Wet'suwet'en Strong

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What is happening?

This land has been inherited by the Wet’suwet’en people for thousands of years. The Wet’suwet’en community is led by chiefs representing 5 clans, and 13 house groups.

The natural gas company- Coastal GasLink (subsidiary of TransCanada, owns Keystone XL Pipeline) is building a pipeline crossing through Wet’suwet’en land. The Wet'suwet'en People have authority over that land and never consented to the project - it will damage their traditional land and the wildlife there.

Isn’t the government and legislative officals taking care of this issue?

This highlights the deeper issue between indigenous communities and the Canadian government that has not yet been resolved. Indigenous law isn't being upheld or respected leading to the Canadian government to approve of the land being used for the pipeline despite it being ‘legally occupied’ by the Wet'suwet'en peoples

There is strong and vocal opposition to the pipeline from the Wet'suwet'en chiefs. There have been protests and an uproar in many cities across Canada and even the world. Yet Canadian legislative officials, TC Energy, RCMP (Royal Canadian Mountain Police) and all the banks and companies that support the Coastal GasLink pipeline are not stopping. RCMP even arrested Wet’suwet’en members when they were in the path of pipeline construction.

Timeline of Arrests

Jan 2019 - police arrested 14 people at a Wet’suwet’en camp

Feb 6th 2020 - police went to Wet’suwet’en land and raided it for 5 days - 30 people arrested

Supreme Court says police have power to remove Wet’suwet’en people to make way for pipeline construction but civil rights groups say this isn't legally justifiable.

April 2020 - due to court rulings that the pipeline went against the Endangered Species Act so it has set back the building of it

PRESSURE THE GOVERNMENT

Tell Canada and British Columbia to uphold Indigenous rights. Call the relevant

Provincial and Federal Ministers⁠

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Look up your MP! ⁠

Write, call, and contact them on social media.

How is this related to the environment?

The pipeline will damage land and environment with construction. It will also pollute the waterways with chemicals leaching into rivers.

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