Lieutenant Governor Reads Throne Speech As Protestors Gather Outside
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"...Saul Brown, a Wet'suwet'en supporter told the crowd that demonstrators were prepared to be arrested. 'This is a day of reckoning' with Canada's history of colonialism,' he said. 'We must hold our elected officials accountable...let's do better as a nation.' Premier John Horgan cancelled a planned afternoon media availability to discuss the throne speech. The NDP had a regular caucus meeting, but the traditional prorogation of the previous sitting, which involves the lieutenant-governor nodding assent was cancelled.
Organizers say they want to show the government they have the power to shut the country down. 'It will be far costlier for you to force this project through than to revoke the permits from Coastal GasLink,' said Kolin Sutherlland-Wilson, addressing Premier John Horgan. Sutherland-Wilson said demonstrators are demanding the immediate removal of the RCMP officers and Coastal GasLink employees from Wet'suwet'en territory in northern [not] BC. The next step is fair, nation-to-nation consultations between the government and hereditary chiefs, he said.
'What we're asking is that Premier Horgan order the RCMP to stand down immediately and exit the land they're trespassing, and for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to enter into a nation-to-nation engagement with hereditary chiefs who have jurisdiction in Wet'suwet'en territory,' said Derek Menard..."