Everyone is encouraged to get involved in supporting the directions that First Nation leaders are taking across Ontario, to protect their land and their waterways against unwanted mining activities.

Everyone needs to be demanding that the Ontario government immediately take the following steps:

• pardon all the First Nation leaders, cancel their fines and cover all their court costs;
• grant a moratorium against all mining exploration in First Nation traditional territory that is unacceptable to local residents;
• publicly review the Ontario Mining Act;
• protect First Nation traditional territories as the communities and the people see fit;
• resolve unsettled Aboriginal land claims.

Some of the steps that YOU can take today include:

• Write directly to Premier McGuinty in any of the following ways:
  Online: http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/feedback/default.asp  
  E-mail: dmcguinty.mpp.co@liberal.ola.org  
  Write-in: Dalton McGuinty, Premier Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A1
  Phone: (416) 325-1941 or (613) 736-9573
  Fax: (416) 325-3745 or (613) 736-7374
• Write to Minister Bryant at the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs at http://www.aboriginalaffairs.osaa.gov.on.ca/english/feedback/feedback.htm  
• Write to Minister Gravelle at the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines at http://www.mndm.gov.on.ca/mndm/Feedback_e.asp  
• Read "A Matter of Conscience" at http://www.miningwatch.ca/updir/Conscience_Final_Mar_2008.pdf - An essay by Michael Patenaude on the sentencing of the Ardoch Algonquins and Paula Sherman and Bob Lovelace, and ahead of the sentencing of Shabot Obaadjiwan and settler (non-Native) protesters: "Sometimes in life one must look back in history for inspiration. This is especially true when current events overwhelm us and threaten to make us lose perspective."

GET INVOLVED TODAY!!