Climate repression in Canada

In the early hours of 22 October two environmental activists scaled the Jacques-Cartier bridge in Montreal, a vast steel structure over 340 feet tall and 9,000 feet long. The third busiest bridge in Canada and primary point of access to the island, the crossing was shut down for several hours. The activists' demands were simple; that the Canadian federal government endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and close the polluting Enbridge Line 9B pipeline which runs through Quebec.

‘This action, to me, was a way to show people that we are able to take back the power [and] to send a message to the government that we can decide as a society what is good for us,’ explains Jacob Pirro, one of the climbers.