Zibi Ottawa Ontario | U/C

[S-Man]

I echo the poster who asked why, if every square inch of this site is sacred, are we only hearing protests at this point, so late in the game.
This project has been touted in the media for a year. There has been ample opportunity to approach Windmill, the city, the NCC, etc to voice concerns.

I used to believe that it was just Victoria Island (currently barely occupied, soon to be more culturally-sensitive than ever before) that was the sacred place. In fact, I never heard that it was sacred, just 'important'. If anything, the aboriginals (First Nations?) historically just used the falls as a wayfinding marker and maybe had a pow-wow once a year. Tribal warfare was such that you'd be sticking your neck out if you lingered around there for long.

Now the Island and everything near it is sacred? Is the Toilet Paper plant lands on the Hull shoreline sacred? Is the War Museum/Claridge condo sit sacred? What abut the Hydro Quebec and Hydro Ottawa dams/generating stations? How far away from Victoria Island do we have to go to not be in sacred land?

Victoria Island (which Theresa Spence and supporters were allowed to occupy for weeks during which time she retired to the Delta City Centre at night) will still be a gathering place for all cultures, especially aboriginals, under this plan. And, it will open up the falls to all residents of the country. Currently, there's a fence and guards.

What is being destroyed here?