Indigenous Peoples

20/02/20
Author: 
Bruce McIvor
BC Legislature and 'We Stand with Wet'suwet'en' sign
February 20, 2020
 

Canada has reached a watershed moment.

Will it continue to bulldoze Indigenous rights in the name of resource exploitation and jobs and profits for the few, or it will renounce its colonialist past and strike out on the path of respect, collaboration and partnership with Indigenous people?

20/02/20
Author: 
Vancouver And District Labour Council
FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT TO THE SITUATION ON WET’SUWET’EN TERRITORY

The following statement was adopted at the February 18, 2020, regular meeting. 

The Vancouver and District Labour Council is alarmed by the ongoing conflict taking place on the Wet’suwet’en territory. While the recent discussions between the Provincial Government and the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs was a hopeful development, it unfortunately did not lead to a resolve of the dispute.

20/02/20
Author: 
Nick Martin
No Pipeline sign - Jason Hargrove/Flickr Creative Commons
February 17, 2020
 

Protests have brought rail travel in Canada to a standstill and introduced the fight against Coastal GasLink to the broader public.
 

20/02/20
Author: 
Brent Patterson
Molly Wickham - Sleydo’
December 23, 2019
 

The Wet’suwet’en Nation is opposed to a fracked gas pipeline crossing their territory in British Columbia without their free, prior and informed consent.

To assert their sovereignty over their territory and stop surveying and construction activities related to the pipeline, the Unist’ot’en and Gidimt’en clans of the Wet’suwet’en Nation established two checkpoints on key roadways on their lands.

20/02/20
Author: 
Eugene Kung, Staff Lawyer
'Raise a Paddle' water ceremony near TMX Westridge terminal, 2017 (E.Kung)
February 19, 2020

The saga surrounding the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker expansion project (TMX) saw two major developments this month.

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