Actually, Annoy Squidward Day is January 15th. Although the calendar doesn’t have the month written on it, if you continue to watch the episode, they’re competing for January’s Employee of the Month.
Happy one year anniversary to our precious boy! ♡♡♡ This is what he looks like now, and he weighs about 15 lbs!!! Can you believe this is what we found in my car??
Caleb Behn, who is from West Moberly First Nation, one of the nations taking the federal government to court, says Trudeau has broken his promise.
Justin Trudeau’s government has quietly issued its first batch of permits for the Site C dam — allowing construction to move forward on the $8.8 billion BC Hydro project despite ongoing legal challenges by two First Nations.
The federal-provincial review panel’s report on Site C found the 1,100 megawatt dam will result in significant and irreversible adverse impacts on Treaty 8 First Nations.
Caleb Behn, who is from West Moberly First Nation, one of the nations taking the federal government to court, says Trudeau has broken his promise.
“It’s 19th century technology being permitted with 19th century thinking and I expected more from the Trudeau government,” he said. “These permits were our last best hope to resolve this.”
“These permits suggest very strongly that, at least these ministries, if not Trudeau’s entire cabinet, are unwilling to engage in reconciliation with indigenous peoples. I thought this country could be more.”
Charlie Angus, MP for Timmins-James Bay and NDP critic for Indigenous and Northern Affairs, echoed those sentiments.
“I think this was a real test of the Trudeau government and they failed the test,” Angus said.
“The Liberals seem to be thinking that if they say the right things, it’s somehow the same as doing the right things.”
Trudeau has emphasized building a new relationship with indigenous peoples since taking office in October. He included the following paragraph in every ministerial mandate letter:
“No relationship is more important to me and to Canada than the one with Indigenous Peoples. It is time for a renewed, nation-to-nation relationship with Indigenous Peoples, based on recognition of rights, respect, co-operation, and partnership.”
But with the issuing of the Site C permits, doubts have been cast on that promise.
“We hear from all the key ministers about the nation-to-nation relationship and then they rubber stamp and go ahead with all the big projects,” Angus said.
For Behn, who was the subject of a documentary called Fractured Land last year, the sense of disappointment was palpable.
“What do they care about a backwater in northern B.C. that only has 40,000 voters?” he asked. “If you spent $9 billion on solar panels, geothermal … you wouldn’t have to run roughshod over indigenous rights.”
We’re live! This is so exciting! Technically, we are 5% funded considering what we got from gofundme! Let’s try to get the remaining amount over on Kickstarter!
Starting today, we’ll be actively posting new artwork, new animation, the cast and crew line up and soooo much more! Everything will gradually be updated to the Kickstarter page soon. Stick around for more content and giveaways. We have so much planned out! We won’t disappoint and we promise to deliver a fun cartoon! Many thanks to everyone in advance who decides to back us!
What!? We blinked and within one day we’re now 35%, 38% funded! We can’t believe how fast it happened! Thank YOU everyone who backed this so far, we’re so overwhelmed. We just released the giveaway but we’ll be posting new bios and tidbits about the story, new artwork and animation and other fun stuff! Even if you can’t back it, spreading the word is just as helpful!
Hey, everyone!
We’re so thrilled to see that we are now 50% funded! It happened so fast! We cannot begin to say how thankful we are for all of your support!
To celebrate, we’ll be posting an animation test on Monday. Here’s hoping to getting fully funded. Let’s make it happen! Please continue to share, pledge, tell your friends….all that good stuff! Thank you all so much!
Guys guys guys! We hit the 65% funded mark! How incredible! We’re so thankful! Got some more stuff planned for you guys in the final stretch of the fundraiser, so stay tuned! More character bios, animation and surprises! Also our ask box is always open! Thank you thank you everyone!
Lucky number 70%! We can’t believe it guys. Thank you thank you thank you! We only have 16 more days to go, we think we’re in pretty good shape. More cool content coming your way!