The European campaign against the Great Whale project is continuing. Antoni Gutierrez, a Spanish member of the European Parlaiment, will present a motion opposing the Euro-Quebec Hydro-Hydrogen Project in upcoming weeks.
Set up in collaboration with European companies, the project envisions the sale by Hydro-Quebec of power to Europe for use in buses and cars. The power will be converted from electricity to hydrogen in a Sept-Iles plant for transport across the ocean.
Supporters in Europe say they don’t want this fuel at the expense of the Cree. This would reflect a continuation of injustices that Europeans have inflicted on North American First Nations since first contact, they say. The two co-ordinators of the Barcelona Cree Committee, Josep Armengol and Eduard Amoruox, have expressed a firm commitment to fighting the hydrogen project in collaboration with Gutierrez.
Both Josep and Eduard would like to send their greetings to their Cree friends, whom they met in Barcelona last year, and to the rest of the Cree nation.
