Letter supports West’suwet’en
PRINCE GEORGE – A First Nations Professor at UNBC has weighed in on the ongoing conflict between the Wet’suwet’en and Coastal Gas link over a natural gas pipeline proposed through their traditional territories.
“I just really needed to do something,” explains Dr. Ross Hoffman. “I was watching the social media feed and, we have a Prime Minister, we have a Premier who have stood up for this project.”
In the letter, Dr. Hoffman writes:
UNBC Faculty and Staff in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs We, the following faculty and staff at the University of Northern British Columbia, are expressing our solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs who have evicted Coastal Gas Link and their employees from their territories. We call on the Government of British Columbia and the Government of Canada, as well as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to respect this eviction that is based on the fact that the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs have never ceded their jurisdiction to the lands they have governed for thousands of years.