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Coastal Gaslink
Trudeau says rail barricades ‘unacceptable’
Feb 21, 2020 | 3:13 PM
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the barricades on rail lines has led to a situation that is unacceptable and untenable.
Speaking in Ottawa today, Trudeau says that after two weeks, the barricades have to come down.
Trudeau is facing pressure from several premiers after they held a conference call with him last night.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he made it clear to the prime minister that the blockades are having devastating effects on people across the country.
The blockades have been erected by the supporters of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, who oppose a Coastal GasLink pipeline being built across their traditional lands in northern B-C.
