Band councils are responsible for reserves, traditional chiefs claim authority over larger territory
Anti-pipeline protesters from the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory just east of Belleville, Ont., continue their blockade that has forced CN Rail to shut down its network east of Toronto. Protesters say the blockade is in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in B.C. who oppose the Coastal GasLink pipeline project which would partially run through their traditional territory.
Does that mean, however, that all the Wet’suwet’en people oppose the pipeline?
In the House of Commons on Tuesday, Andrew Scheer stressed that his Conservative Party stands in support of the project “with the elected councillors of the Wet’suwet’en” Nation and that “the vast majority of of the Wet’suwet’en people” also approve of the pipeline.
But it’s not as clear-cut as Scheer suggests. We answer some of the questions at the root of the dispute.
Who along the route supports the project?
CBC News – Feb 19, 2020.
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