“Political activism should not be criminalized”: National chief on anti-pipeline protests

Who should have final approval when it comes to building a pipeline on Wet’suwet’en land? National Chief Perry Bellegarde weighs in.

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22 comments

  1. Go protest in bc go stand out in the bush where the pipeline is dont hold all Canadains hostsge with illegal blockades

  2. I appreciate Evan actually citing how much support the pipeline actually has. Too little mainstream is doing that. If this little disagreement can keep First Nations from being able to represent themselves, I question if they actually need a national chief.

  3. They don’t transport there illegal cigarettes on trains or there would be no blockades on the railroad tracks

  4. Blockades are an act of war under international law, using violence {blockades} especially against civilians {all Canadians} in the pursuit of political aims. {they dont like the outcome in BC} is defined as — dink dink dink TERRORISM!!!

  5. That’s a really disingenuous statement. I think we should always make attempts to resolve problems like this in a civil way, but there is also authority to enforce the law in this instance.

    We cannot continue to simply give concessions to First Nations. At some point they need to understand that we live in 2020 and these blockades won’t actually make an improvement for Canada.

  6. Seth Lefort, leader of rail blockade outside of Belleville. Arrested by the Six Nations Band police. Called a drug dealer by the Chief of the Six Nations. Zero credibility, and this is who the Minister went to meet, and the OPP refuse to arrest. Perfect trifecta of zero credibility.

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