We were loosing our watersheds to corporate logging and many people were arrested. Neither environmentalist, nor anti-logger, we stood as mother and daughter for the sake of life itself. I refused to sign the undertaking of my release and spent 55 days in jail fasting on broth. We found out that corporations have more rights to water than citizens. Later, I learned that our Ministry of Forest looses so much money that we, the taxpayers, are paying to have our watersheds logged.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
It was a pilgrimage to raise awareness about the conditions of our water and to give a voice to ordinary citizens to walk their talk , and tell their stories. It took seven months and ended in October. Four courageous people walked into Ottawa with me on the last leg of my journey. That same week, ten thousand people gathered for gun control. I set off with a certain measure of innocence, believing we still had plenty of pure water left in Canada.