Hundreds rally in Vancouver in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en land defenders
A rally involving hundreds of demonstrators took place Sunday afternoon at Vancouver City Hall in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation.
A number of people spoke and performed at the rally, including Audrey Siegel of the Musqueam Nation; Kukpi7 Judy Wilson of the Neskonlith Indian Band and secretary-treasurer of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs; the B.C. Civil Liberties Association’s executive director Harsha Walia; Jolene Andrews; Lorelei Williams of Butterflies in Spirit; and Naia Lee.
A day earlier, protesters blockaded all three entrances to the Port of Vancouver, in a bid to put pressure on politicians and financially squeeze resource-extraction companies. It was the third day of blockades at the port. As a result, Mounties arrested 11 people Saturday who allegedly barricaded themselves in a warming centre at the 27-kilometre mark of the Morice West Forest Service Road. Those arrested are accused of breaching a court injunction related to opposition to the 670-km pipeline project that crosses Wet’suwet’en traditional territory near Smithers, located more than 1,100 km northwest of Vancouver.
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