Demonstrations in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs have stretched into three weeks.
Protesters stand next to the tracks as a CN train moves through Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, near Belleville, Ont., on Feb. 26, 2020.
“The blockades obviously need to end for the sake of our economy and the disruption of people’s lives,” Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith told HuffPost Canada. Federal engagement is not the obstacle in the way of a resolution, he said. Protests have been organized with the hashtag #ShutDownCanada in response to the RCMP enforcing an injunction against Wet’suwet’en Nation members earlier this month blocking pipeline construction along the proposed route.
Toronto MP Julie Dzerowicz stressed that a fast resolution is key to stopping “copycat” issues from popping up across the country. Protesters gather in the streets of Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2020 in support of a small group fighting construction of a natural gas pipeline on indigenous lands in British Columbia.
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