This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Protesters stand next to the tracks as a CN train moves through Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, near Belleville, Ont., on Wednesday Feb. 26, 2020, as they protest in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the LNG pipeline in northern British Columbia.
“In our law, we can’t do that,” he said. “We can’t tell another sovereign nation what to do and we would not expect them to do that to us.” In a video posted on the Real People’s Media website, demonstrators in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ont., were shown standing on rail tracks as a CN Rail train approached, then jumping out of the way at the last second.Ontario Provincial Police said a handful of protesters also lit fires near and on railway tracks at a secondary camp that remained in place after a raid on another, larger blockade earlier this week.
His comments, which came as protesters on the Mohawk territory south of Montreal reinforced a blockade that has been in place since Feb. 8, were rejected by the First Nation, which stressed the demonstration is a peaceful one.
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