Respectful discussion, not intrusion into politiciansB次元官网网址� offices and homes, is the way to resolve the railway blockades that are increasingly affecting the Canadian economy, B.C. Premier John Horgan said Thursday.
Efforts by B.C. and federal Indigenous relations ministers to meet with dissident WetB次元官网网址檚uwetB次元官网网址檈n hereditary chiefs opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline have been rebuffed so far, but they will continue, Horgan told reporters as he prepared for the latest conference call with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Those efforts resulted in the removal of the CN Rail blockade at New Hazelton on Feb. 14, but a blockade at Belleville, Ont. and others popping up around the country in sympathy with pipeline opponents continued Thursday. The opposing WetB次元官网网址檚uwetB次元官网网址檈n chiefs headed east to visit with their Mohawk supporters in Ontario, and have not responded to a series of invitations, Horgan told reporters at the B.C. legislature.
A call with provincial and territorial premiers Wednesday focused on the economic consequences of more blockades, which have targeted bridges and Metro Vancouver transit as well as key national rail corridors, Horgan said.
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B次元官网网址淚n B.C. the rail operators have sought and been granted injunctions, and the assumption is that law enforcement will enforce those as required,B次元官网网址� Horgan said. B次元官网网址淪o in British Columbia those operators are at a place where they can anticipate they can conduct their affairs. Not so in Ontario currently, and that I believe is the focus of most of the prime ministerB次元官网网址檚 and the federal governmentB次元官网网址檚 concern.B次元官网网址�
Premier reluctantly discusses blockade at his home, not wanting it to get attention
B次元官网网址� Tom Fletcher (@tomfletcherbc)
Disruptions of daily life extended to HorganB次元官网网址檚 home Tuesday, as a small group calling themselves Extinction Rebellion Vancouver Island took their tactics beyond downtown Victoria streets.
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In Vancouver, pipeline opponents have blocked port facilities and occupied federal MP and MLA offices, including that of B.C. Attorney General David Eby, harassing staff and in one case dancing on desks.
tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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