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Post Carbon Fellow Bill Rees' mock "trial" of Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and environment minister Jim Prentice held at the Vancouver Art Gallery was reported in Vancouver 24 Hours and Straight Online.
From the Vancouver 24 Hours article:
Stephen Harper and environment minister Jim Prentice are on probation after dozens of protesters found them guilty of criminal negligence when it comes to climate change.
While the trial held on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery yesterday was pure mockery - two advocates in cardboard masks represented Harper and Prentice - the message was real.
"This government absolutely refuses not only to do anything, but to listen to the majority of Canadians," said Sean Devlin, of Canadians for Climate Justice. "[The mock trial] showcases just how unjust the current situation is."
The entire concept originated with UBC ecologist William Rees, a renowned expert who first floated the idea that the government could technically be criminally negligent under Canadian law because of their inaction.
Read Vancouver 24 Hour article
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