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New PEI Pesticide Documentary on January 23 Paradise in Peril Broadcast Date: Jan 23, 2001 CBC Newsworld - Rough Cuts Tuesday, Jan. 23 at 11pm Atlantic Time Repeats Saturday, Jan. 27 at 11 pm Atlantic Time (Check local listings for program times in other regions) The million tourists who flock to Prince Edward Island every summer have no idea they're entering an environmental battle zone. On one side are the farmers who grow world famous P.E.I. potatoes, their identity intricately linked with the land; on the other are those who believe that pesticide use is poisoning a province promoted as a paradise. Amid this charged atmosphere, a new documentary explores competing visions of what Island life is meant to be. Paradise in Peril follows Sharon Labchuk and Vernon Campbell through the 2000 growing season. Potato producer Vernon is one of many farmers under attack for pesticide use. Sharon, a flamboyant environmentalist who once posed in a potato field wearing nothing but a gas mask, spearheads the offensive. Both live in houses perched atop hills surrounded by fields of potatoes. To Vernon, they are fields of dreams. To Sharon, they are a nightmare. Sharon tries to convince Islanders they are living with and abetting environmental abusers and mounts a campaign aimed at scaring tourists. As he tries to grow his crop, Campbell must deal with the public and the provincial environment watchdog looking over his shoulder. In the mid-'90s, thousands of Island fish started turning up dead in streams and rivers. Caused by pesticide runoff from potato fields, the "fish kills" worsened each year changing the way many Islanders looked at farmers. Paradise in Peril is co-produced by Michael R. LeBlanc of CinImage Films (Moncton, N.B.) and Bill Kendrick of Island Images (Summerside, PEI) in association with CBC Newsworld. ===================================== ********************************************************************* Aaron Koleszar <aaronk@isn.net> _____________________________________________________________________ FTAA/Quebec Related Websites OQP (Occupation Quebec Printemps [Spring] ) http://www.oqp2001.org (English, French and Spanish) Anti-Capitalist Convergence (CLAC) http://www.quebec2001.org (English, French and Spanish, Italian, Portugese) http://quebec.indymedia.org (English, French and Spanish) _____________________________________________________________________ The 2000 election has further solidified the grasp of corporate capitalism on the governance of Canada. In what amounts to a virtual dictatorship, the arrogant right wing (Neo)Liberals are poised to continue the wholesale sell-off of Canada to mostly American corporations, as well as tax cuts for the rich, at the expense of the environment, the poor, aboriginals, and other minorities. The "official" opposition - the newly garbed Reform party - will not oppose the NeoLiberal cuts and tax-breaks. They will only force the (Neo)Liberals further to the right. The lopsided election results demonstrate the futility of trying to change our society through traditional electoral politics while we're living in a capitalist economic system where the public is overwhelmingly influenced by mainstream corporate media, and the government is overwhelmingly controlled by transnational corporations. So it is up to us to build the REAL opposition. Opposition in our communities, opposition in the streets. We must build the movement that will place power in the hands of the people instead of the elites. There are many more people being exploited than doing the exploiting. We are very powerful - all we need to do is realize it and get organized! One important step will be the moblization against the FTAA between now and April. See you in Quebec! _____________________________________________________________________ FOR THE REAL NEWS ON PROTESTS AND DIRECT ACTION AGAINST THE WTO IN SEATTLE, THE IMF/WORLD BANK IN WASHINGTON & PRAGUE, G-20 IN MONTREAL, THE FTAA IN QUEBEC, AND OTHER PAST AND FUTURE ACTIONS, VISIT: http://www.indymedia.org - The Independenat Media Center (IMC) THEN FOLLOW THE LINKS TO LOCAL IMCS -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Questions about sust-mar? Problems? Email <sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> Please remember to UNSUBSCRIBE if your email account is changing, or if you are going away. To leave the list, just send email to <majordomo@chebucto.ns.ca> As the text of your message, type only "unsubscribe sust-mar" (without quotes)
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