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Defend Eisner Wetland (Direct Action)
Launches in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia - August 13, 2022

• Petition to the Nova Scotia Government with respect to Bill 63: Housing in the Halifax Regional Municipality Act
  Please print, collect signatures, then return to the address at the bottom of the petition.
  Background information supporting our petition
  
  pdf — 2 pages
  October, 2022
• #Dejavu: The Province + aNother BackRoom Deal
  This time with its BFF #ClaytonDevelopments. A shady identity swap from Public Land to Private + Bargain Basement pricing of #EisnerCove. Truth Bomb on Business-As-Usual Corruption in Nova Scotia
  
  TikTok
  53sec
  August 25, 2022
• email: defend.eisner.cove.wetland@gmail.com
• Resources

• August 15, 2022 — Defend Eisner Wetland Press Release
• Dangerous Confrontation Day 1
  August 15, 2022 Defend Eisner Wetland UPDATE
• August 15, 2022 Press Release
  Protect Our Southdale Wetlands Society responds to dangerous, heavy equipment harassment earlier today.
• August 18, 2022 Press Release
  "Stop-And-Swap" proposed by Defend Eisner Wetland group. Work has temporarily stopped, Occupational Health and Safety are investigating, group notes there are better locations to develop.
  Friday, August 19, 10am-12pm Defend Eisner Wetland will support the Protect Our Southdale Wetland Society Rally outside the offices of Clayton Developments at 255 Lacewood Drive in Halifax.
• The Nova Scotia Land Exchange Policy
  "Stop and Swap" was revised April 1, 2008 April
  
  pdf: 9 pages

Defend Eisner Wetland Media Reports:

• Statement of Support from Ecology Action Centre:
  "We don't need to choose between affordable housing and the protection of our natural environment. Ecology Action Centre condemns the destruction of the Eisner Cove Wetland and the violence against peaceful protesters brought on by the Province, Clayton Developments and the Halifax Regional Police.
  September 7, 2022
• Halifax police arrest four people defending Eisner Cove wetland from development
  
  Zane Woodford, Halifax Examiner
  September 6, 2022
• Police arrest four people at environmental protest in Dartmouth
  Protesters tried to block tree-clearing machinery near Eisner Cove, Elliot Page speaks out in defence of the wetlands
  
  Jen Taplin, Saltwire
  September 6, 2022
• 4 people arrested after clash with police at Dartmouth development site
  Protesters want to prevent a housing project from proceeding at Eisner Cove
  
  Victoria Welland, CBC
  September 6, 2022
• "Stop and Swap"
  "I do think there are solutions if we get a little creative." Stop + Swap has been done elsewhere. "It's not really a question of should we have houses or should we have a wetland. The question is really, "'How can we get both?'" - Susan Van Iderstine.
  Suzanne Rent, Halifax Examiner
  August 19, 2022
• A very close call:
  "I moved to block one of the machines because I thought if I stand in front of it, he'll stop because that's what normal people do. But he didn't stop, he came right for me" - Susan Van Iderstine. A security guard pulled her away to safety at the last second.
  Paul Palmeter , CBC
  August 17, 2022

• N.S. housing advocates worry slated development on Eisner Cove won't be affordable. "You have environmental versus affordable housing, but it doesn't have to be that way" - Freyja Beattie, an affordable housing advocate with ACORN Canada
  Graeme Benjamin, Global News
  video 1:51 + story
  August 16, 2022
• More: Protest against development on N.S. wetland turned dangerous
  
  Alicia Daus and Alex Cooke, Global News
  August 16, 2022
• Shocking turn of events:
  #ProtectEisnerWetland protesters harassed by heavy equipment in Dartmouth today. It's a wonder no one was seriously hurt. Is this what you call #BusinessAsUsual @TimHoustonNS @NS_DMAH @GeoffMacLellan @HousingNS @Perkinsisit @hfxplanning @johnlohrpc?
  
  Alicia Daus, Global News
  video 2:08
  August 15, 2022