Montreal Solidarity Action Against Olympic Greenwashing
Montreal Solidarity Action Against Olympic Greenwashing
On February 13, a small group of Montrealers staged an info-picket at the Parc/Mont Royal location of Petro Canada in solidarity with actions in Vancouver against the Olympic greenwashing of corporations , such as Petro Canada/Suncor, and their investments in the Athabasca Tar Sands through their Olympic sponsorships.
Right here in our backyard, we have the largest industrial project on the planet, the Tar Sands. Two of the top Tar Sands investors are lead sponsors of the Olympics -- Royal Bank and Petro Canada/Suncor. Both are trying to use the Olympics to greenwash the largest industrial project on the planet. And hidden behind the show of Indigenous culture being put on at the Olympics is a dismal Canadian record on Indigenous rights.