Why is Greenpeace investing its resources travelling from coast to coast to harass book publishers at their NYC o ces, instead of visiting the communities directly aected by their campaign of misinformation?

Greenpeace claims they “want to talk to the workers who know the conditions on the ground best, [and] the men and women in the forest industry must be at the discussion table.”

But many thousands of citizens across Canada’s boreal region have reached out to Greenpeace. They have expressed their concerns by phone, on social media, during large public demonstrations, as well as through letters and direct mail initiatives. They asked Greenpeace to stop campaigns that misinform the public and threaten the livelihood of their communities.

How did Greenpeace respond to that avalanche of heartfelt appeals about the real harm they have caused? The answer is simple: They ignored them.

Below are just some of the boreal communities directly impacted by Greenpeace’s misinformation campaign targeting Resolute Forest Products. Will Greenpeace muster the integrity to visit these communities any time soon? We aren’t holding our breath.

Alma, QC La Doré, QC Poplar Hill First Nation Amos, QC La Tuque, QC Port-Cartier, QC Animbiigoo Zaagi’igan Anishinaabek Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation Rainy River First Nation Armstrong, ON Lac La Croix First Nation Rainy River, ON Atikokan, ON Lac Seul First Nation Red Rock Indian Band Attawapiskat First Nation Larouche, QC Roberval, QC Baie-Comeau, QC L'Assomption, QC Saguenay, QC Bégin, QC Lebel-sur-Quévillon, QC Saint-David-de-Falardeau, QC Big Grassy First Nation Les Innus de Pessamit Saint-Félicien, QC Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay) Les Outardes, QC Saint-Fulgence, QC Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek (Sand Point) Long Lake #58 First Nation Saint-Honoré, QC Binjitawaabek Zaaging Anishinabek MacDiarmid, ON Saint-Ludger-de-Milot, QC Chapleau Cree First Nation Maniwaki, QC Saint-Prime, QC Chapleau Ojibwe First Nation Mashteuiatsh Saint-Thomas-Didyme, QC Château Richer, QC Matagami First Nation Sandy Lake, ON Chibougamau, QC Mcdowel Lake First Nation Saugeen Anishinaabeg First Nation Clermont, QC Migisi Sahgaigan Sault Ste. Marie, ON Cochrane, ON Mishkeegogamang First Nation Savant Lake, ON Couchiching First Nation Missanabi Cree First Nation Seine River First Nation Deer Lake First Nation Mitaanjigaming (Stanjikoming) First Nation Senneterre, QC Devlin, ON Murillo, ON Shawinigan, QC Dolbeau-Mistassini, QC Muskrat Dam First Nation Shoal Lake #39 Dorion, ON Naicatchewenin First Nation Shoal Lake #40 Dryden, ON Namaygoosisagagun First Nation Sioux Lookout, ON Eabametoong First Nation Naongashing First Nation Sioux Narrows, ON Eagle Lake First Nation Naotkamegwanning First Nation (Whitesh Bay) Slate Falls First Nation Emo, ON Neebing, ON Takwa Tagamou First Nation English River, ON Neskantaga First Nation Temagami First Nation Forestville, QC Nibinimik First Nation Thunder Bay, ON Fort Albany First Nation Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation Timmins, ON Fort Frances, ON Nipigon, ON Trois-Rivières, QC Fort William First Nation Normandin, QC Upsala, ON Girardville, QC North Caribou Lake First Nation Val-d'Or, QC Grand-Mère, QC North Spirit Lake First Nation Vermilion Bay, ON Gull Bay, ON Northwest Angle First Nation Wahgoshig First Nation Hearst, ON Obedjiwan, QC Wahnapetae First Nation Hudson, ON Ochichagwe'Babigo'Ining (Dalles) Wapakeka First Nation Ignace, ON Onigaaming First Nation Waubaskang First Nation Kakabeka Falls, ON Pays Plat First Nation Wawakapewin First Nation Kashechewan First Nation Petit-Saguenay, QC Webique First Nation Keewaywin First Nation Pic Mobert First Nation Whitesand First Nation Kenora, ON Pic River First Nation Wunamin First Nation Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (Big Trout Lake) Pickle Lake, ON Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg Pikanjigum First Nation “I invited the director of Greenpeace Quebec – I won’t name him – to come visit us, and to give me just 24 hours’ notice. I told him, ‘We won’t change a thing in the mill’s operations, I’ll show you anything you want to see. I’ll go with you.’ But I never heard back. ”

- Ghislain Laprise, Mill Employee & Union President, La Doré, Quebec

“Greenpeace, in our view, is an environmental group that goes to the extreme, that doesn’t seek a balance between conservation and forest management.”

-Jack Picard, Band Council Member Innu Nation of Pessamit, Quebec

“The demands by Greenpeace are terrible. They are spreading misinformation and... jeopardizing the economy in northern Ontario. Greenpeace and the environmental groups have never asked us our thoughts on the land and the forests.”

-Mayor Dennis Brown Town of Atikokan, Ontario

“One of our biggest concerns about environmental groups is that they seem to take a notion that they speak on behalf of First Nations communities and it’s our contention that they really have to understand [the industries and] how the industry is assisting our First Nation community and providing meaningful employment.”

-Chief Wilfred N. King Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay First Nation)