Significant hardening in the government's position today on blockades. Prime Minister @JustinTrudeau says "All Canadians are paying the price" and "Barriers need to come down now." #cdnpoli
@JustinTrudeau Trudeau is now documenting all of the government's efforts to reach out to indigenous leaders and engage. "We repeated our calls for collaboration. We showed respect" notes RCMP are standing down partially on Wet'suwet'en territory #cdnpoli
@JustinTrudeau Trudeau says the Canadians who are feeling the impact of these blockades are running out of patience #cdnpoli
@JustinTrudeau PM Trudeau, 2 kinds of protests:
1. Those that come from historic grievances by indigenous people who have not had their rights respected
2. Other protests that "use or engage with indigenous protests to call out a particular project" that is deeply felt but do not stem from #1
1. Those that come from historic grievances by indigenous people who have not had their rights respected
2. Other protests that "use or engage with indigenous protests to call out a particular project" that is deeply felt but do not stem from #1
@JustinTrudeau "Every attempt has been made"
@JustinTrudeau #BREAKING PM @JustinTrudeau says they will not continue inviting dialogue if that invitations are not accepted. "The barricades must now come down. The injunctions must be obeyed and the law must be upheld." #cdnpoli
@JustinTrudeau "Hurting Canadian families from coast to coast to coast does nothing to advance reconciliation" says PM Trudeau. Reiterates govt commitment to reconciliation #cdnpoli
@JustinTrudeau PM asked what if enforcement results in another Oka. Trudeau says that's why they didn't go with calls to use force to enforce injunctions right away. But the onus is now on indigenous leaders "the onus is on them. We will be there to discuss but the barricades must come down"
@JustinTrudeau The government is clearly signalling to police. So the question now is do the barricades come down at the hands of indigenous leaders, or do police take them down and what's the timeline on that? #cdnpoli
@JustinTrudeau Trudeau abt path forward in terms of possibilities for police action. Trudeau says federal govt does not order police on operational action. "As a federal govt we have exhausted our ability to engage in a positive, substantive, active way... onus now on indigenous leadership
@JustinTrudeau Trudeau is asked if he will offer meeting to hereditary chiefs. PM responds there have been various requests from indigenous chiefs. Notes RCMP offer to change posture "and yet that has not unlocked the end to the barricades that we had hoped it would be." #cdnpoli
@JustinTrudeau PM signals 3 things:
1. Ready for police action
2. Pressure on indigenous leaders to remove barricades so fed govt or police don't.
3. Isolate those at the barricades as fringe not mainstream - acknowledge indigenous concerns on reconciliation but recast others as"using" protests
1. Ready for police action
2. Pressure on indigenous leaders to remove barricades so fed govt or police don't.
3. Isolate those at the barricades as fringe not mainstream - acknowledge indigenous concerns on reconciliation but recast others as"using" protests
@JustinTrudeau Trudeau rules out any possibility of using the Canadian Army to break up the barricades "you don't use the army against civilians" #cdnpoli
@JustinTrudeau Trudeau: My message is injunctions must be obeyed. Barricades must come down... but we must be able to continue on this path of reconciliation that is not and will never be easy but requires a trust that must be built on positive actions
@JustinTrudeau PM says he hopes indigenous leaders will listen in next hours and day - that's the closest we've heard to a timeline #cdnpoli
