Eyes on Police After Trudeau Orders Blockades Torn Down, Injunctions Enforced

Eyes on Police After Trudeau Orders Blockades Torn Down, Injunctions Enforced
A rail blockade in Tyendinaga, near Belleville, Ont., on Feb. 16, 2020, in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the LNG pipeline in northern British Columbia. The Canadian Press/Lars Hagberg
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All eyes are on Canadian police forces now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes must come down.

A Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief says that won’t happen unless and until the Mounties get off their traditional territory in northern British Columbia and Coast GasLink halts construction on a natural−gas pipeline that crosses their land.