Indigenous Activists Are Being Arrested In Canada For Protesting A Pipeline
by Christianna Silva | February 27, 2020 at 4:40 pm
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After weeks of turmoil, the fight for Indigenous land rights in Canada, propelled by TC Energy’s plans to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline, is no closer to a resolution. On Monday (February 24), Canadian police once again attempted to break up a massive blockade near a train crossing in Ontario, where an Indigenous group is currently fighting to stop the pipeline’s advancement onto Wet’suwet’en Nation territory in British Columbia, the New York Times reported. Several people were arrested, and that clash added fuel to an already fiery dispute between Indigenous communities and the Canadian government.
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