The Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) released a statement Wednesday calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do everything possible to put a peaceful, but quick end to the railway blockades. The blockades, happening in several locations across the country, are a show of solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en first nation in British Columbia, protesting the construction of the TransCanada Coastal GasLink Pipeline across its land. A growing list of communities across Canada and around the world have taken action to express their concern over the fight to prevent the construction of the TransCanada Coastal GasLink Pipeline across Wet’suwet’en land and, in particular, the actions of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in enforcing a BC Supreme court injunction from December to allow workers toa access the land. The blockades have led to travel disruptions for passenger trains and temporary layoffs of Via Rail and CN railway employees in recent weeks. See full story in the Thursday, Feb. 20 edition of The Record.
Railway blockades: Farmers’ union says an agricultural crisis is on our doorstep
Record Staff
