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The B.C. Supreme Court grants Coastal GasLink an Injunction
The B.C. Supreme Court grants Coastal GasLink an injunction calling for the removal of any obstructions including cabins and gates on any roads, bridges or work sites the company has been authorized to use. -
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Overall Timeline
Arguments in Support of the Pipeline: https://www.coastalgaslink.com/sustainability/indigenous-relations/ Arguments Against:
https://stand.earth/resources/coastal-gaslink-dangerous-project-violates-indigenous-rights/#:~:text=Transporting%20LNG%20through%20the%20Coastal,%2C%20ecological%2C%20and%20economic%20importance. -
The Wet’suwet’en serve an eviction notice
The Wet’suwet’en First Nation serves Coastal GasLink with an eviction notice, telling the company workers are “currently trespassing” on their unceded territory. -
BC government appoints NDP MP as Liaison
The British Columbia government appoints former New Democrat MP Nathan Cullen as a provincial liaison with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in the LNG pipeline dispute. -
Meetings between the two parties begin
The hereditary chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en agree to seven days of meetings with the province. -
The meetings fail.
The talks that were intended to de-escalate the dispute fail after just two days. -
The RCMP move in to Wet’suwet’en territory
The RCMP move in to Wet’suwet’en territory to enforce the court injunction that would have allowed construction work to resume. A handful of pipeline opponents are arrested. Hours later, outside of Belleville, Ont., east of Toronto, protesters start holding up railway traffic in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs. -
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Via Rail Protest Begins
Via Rail halts service along one of its busiest routes because of the Belleville-area blockade. All travel between Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal is cancelled. Canadian National Railway obtains a court injunction to end a demonstration by members of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville. Protesters also begin disruptions at ports in Vancouver and Delta, B.C. These protests prompted some hostility from commuters who were interrupted.