Protests in support of Indigenous hereditary chiefs who oppose a major pipeline project flared across Canada for a fifth day on Tuesday, disrupting British Columbia’s legislature and forcing the cancellation of dozens of commuter and freight trains. I’m willing to do this as long as it takes,” said Sampson, who has Gitxsan and Wet’suwet’en heritage. However, the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs say the council established by the Indian Act only has authority over reserve lands. The hereditary chiefs assert title to a vast 22,000-square-kilometre area because they have never signed a treaty ceding their traditional territories. Horgan has said the pipeline is of vital economic and social importance to northern B.C.

Source: National Post February 11, 2020 18:21 UTC