Thompson and me?
Manitoba MP wins filmmaker Moore's support
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Canadian Press
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The Canadian Press
U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore is supporting Manitoba MP Niki Ashton's campaign to fight the closure of the Vale mine in Thompson, Manitoba (Keith King/Associated Press)
A New Democrat MP has recruited American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore in her fight against a foreign mining giant in the northern Manitoba city of Thompson.
Niki Ashton asked Moore to help spread the message about job losses in her hometown after Vale, a Brazilian company, announced the closure of a local smelter and refinery previously owned by Inco.
Moore has agreed to post on his website a YouTube video and blogs by the Manitoba MP and by those who have lost their jobs, Ashton said in a release Tuesday.
The CBC's Chris Carter blogs about Niki Ashton's bid to raise Michael Moore's support at the Inside Politics blog.
The video already appears on the Thompson city website. The Canadian government approved Vale's purchase of Inco in 2007.
Late last year, the company announced the closure of the Thompson smelter and refinery by 2015, with the loss of 500 jobs in the community of 14,000.
Ashton said Thompson's problem is similar to that of Flint, Mich., Moore's hometown and the subject of his film, Roger and Me, which documents the closure of a General Motors plant.
"The story of Thompson parallels what the people of Flint ... faced," Ashton said in the release.
"Our community is the latest victim. Our goal was to get our message spread globally. We are fighting back."
Niki Ashton asked Moore to help spread the message about job losses in her hometown after Vale, a Brazilian company, announced the closure of a local smelter and refinery previously owned by Inco.
Moore has agreed to post on his website a YouTube video and blogs by the Manitoba MP and by those who have lost their jobs, Ashton said in a release Tuesday.
The CBC's Chris Carter blogs about Niki Ashton's bid to raise Michael Moore's support at the Inside Politics blog.
The video already appears on the Thompson city website. The Canadian government approved Vale's purchase of Inco in 2007.
Late last year, the company announced the closure of the Thompson smelter and refinery by 2015, with the loss of 500 jobs in the community of 14,000.
Ashton said Thompson's problem is similar to that of Flint, Mich., Moore's hometown and the subject of his film, Roger and Me, which documents the closure of a General Motors plant.
"The story of Thompson parallels what the people of Flint ... faced," Ashton said in the release.
"Our community is the latest victim. Our goal was to get our message spread globally. We are fighting back."
posted by Clare L. Pieuk at 8:33 AM
2 Comments:
all this is gunna do is , fee up resdents so u can actually have options of whereu want to lve n thompson , aswell as drive rent , mortgags etc down .. aswell as th pollution factor alone ico produces .. lookat the bright sides...
General Motors employs 266000 people worldwide, with operations in Canada, USA, China, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Etc.. The entire company produces 4,357,772 metric tons of Co2 annually. That works out to about 16.38 meric tons per employee per year. Now Vale Inco employs 11,000 people with operations in Canada, Indonesia, and New Caledonia. Their Co2 emissions add up to 229,254 Metric tons per year. This works out to about 20.84 metric tons of Co2 per employee per year. Thats a difference of almost 44,000 metric tons of Co2 per year being emitted into the air. Thanks to Inco. If people need to move away from Thompson for work, so be it. Many people have left their home town to work IN Thompson, and there are plenty of other jobs in Manitoba that are waiting to be filled.
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