Just before dawn, Greenpeace Canada welcomed federal cabinet ministers back to the House of Commons with a fiery demand to reject the Teck Frontier Mine, a controversial new project to massively expand oil extraction in the Alberta tar sands.

Just steps from Parliament Hill, activists set up an installation of a burning planet Earth, complete with real-life flames, while student activist Ashley Torres held a banner with a message for cabinet: “Reject Teck - Rejetez Teck”. The banner features a thunderbird design by Ojibway artist Isaac Murdoch.