Statement in Support of Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs

Photo by Irina Ceric

We stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in defence of their unceded, ancestral lands. We condemn the use of heavy-handed police techniques and weaponry to forcibly remove the Wet’suwet’en people and land defenders from the Morice River Forest Service Road. We call on the governments of BC and Canada, the RCMP and Coastal GasLink Pipeline to respect the position taken by the Wet’suwet’en and to engage in meaningful consultation, in accordance with their obligations under Canadian and international law.