Tyendinaga Mohawks stay put despite OPP order to dismantle blockade or face possible charges

Members of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory are seen maintaining a camp next to a railway crossing on Monday, February 24, 2020.Protesters have maintained a blockade that has paralyzed rail shipment in Eastern Canada despite an order from the Ontario Provincial Police to dismantle their demonstration by midnight or face an investigation and possible charges.

The protesters broadcast their own livestream from their side of the site starting shortly before midnight. At its peak about 1,400 people were watching, with dozens of commenters expressing support. The stream shut down just after 1:30 a.m., with the videographer noting that nothing was happening. OPP liaison officers leave after speaking with Tyendinaga Mohawk members at the railway blockade on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020.The potential of police action at Tyendinaga follows a statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday that called for an immediate end to the rail blockades. The railway closures have raised concerns about shortages of critical supplies of everything from propane to water-treatment chemicals and have led to temporary layoffs of nearly 1,500 workers at Via and CN.

The Coastal GasLink pipeline would stretch across 670 kilometres, transporting natural gas to LNG Canada’s $18-billion export terminal, which is under construction in Kitimat, B.C. All 20 elected First Nation councils along the pipeline’s route support the project.

But Vanessa Adams, a spokeswoman for Mr. Miller, said the minister had reached out to the chiefs after Friday’s press conference “and is returning all communications from Chiefs and other representatives.

Drop some job applications on those freeloading wastes of skin. They’ll scatter.

Move over Red rover

Perfect, let the lawless first nations rule the country

Stop pandering to self serving politicians and activists and show some respect for the Wet’suwet’en First Nations community itself

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