The protesters, who say they are blocking the rail lines in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in British Columbia, refuse to identify themselves. Their actions have interrupted rail service for suburban commuters and for Via Rail travellers between Montreal and Quebec City.“The cause is much bigger than individuals,” one protester who declined to give his name said Thursday night. “Our identities are anecdotal; we are here to listen to the Wet’suwet’en.
Countrywide protests and blockades followed a move by the RCMP to enforce a court injunction earlier this month against the hereditary chiefs and their supporters, who had been obstructing an access road to a Coastal GasLink work site. Twenty-eight people were arrested, including one hereditary chief.
Quebec Premier Francois Legault told reporters he will leave it to police to enforce the injunction, but he hopes the blockade will be removed “rapidly.”“We need these tracks for transporting cargo, to avoid job losses, to avoid losses for companies,” he said. “The law has to be respected, and obviously I hope it is done in an orderly fashion.”
What a mess. Hope they clean up when they're done.
March 15th the CRA wants our first instalment, maybe we should make them wait the amount of time we wait for the train service to return
At least they admitted they couldn't care less about the Wetsu’wet’en First Nation community itself and that they have an environmental agenda More than can be said for most of the lowlifes exploiting this
These people aren't native. ... arrest them
Montreal needs to take a lesson from Alberta’s good ol’ boys.
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