people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}NARRATOR{\i0} ] The reality they've created \Non the ground
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is enshrined in the United Nations Declaration\NOn The Rights of Indigenous People,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the principle of free, prior, and informed consent.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it has helped breathe life into \Na provincial anti-fracking movement
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led by First Nations people.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while the government of New Brunswick\Nvows to push ahead with shale gas development,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,provinces across canada are taking note.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In november, the province of Newfoundland\Ndeclared a moratorium on fracking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Meanwhile, as rain turns to snow,\Nand water turns to ice,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Elsipogtog they're digging in for the winter,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and preparing for the next round.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[ {\i1}Captions by Radical Access Mapping Project,\NUn-ceded Coast Salish Territories, 2013{\i0} ]