As well, the role of politicians in police operations has caused some confusion
As federal cabinet members held an emergency meeting in Ottawa Monday to discuss protests that have brought parts of Canada’s railway to a halt, the heads of policing associations defended their hands-off approach and said they’re hoping for a political solution.
“If we enforce the law … we’re criticized often for being too aggressive,” said Tom Stamatakis, president of the Canadian Police Association. “On the other hand, if we don’t enforce the law … then we’re criticized for not enforcing the law.”
“We’re in effectively what’s a no-win situation,” Stamatakis told the Post.
Protests have erupted across the country in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who reject Coastal GasLink’s proposed pipeline, which would run 670 kilometres from the Dawson Creek, B.C., area through to Kitimat, B.C. While many of the elected band councils along the route have signed onto the $6.6-billion project, the hereditary chiefs, who claim some 22,000 square kilometres of the British Columbia interior as their own, object.
Tyler Dawson – National Post – February 17, 2020.
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