{"id":28223,"date":"2020-01-15T14:59:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T19:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=28223"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:01:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T20:01:37","slug":"greenpeace-canada-solidarity-statement-with-wetsuweten-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/28223\/greenpeace-canada-solidarity-statement-with-wetsuweten-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Canada solidarity statement with Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en people"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Chief
Chief Na\u2019Moks, Hereditary Chief of the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en.\n\nThousands gather in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, for Indigenous-led “Protect the Inlet” mass mobilization against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

15 January 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Federal and provincial support for the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline violates Indigenous rights and fuels the climate emergency by pouring more gas on a burning planet<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Vancouver – Greenpeace Canada stands in solidarity with the Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en people, Unist\u2019ot\u2019en Camp and Gitdumt\u2019en Checkpoint defending their lands and waters against the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline and other unwanted and dangerous pipeline projects. <\/p>\n\n

The Coastal Gaslink Pipeline project is an unwelcome encroachment on Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en lands and lacks the consent of Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en hereditary chiefs<\/a>, putting it in violation of the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). <\/p>\n\n

The Trudeau and Horgan governments have endorsed UNDRIP and committed to Indigenous reconciliation and climate action. Pushing this pipeline through Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en territory without consent is a clear violation of international human rights law. The U.N. and B.C.\u2019s independent Human Rights Commissioner have voiced their alarm<\/a> at this violation and the escalating threat of violence against Indigenous Peoples.\u00a0 Approving this new fossil fuel megaproject will also jeopardize provincial and federal climate plans by generating massive amounts of carbon pollution at a time when Canada is already failing to meet its emissions-reduction targets.<\/p>\n\n

We call on the B.C. and federal governments to withdraw their police forces immediately, respect the <\/strong>recent recommendations<\/strong><\/a> of the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, uphold their own UNDRIP and climate obligations and return to peaceful negotiations with Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en hereditary leadership.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

For more information, please contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Loujain Kurdi, Communications Officer, Greenpeace Canada<\/p>\n\n

loujain.kurdi@greenpeace.org<\/a>; +1 514-577-6657
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