Montreal, monday June 8th – Alex Tyrrell, leader of the Green Party of Quebec, alongside Yves Engler and many comrades disrupted the “Climate Solutions” conference.
This conference was set up by the notorious Jewish National Fund, an organization that engages in greenwashing by giving a “green” spin to land theft, colonialism and the IDF.
David Suzuki did the right thing by canceling his speaking engagement. However, Québec’s newly appointed minister of the environment, Pascale Déry, and the mayor of Montréal, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, both chose to participate and give speeches while ignoring calls to dissociate. Former Québec premier Jean Charest attended the conference and rushed by, ignoring the protesters as they yelled “shame”.
This is one of the worst kinds of greenwashing. They put on an environmental conference to lure unsuspecting environmentalists into attending and then use their presence as leverage to promote genocide. They almost got Suzuki!
There is nothing green about planting trees on stolen Palestinian land.
“Upon our arrival of protesters, a small group of police officers were hostile, threatening and attempted to completely shut down the protest, saying, “yelling in public is illegal.” I quickly asserted our democratic rights by immediately contradicting this unlawful and abusive order, telling the offending officer point blank: “This is a protest. We are exercising our rights to free speech.”” -said Alex Tyrrell
This interaction quickly set the tone, and the officers immediately backed off, which was good, but the illegal order should never have been given in the first place. The same officers were later seen posing for selfies with a conference organizer and drinking beverages handed out at the event.
“Montreal should be a peace city. I am deeply ashamed as a Montrealer that our mayor would speak at such an event.” -added Alex Tyrrell
