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	<title>Comments on: Indigenous And Hundreds More Challenge RBC On Tar Sands</title>
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		<title>By: Daeran Gall</title>
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		<dc:creator>Daeran Gall</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Saskatchewan is at a cross-roads. There are serious risks and impacts associated with oil sands development

Saskatchewan is already being affected by oil sands development in Alberta. Up to 70% of the sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted by the Alberta oil sands are deposited over Saskatchewan. These pollutants contribute to acid rain, which places northern Saskatchewan’s lakes and forests at risk.

IF oil sands development is sought by the people of Saskatchewan, we need to know what it that we are getting into

There is a plan to use nuclear energy to product the steam needed.

http://daerangall.ca/2011/11/04/tar-sands-plume-from-alberta-falls-on-saskatchewan-lakes/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saskatchewan is at a cross-roads. There are serious risks and impacts associated with oil sands development</p>
<p>Saskatchewan is already being affected by oil sands development in Alberta. Up to 70% of the sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides emitted by the Alberta oil sands are deposited over Saskatchewan. These pollutants contribute to acid rain, which places northern Saskatchewan’s lakes and forests at risk.</p>
<p>IF oil sands development is sought by the people of Saskatchewan, we need to know what it that we are getting into</p>
<p>There is a plan to use nuclear energy to product the steam needed.</p>
<p><a href="http://daerangall.ca/2011/11/04/tar-sands-plume-from-alberta-falls-on-saskatchewan-lakes/" rel="nofollow">http://daerangall.ca/2011/11/04/tar-sands-plume-from-alberta-falls-on-saskatchewan-lakes/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Taxpayer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Taxpayer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 08:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Start fighting for your lives because that&#039;s exactly what your fighting for!
Take a good look at the root of the problem. 

Ultimate Insider Trading ...

The Queen appears to have substantial investments in Rio Tinto,
the BIGGEST mining company in the world.
RBC - TARSANDS. BP - WORLDS WORST OIL DISASTER!

SAVE THE WALES! Agencies like Prince Philip’s WWF and other Brotherhood organizations such as the
International Union for the Conservation of Nature,
the UN Food and Agriculture Organization,
and the UN Development Programme.

&quot;Imagine the power you have to control events when you control all these companies and the governments making decisions affecting those companies. Add to that the control of the media via organizations like the BBC, the Reuters news agency, Hollinger Inc., Thomson, News Corporation, Pearson, Reed Elsevier, The Washington Post,
New York Times, NBC, CBS, ABC, etc, etc... and you control the world.

More than that, the people don’t know this is happening and
therefore you can continue indefinitely without challenge or exposure.&quot;

Also the biggest slumlord in NYC.
And MUCH More...

If you have ever wondered why
injustice, environmental disasters, &amp; poverty
still happen in the year 2010, this is one damn good reason.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Start fighting for your lives because that&#8217;s exactly what your fighting for!<br />
Take a good look at the root of the problem. </p>
<p>Ultimate Insider Trading &#8230;</p>
<p>The Queen appears to have substantial investments in Rio Tinto,<br />
the BIGGEST mining company in the world.<br />
RBC &#8211; TARSANDS. BP &#8211; WORLDS WORST OIL DISASTER!</p>
<p>SAVE THE WALES! Agencies like Prince Philip’s WWF and other Brotherhood organizations such as the<br />
International Union for the Conservation of Nature,<br />
the UN Food and Agriculture Organization,<br />
and the UN Development Programme.</p>
<p>&#8220;Imagine the power you have to control events when you control all these companies and the governments making decisions affecting those companies. Add to that the control of the media via organizations like the BBC, the Reuters news agency, Hollinger Inc., Thomson, News Corporation, Pearson, Reed Elsevier, The Washington Post,<br />
New York Times, NBC, CBS, ABC, etc, etc&#8230; and you control the world.</p>
<p>More than that, the people don’t know this is happening and<br />
therefore you can continue indefinitely without challenge or exposure.&#8221;</p>
<p>Also the biggest slumlord in NYC.<br />
And MUCH More&#8230;</p>
<p>If you have ever wondered why<br />
injustice, environmental disasters, &amp; poverty<br />
still happen in the year 2010, this is one damn good reason.</p>
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		<title>By: beaver video</title>
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		<dc:creator>beaver video</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>{Hi!&#124;Hello!&#124;Greetings!&#124;Hi author!&#124;Hello post author!} Can I, {take&#124;use&#124;take some&#124;use some&#124;} {pictures&#124;images&#124;photos&#124;pics&#124;photographes} from your {site&#124;website&#124;blog&#124;page&#124;webpage} for my {homework&#124;school research work&#124;school project&#124;degree work&#124;PC wallpapper}?</description>
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		<title>By: Greenwash of the Week: Earth Day! &#124; Get Healthy Advice</title>
		<link>http://understory.ran.org/2010/03/03/indigenous-voices-challenge-royal-bank-tar-sands-policies-supported-by-hundreds-at-shareholder-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-422053</link>
		<dc:creator>Greenwash of the Week: Earth Day! &#124; Get Healthy Advice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) sponsors Earth Day Canada. RBC is also the top financier of tar sands, called ‘the most destructive project on Earth.’ Alberta’s tar sands projects will eventually transform a Boreal forest the size of England into an industrial sacrifice zone complete with lakes full of toxic waste and man-made volcanoes spewing out clouds of global warming emissions. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) sponsors Earth Day Canada. RBC is also the top financier of tar sands, called ‘the most destructive project on Earth.’ Alberta’s tar sands projects will eventually transform a Boreal forest the size of England into an industrial sacrifice zone complete with lakes full of toxic waste and man-made volcanoes spewing out clouds of global warming emissions. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Greenwash of the Week: Earth Day! &#171; It&#8217;s Getting Hot In Here</title>
		<link>http://understory.ran.org/2010/03/03/indigenous-voices-challenge-royal-bank-tar-sands-policies-supported-by-hundreds-at-shareholder-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-420180</link>
		<dc:creator>Greenwash of the Week: Earth Day! &#171; It&#8217;s Getting Hot In Here</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) sponsors Earth Day Canada. RBC is also the top financier of tar sands, called ‘the most destructive project on Earth.’ Alberta’s tar sands projects will eventually transform a Boreal forest the size of England into an industrial sacrifice zone complete with lakes full of toxic waste and man-made volcanoes spewing out clouds of global warming emissions. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) sponsors Earth Day Canada. RBC is also the top financier of tar sands, called ‘the most destructive project on Earth.’ Alberta’s tar sands projects will eventually transform a Boreal forest the size of England into an industrial sacrifice zone complete with lakes full of toxic waste and man-made volcanoes spewing out clouds of global warming emissions. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: joshua kahn russell</title>
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		<dc:creator>joshua kahn russell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Notsoaccurate, 

To build on what Toben said above in regards to the disruption - actually we did a count of over 170 people in attendance at the rally. We&#039;re happy to verify this with sign-in sheets if you like. You&#039;re right that the rally happened about 2 hours after the meeting ended. It was unfortunate timing; last year the meeting went about that late, and were going off that. Luckily, the decision to march to both headquarters meant that we were directly on the radar of even more RBC employees. And yes, targeting financing is a legitimate strategy that fits in with a host of other strategies that groups are employing, including point-source struggles against extraction. We see ourselves as one part of a larger movement that is engaging in a number of creative ways. And no, your taxi metaphor does not add up, since the passenger isnt paying the cabbie to intentionally do the job of running red lights as a business model. Its more like paying an assassin to murder someone. Just because you didnt pull the trigger yourself doesnt mean you arent held accountable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Notsoaccurate, </p>
<p>To build on what Toben said above in regards to the disruption &#8211; actually we did a count of over 170 people in attendance at the rally. We&#8217;re happy to verify this with sign-in sheets if you like. You&#8217;re right that the rally happened about 2 hours after the meeting ended. It was unfortunate timing; last year the meeting went about that late, and were going off that. Luckily, the decision to march to both headquarters meant that we were directly on the radar of even more RBC employees. And yes, targeting financing is a legitimate strategy that fits in with a host of other strategies that groups are employing, including point-source struggles against extraction. We see ourselves as one part of a larger movement that is engaging in a number of creative ways. And no, your taxi metaphor does not add up, since the passenger isnt paying the cabbie to intentionally do the job of running red lights as a business model. Its more like paying an assassin to murder someone. Just because you didnt pull the trigger yourself doesnt mean you arent held accountable.</p>
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		<title>By: T. B.</title>
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		<dc:creator>T. B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The alias of &quot;Notsoaccurate&quot; is fitting.

I&#039;ll correct part of what they had said -
In Toronto, the activists unfurled a banner and chanted directly in front of the AGM room doors, inside the Convention Centre.  
I&#039;ve already described what happened after that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The alias of &#8220;Notsoaccurate&#8221; is fitting.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll correct part of what they had said -<br />
In Toronto, the activists unfurled a banner and chanted directly in front of the AGM room doors, inside the Convention Centre.<br />
I&#8217;ve already described what happened after that.</p>
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		<title>By: Marie Lloyd</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie Lloyd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I went solo at 2:00 P.M. on March 3 in Kingston, Ontario ,in front of the local main RBC branch with a sign that read: ROYAL BANK CUSTOMER? YOU DESERVE TO KNOW, and three info fliers. I met an Ojibway  guy, a Cree guy who gave me a big hug, and several sympathetic passersby!! A great day, one of my best on earth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went solo at 2:00 P.M. on March 3 in Kingston, Ontario ,in front of the local main RBC branch with a sign that read: ROYAL BANK CUSTOMER? YOU DESERVE TO KNOW, and three info fliers. I met an Ojibway  guy, a Cree guy who gave me a big hug, and several sympathetic passersby!! A great day, one of my best on earth.</p>
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		<title>By: Notsoaccurate</title>
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		<dc:creator>Notsoaccurate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There was no AGM disruption.  Your &#039;activists&#039; weren&#039;t within 150 feet of the room the AGM was in, and they did this after the meeting wass over.  The gathering of appproximately 100 protesters took place 2 hours after the meeting was over.  Your message would have greater credibility if you actually reported facts as opposed to exaggerating what actually happpens.  We see actions against the lenders but not the companies doing the extraction?  Isn&#039;t that like blaming the passenger in a cab for the driver running a red light, just because they paid the cabbie?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There was no AGM disruption.  Your &#8216;activists&#8217; weren&#8217;t within 150 feet of the room the AGM was in, and they did this after the meeting wass over.  The gathering of appproximately 100 protesters took place 2 hours after the meeting was over.  Your message would have greater credibility if you actually reported facts as opposed to exaggerating what actually happpens.  We see actions against the lenders but not the companies doing the extraction?  Isn&#8217;t that like blaming the passenger in a cab for the driver running a red light, just because they paid the cabbie?</p>
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		<title>By: Brant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>more photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8176750@N03/sets/72157623557220974/show/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>more photos: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8176750@N03/sets/72157623557220974/show/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/8176750@N03/sets/72157623557220974/show/</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ανθρωποφύλακες &#171; Black Cat ★ Red Cat</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ανθρωποφύλακες &#171; Black Cat ★ Red Cat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Νωριτερα ειχα παει στην εκδηλωση της IAW με θεμα &#8220;Σχεδιαζοντας το Απαρτχαιντ: Περιβαλλον, Αρχιτεκτονικη και Αποικιοκρατια&#8221;. Ενας απο τους ομιλητες ηταν ο Gitz Crazyboy, ενας νεαρος Chipewyan απο το Fort McMurray της Αλμπερτα. Ο λαος του καταστρεφεται απο το περιβαλλοντικο εγκλημα της παραγωγης πετρελαιου απο tar sands. Το νερο σε ακτινα εκατονταδων χιλιομετρων εχει δηλητηριαστει με τοξικα αποβλητα, τα ζωα που παραδοσιακα κυνηγουν οι Chipewyan ειτε ειναι αρρωστα ειτε εγκαταλειπουν την περιοχη, η ταιγκα αντικαθισταται απο βιασμενη γη, οι ιδιοι οι Chipewyan παθαινουν απο μια σπανια μορφη καρκινου της χοληδοχου κυστης. Εν ονοματι του κερδους. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Νωριτερα ειχα παει στην εκδηλωση της IAW με θεμα &#8220;Σχεδιαζοντας το Απαρτχαιντ: Περιβαλλον, Αρχιτεκτονικη και Αποικιοκρατια&#8221;. Ενας απο τους ομιλητες ηταν ο Gitz Crazyboy, ενας νεαρος Chipewyan απο το Fort McMurray της Αλμπερτα. Ο λαος του καταστρεφεται απο το περιβαλλοντικο εγκλημα της παραγωγης πετρελαιου απο tar sands. Το νερο σε ακτινα εκατονταδων χιλιομετρων εχει δηλητηριαστει με τοξικα αποβλητα, τα ζωα που παραδοσιακα κυνηγουν οι Chipewyan ειτε ειναι αρρωστα ειτε εγκαταλειπουν την περιοχη, η ταιγκα αντικαθισταται απο βιασμενη γη, οι ιδιοι οι Chipewyan παθαινουν απο μια σπανια μορφη καρκινου της χοληδοχου κυστης. Εν ονοματι του κερδους. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: &#8220;Indigenous voices challenge Royal Bank tar sands policies, supported by hundreds at shareholder meeting&#8221; &#171; Climate Justice Links</title>
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		<dc:creator>&#8220;Indigenous voices challenge Royal Bank tar sands policies, supported by hundreds at shareholder meeting&#8221; &#171; Climate Justice Links</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...]   Published March 4, 2010   Uncategorized Leave a&#160;Comment       Photos and writing on The Understory blog Today more than 170 people rallied outside of the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC’s) Annual General [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...]   Published March 4, 2010   Uncategorized Leave a&nbsp;Comment       Photos and writing on The Understory blog Today more than 170 people rallied outside of the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC’s) Annual General [...]</p>
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		<title>By: T. B.</title>
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		<dc:creator>T. B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:30:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Activists from London, Ontario and Lindsay, Ontario came out to join the March 3rd protesting in Toronto.   I was there with a delegation from London, Ontario.

Two of the three activists who went in to disrupt the shareholder meeting were there from London. The photos and video at that action also were taken by two others  (including me) who had come out from London.

The action in the shareholder AGM space started around a corner, at the bottom of the escalator.  The activists were shoved and otherwise brought over to the escalator; and there were chanting and yelling, all along.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Activists from London, Ontario and Lindsay, Ontario came out to join the March 3rd protesting in Toronto.   I was there with a delegation from London, Ontario.</p>
<p>Two of the three activists who went in to disrupt the shareholder meeting were there from London. The photos and video at that action also were taken by two others  (including me) who had come out from London.</p>
<p>The action in the shareholder AGM space started around a corner, at the bottom of the escalator.  The activists were shoved and otherwise brought over to the escalator; and there were chanting and yelling, all along.</p>
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		<title>By: Corporate Bonds Are The New Investment &#124;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Corporate Bonds Are The New Investment &#124;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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