The chiefs have described the talks as a “first step” as they continue to oppose construction of a natural gas pipeline through their traditional territory. They Wet’suwet’en nation’s traditional leadership refused for days to meet with ministers from the B.C. On Friday, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake — a different organization — proposed sending its own police force, the Kahnawake Peacekeepers, to replace the RCMP on Wet’suwet’en traditional territory. counterpart, Scott Fraser, need to achieve progress in the negotiations before the first ministers from Ottawa and the province would come meet directly with the hereditary chiefs. The chiefs said in a statement Thursday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and B.C.

Source: thestar February 28, 2020 20:01 UTC