Supporters gathered around the Human Rights monument in Ottawa on Sunday to support Gauthier along with two other protesters, Delilah Saunders and Jerry Kohlmeister. “Being Labradorians, we’re stubborn and we’re strong, so we don’t believe we can’t win,” Gauthier said in a phone interview Sunday. The three protesters donned face masks as they made their way to Ottawa, their air travel in part funded by a GoFundMe account that has raised more than $9,000. Meanwhile, around 50 protesters remain on the construction site near Happy Valley-Goose Bay after breaking into the grounds Saturday afternoon. For aboriginal populations that rely on fish and seal meat, Gauthier says, the hydro project threatens not only their health but their way of life.

Source: thestar October 23, 2016 23:03 UTC