B.C. human rights commissioner asks Ottawa to halt pipeline project

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British Columbia's human rights commissioner has called on Canada to stop building a contentious natural gas pipeline until the affected Indigenous groups consent to the construction.

Kasari Govender said she believes Canada is shirking its obligations as a signatory to the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The company said Saturday that the project is approved, permitted and under construction today by more than 1,000 workers, including many Indigenous people from across the North. "I believe that this represents the beginning of a genuine transition to a consent-based decision making in regard to Indigenous land rights and Indigenous human rights," he said.

"This is my home. Seeing our neighbours violently removed from their territory last year, we don't want the same thing to happen here," she said. "Canada's whole system is racist and stacked against us -- the government, the courts, and the police." The order stamped Tuesday by the B.C. Supreme Court registry addresses members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation and their supporters who say the Coastal GasLink project has no authority without consent from the five hereditary clan chiefs.

These included that the police refrain from enforcing an injunction order until nation-to-nation talks can occur with the provincial and federal governments to address infringements to Wet'suwet'en rights and title.

 

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Enough is enough with these special interest groups.

SUNNS902 Hopefully both sides can get together and solve problem and get Western oil to Market! Very serious matter and starting to divide our great country! Let’s have real leadership on both sides this old Senior would like to see!

Why? Does yaniv want to shave his nuts on it or something?

Maybe the UN should tell people to obey the court decision and stop causing trouble?

Maybe he needs to reconsider and think about more than his tiny back yard.

Abolish human rights commissions. They do not represent 'human rights' at all.

BC Human Rights Commissioner should shut their mouth and respect the law.

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