Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is committed to finding a quick and peaceful resolution to the anti-pipeline blockades that have shut down swaths of the countryB次元官网网址檚 train system and temporarily blocked bridges and highways.

The comments came Monday as Trudeau emerged from a closed-door meeting with members of his cabinet in Ottawa, where the Liberal government has been under growing pressure to end the blockades.

The prime minister, who said he had spoken to a number of premiers and Indigenous leaders, did not offer any specifics on how he and his government plan to deal with the crisis.

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The meeting in Ottawa followed more than a week of protests against a natural-gas pipeline that crosses WetB次元官网网址檚uwetB次元官网网址檈n territory in northern British Columbia and is opposed by the First NationB次元官网网址檚 hereditary chiefs.

Those protests have manifested themselves as blockades on different rail lines across the country that have ground large amounts of passenger and freight traffic to a halt.

Trudeau had been scheduled to travel to Barbados today to try to win Caribbean votes for CanadaB次元官网网址檚 UN Security Council bid, but cancelled the trip at the last minute to deal with the rail blockades.

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