About 100 Indigenous people and activist groups gathered in front of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police station of Montreal last Sunday to show support to the anti-pipeline presence in Wet’suwet’en territory.
Alex Tyrrell, leader of the Green Party of Quebec was among the crowd of supporters.
“Canada is still a colonial...
I strongly condemn the RCMP blockade of the Wet’suwet’en traditional territory in BC and the colonial system that resulted in this unjust injunction which is a huge step backwards for reconciliation in Canada. I call on PM Justin Trudeau to personally intervene in order to call off this RCMP...
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- Last Day on The West Coast -
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Alex Tyrrell met with Green Candidates Bridget Burns and Jessie Brown during his travels in Vancouver and spoke at a campaign event for Suzanne de Montigny.
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Alex Tyrrell and Cree Elder Raymond Robinson speak outside of the Trans Mountain Kinder Morgan tank farm in Burnaby BC, declare solidarity with BC's efforts to fight the construction of an additional pipeline.
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- We were momentarily detained by the RCMP -
Minutes after making a video in front of a Trans Mountain Pipeline depot we were pulled over and detained for 10 min by the RCMP.
This type of harassment and intimidation of pipeline opponents and indigenous people by police officers is a...
Sometimes people ask me what it’s like to be leader of the Green Party of Quebec? Do we travel in the lap of luxury while staying in five-star hotels? Do we dine in fancy restaurants while spending lavish amounts of money on ourselves or are we a true grassroots...
⁃ Visit to the Wet’suwet’en Anti-Pipeline Camps -
After spending three days at the Unist’ot’en and Gidimt'en anti-pipeline camps in northern BC, we are on the road again!
Over the past three days we have had so many excellent conversations with frontline indigenous and settler anti pipeline activists.
The Unist’ot’en and Gidimt'en...