Gaspé, QC: Update on ‘Junexit’ Fracking Blockader

OTTAWA, AUGUST 18th – This morning, 10:30am Atlantic time, Anishinaabe water protector and Ottawa resident Fredrick Stoneypoint will receive the decision of judge Denis Paradis’ on whether he will get bail release for the severe charges he is facing.

Stoneypoint has been in custoday since August 14 when Quebec provincial police (‘SQ’) took down an over-a-week-long blockade that was preventing oil/gas company Junex from proceeding on its exploratory fracking activities in the Gaspesie, eastern Quebec.

The ‘Junexit’ blockade was done completely anonymously up until Stoneypoint’s arrest, and he has not divulged names of any of his comrades in the blockade while in custody.

A non-blockade camp against the fracking is still in operation nearby with group Environment Vert Plus. There has been very little English media coverage of the grassroots and Indigenous opposition to Junex’s activities. Stoneypoint is a Carleton University student, member of Sagamok Anishinawbek First Nation, and was one of the organizers of the Reoccupation of Parliament Hill earlier this summer that ‘Unsettled’ the Canada Day 150 patriot celebrations.

STATEMENT FROM FREDDY STONEYPOINT, AUGUST 17th AS RELEASED TO HIS LAWYERS A.RIAHI AND R.DESVIGNES:

As a representative of Bawating water protectors, my only wish is to activate my ceremonial being in defense of land and waters through peaceful means. I am not an activist, I am an Anishinaabe man working to protect the land for future generations. I thank all of my supporters working towards same future for all on Turtle Island. Tomorrow at 10h30 AM, I will receive decision on my bail hearing.

LINKS:

ENGLISH MEDIA STATEMENTS on the JUNEXIT BLOCKADE
https://mtlcounter-info.org/en/

VIDEO with MI’KMAQ CHIEF GARY METALLIC SR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhOwTmSNje4

PETITION to Free Fredrick Stoneypoint and DROP ALL CHARGES:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stephanie_Vallee_Philippe_Couillard_Martin_Prudhomme_Free_Fredrick_Stoneypoint_Respect_Indigenous_Sovereignty_NoFracking/

FUNDRAISING LINK for LEGAL FEES:
https://www.youcaring.com/fredrickstoneypoint-904765