Thread by @dogwoodbc

Hard to imagine a more backwards and despicable act than flying RCMP into #Wetsuweten territory to raid Indigenous pipeline opponents while 17,000 people are forced out of their homes by a climate disaster. #bcpoli

The dispute over the #CoastalGasLink fracked gas pipeline has simmered for years.

The public safety minister pulled the trigger on this raid now, precisely because most people in southern B.C. are distracted by basic survival – and cannot travel there in support.

The politicians will hide behind the RCMP and the corporation, as they always do, by saying they don't 'direct' the police on tactics.

But the government created this entire situation – by giving $5 billion in subsidies to foreign gas companies to build the "LNG Canada" project.

The government created this situation by subsidizing fracking companies to create a supply of methane to feed the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

And they authorized two previous RCMP raids on #Wetsuweten territory, despite UNDRIP legislation and negotiations with hereditary chiefs.

The economics of LNG Canada have deteriorated since the consortium's final investment decision in 2018. The pipeline has faced delays and cost overruns that jeopardize the whole project.

And it is indefensible on climate grounds.

This project should be cancelled.

Instead, the B.C. government is planning another militarized raid, to try to clear the pipeline route and crush opposition once and for all.

Don't let them off the hook. Call your NDP member of the legislature today and give them hell.

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