Letters to the Editor

Thursday 15 September 2011

Centennial Building shale gas protest - week 6

Upwards of 50 people came and went over the course of the four hour anti-shale gas protest at the Centennial Building in Fredericton today. Citizens representing communities from the city and the surrounding areas alternated between anti-shale gas chants and slogans, while kibbutzing with local politicians on hand from the Green, NDP and Liberal parties. The protesters are not giving up and vow to continue their struggle for the ban of shale gas in New Brunswick into the cold winter months.


 Upwards of 50 people protested over four hours against shale gas in New Brunswick at the Centennial Building in Fredericton today. (Photo: Cheryl Norrad)


Centre-Peninsule -Saint-Sauveur Liberal MLA Denis Landry listens to a protester at the anti-shale gas protest outside the Centennial Building in Fredericton today. (Photo: Cheryl Norrad)


Bertrand LeBlanc, Liberal MLA Rogersville-Kouchibouguac attended the anti-shale gas protest at the Centennial Building in Fredericton today. (Photo: Cheryl Norrad) 


Provincial NDP leader Dominic Cardy greets protesters at the anti-shale gas protest at the Centennial Building in Fredericton today. (Photo: Cheryl Norrad)


 A protester advertises the next anti-shale gas protest in the province. (Photo: Cheryl Norrad)


Bernard Moyon, second from right, of La Chapelle des Marais, France, happened by the anti-shale gas protest in Fredericton at the Centennial Building today with his wife, second from left. The couple is visiting from France where there is a ban on shale gas. "The people of New Brunswick should continue to protest to get rid of it [shale gas industry]," said Moyon.

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