Protests against a new pipeline spread across Canada

Brut America

They've been fighting against a pipeline project on their lands for several weeks. Protests are now spreading across Canada in support of the Wet'suwet'en people.

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00:00It's too bad this has to be the last route to do it, but this is the route we have to

01:42For those bands that have signed agreements when they don't have the authority to sign

02:00the agreements, they've played the game that the province and Canada have played for years.

02:06With the Wet'suwet'en Nation, their hereditary chiefs are the authority.

02:11No one else can make deals.

02:13No one else can speak for them.

02:41We are a country that recognizes the right to protest, but we are a country of the rule

02:48of law, and we will ensure that everything is done to resolve this through dialogue and

02:56constructive outcomes.

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