Jane Fonda takes on 'big oil' in Vancouver: 'Arrest me, I don't care'

Source: CBC News

Actress and activist Jane Fonda is adding her star power to the anti-oilsands pipeline movement in B.C.

The star of Netflix comedy series Grace and Frankie is in Vancouver for Greenpeace's Toast the Coast event on Saturday, celebrating Canada's coastline and raising awareness of the environmental issues surrounding oil drilling and pipelines.

... Q: What do you make of the response from your government and our government to this?

A: I'm frankly appalled. I'm just appalled.

My president, who I voted for, and who I admire — and who has done some very good things for the environment in the past — by giving Shell permission to drill in the Arctic has undone all the good he did.

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