Indigenous and local organizers confront the Olympic 'Spirit' Train.

Indigenous and local organizers confront the Olympic 'Spirit' Train.
Edmonton – On Monday September 29th at Wagner School, 6310 Wagner road,the Native 2010 Resistance, a part of the Olympics Resistance Network, in solidarity with concerned citizens of Fort Chipe-wyan will confront the CPR’s "Spirit Train".
The Spirit Train is crossing Canada and stopping in numerous cities along the way. Preparations for the Games ‘nd Tar Sands operations are already having a negative impact on Indigenous, low-income, and marginalized communities and on Indigenous lands
  According to Dustin Johnson of the Native 2010 Resistance, "We are here to expose the genocide, ecocide and displacement being promoted by this
'Spirit Train' propaganda machine steaming through Native communities."
  Johnson's sentiment is shared by other Indigenous peoples across Canada who are fighting to protect their land.
 "We are in Edmonton in solidarity with the Native 2010 Resistance to confront the Spirit Train. It embodies the synergies between the corporate sector supporting the Olympics, and the corporate interests in Alberta's Tar Sands.. while simultaneously continuing the destruction of Indigenous lands and livelihoods," explains Mike Mercredi, resident from
Fort Chipewyan.
"The Olympics is the world's largest sporting event, brought to us with the corporate sponsorship of some of the largest profiteers from the world's largest industrial development known as the Tar Sands" says Clayton Thomas Muller of the Indigenous Environmental Network.
   Some of the big players in this massive public relations campaign are the Royal Bank of Canada which has $15.7 billion invested in Canada's fossil fuel industry. RBC also has $110 million invested into the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, making them the 3rd largest corporate sponsor. Petro Canada is set to be one of the largest operators in the Tar Sands and has $60 million invested in Olympic sponsorship and is the official energy supplier of the games.
The events in Edmonton will be the third of a series of actions against the "Spirit Train" planned across the country.