Keep the Pressure on Horgan!
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Please Keep the Pressure On Horgan! Continue to Mobilize!
Brave Wet'suwet'en and their supporters continue to hold the line in -30 temps and have kept Coastal Gas Link out of the Yintahs!
Your organizing has been critical to keep the public eye on this situation and to keep the RCMP from moving in on the camps.
And your actions, organizing and fundraisers are still needed. We must keep mobilizing to ensure the Province and Federal Government understand what they are up against.
Email Actions and fundraisers to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Right now John Horgan needs to know he will be politically responsible for carrying out a raid against unarmed land defenders.
Call him, Email him, and Show up to his office!
Phone: (250) 391-2801
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Office: 122 – 2806 Jacklin Road Victoria, BC
See bottom of this email for a sample script.
UPDATES
The Wet'suwet'en Herditary Chiefs are urging diplomacy from John Horgan in this Nation to Nation issue. The premiere still refuses to meet with the Chiefs and is indicating he will support a raid on the camp. Let him know this is unacceptable!
The Hereditary Chiefs have also called for intervention from the UN
The Union of BC Indian Chiefs, BC Civil Liberties Association, British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union, and Professor Margot Young from the UBC Allard School of Law all held a press conference to condemn the RCMP's exclusionary zone.
According to UBCIC Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, “We expect the provincial government and BC RCMP to honour the Supreme Court of Canada’s precedent setting Delgamuukw/Gisday’way case and the United Nations Declaration on the Right of Indigenous Peoples in all their decisions and actions. For Wet’suwet’en people to be denied access to their own territories as a result of a police exclusion zone smacks of outright racism and the colonial-era pass system sanctioned by the so-called rule of law, which our people survived for far too long.”
The BC Civil Liberties Association has filed legal complaints against the RCMP's exclusion zone on behalf of two Wet'suwet'en.
Watch and share this video of RCMP stopping Wet'suwet'en from accessing their own territories.
Articles to Share
Much is being written right now about the struggle that is unfolding, and some journalists have been doing their homework! Check out these articles to learn more and share with your community!
No, those who defend the Wet’suwet’en territory are not criminals The Globe and Mail
Horgan’s Pipeline Push Betrays His Reconciliation Promise The Tyee
‘They are erasing our history’: Indigenous sites buried under Coastal GasLink pipeline infrastructure -The Narwhal
Sample Script for Horgan
"I am writing to let you know that I am appalled at the prospect that you may shortly carry out another violent raid on unceded Wet'suwet'en territories. If you allow this raid to happen I will not vote for you or the NDP ever again. Call off your militarized police and meet the demands of the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs. The whole world is watching you and your government John."
Thank you for your ongoing commitment to this struggle,
Unist'ot'en Solidarity Brigade
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