Police moved in to clear this indigenous protest blocking a key rail corridor near Belleville, Ontario, Canada. AFP/Lars HagbergOTTAWA: Ontario police moved in on Monday to clear indigenous protesters fighting a new pipeline who have caused major disruptions to the Canadian economy by blocking a key east-west rail artery for nearly three weeks.
"Unfortunately, all avenues to successfully negotiate a peaceful resolution have been exhausted," it said in a statement as the operation to enforce a court injunction got underway. Trudeau on Friday had called the situation"unacceptable and untenable," and said attempts to negotiate an end to the standoff had failed.But the disruptions to rail traffic - the backbone of Canada's transportation system, moving more than Can$250 billion in goods annually - led to supply shortages and job layoffs.
"The barricades had to come down because it was having a profound effect on the economy," Transport Minister Marc Garneau said as he left the meeting. "It's about solidarity among the indigenous people," he said,"because we have that common experience of being dispossessed and disempowered."
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