The day before Earth Day, 50,000 people demonstrated in the streets of Montreal to send a message to the provincial and ferderal government, "No to the Enbridge and Trans-Canada pipelines." In the months leading up to April 21, no fewer than 10 oil spills (leaking pipelines and derailments of trains carrying crude oil) occurred in North America, 57% were from the oil sands industry and represents 25,999 barrels spilled.