RCMP enforce court injunction against opponents of pipeline construction on Wet’suwet’en territory GlobeBC
RCMP Assistant Commissioner Eric Stubbs, left, and Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Strachan attend a news conference in Surrey, B.C., on Wednesday February 5, 2020 about the enforcement of an injunction where a natural gas pipeline is being built in northern B.C..RCMP have moved in to enforce a court injunction against people who say they are defending the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s traditional territory and opposing pipeline construction in northern British Columbia.
The arrests came hours after RCMP held a news conference to say that officers would soon be enforcing a B.C. Supreme Court order on Dec. 31 that extended an injunction against blockades on a logging road that leads to construction sites for Coastal GasLink’s $6.6-billion pipeline project. RCMP have been “instructed to use the least amount of force that is reasonable to safely arrest a protester,” RCMP assistant commissioner Eric Stubbs said on Wednesday.
"This is not the outcome we wanted. We have made exceptional efforts to resolve this blockade through engagement and dialogue,” Mr. Pfeiffer said in an open letter posted on Coastal GasLink’s website. “Over the past month and over many years, we’ve reached out to the hereditary chiefs, over and over, but to no avail.”
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