Ministers wrap pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs for the day in B.C.

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The hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en sat down Thursday with senior government ministers to discuss a pipeline dispute that has caused protests across the country, shutting down freight and passenger rail services.

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Federal Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett and British Columbia Indigenous Relations Minister Scott Fraser began the long-sought talks in the late afternoon and wrapped after about three hours, with a plan to resume Friday morning.

"We are so close and have called on the provincial and federal governments to support this de-escalation of activities so that this issue can be resolved." Fraser understands the community's governance issues and Bennett represents the Crown in Canada, so the best way forward is for them to be at the table, he said.

Bonnie George, a former Coastal GasLink employee who describes herself as a Wet'suwet'en matriarch, handed out a statement that she attributed to the Wet'suwet'en people. The dispute over the Coastal GasLink pipeline project has been raging for months, but entered a new phase on Dec. 31, 2019, when the B.C. Supreme Court granted the company an injunction calling for the removal of any obstructions from any roads, bridges or work sites it has been authorized to use in Wet'suwet'en territory.

The rookie MP said he was asking on behalf of a constituent who sent him an email after a handful of protesters in the Belleville area lit fires near and on railway tracks the day before -- actions that were denounced by Trudeau.

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These are not chiefs and do not represent the will of the Wetsuwetan nation

How many people have taken the time to research the cost of indigenous subsidies, reconciliation, land give always etc. All paid by the tax payer. We have very weak willed politicians and senior bureaucrats. Canada a two class of citizens country.

Looks like a nice bunch.

Screw hereditary title, Canada chose democracy in 1867 and Native people deserve the right to be freed from this archaic, non-democratic system

Are the fakefive going to ask the terrorist Mohawks to remove their blockades as a sign of good will? The Mohawks said they were waiting for word from the fakefive Lets hear those words!

Oh who are the chiefs for tomorrow?

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