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Natural gas for Europe can’t come at a cost to Indigenous Rights and safety in Nova Scotia

Natural gas for Europe can’t come at a cost to Indigenous Rights and safety in Nova Scotia

I am a grandmother, water protector and high school teacher from the Mi’kmaq Nation, in what is currently known as Nova Scotia, Canada. I have been working to protect our waters and lands from colonial control and dangerous resource extraction my whole life. When Europeans arrived in Mi’kmaq territory, we never ceded lands or accepted defeat, though for the last 450 years Canada has been constantly assaulting our people, invading our lands and communities and stealing our resources.

Pipeline battle puts focus on Canada's disputed right to use indigenous land

Pipeline battle puts focus on Canada's disputed right to use indigenous land

The protesters in northern British Columbia had camped out for days amid bitter cold and deep snow, manning a checkpoint to prevent construction vehicles from entering the territory of the Wet’suwet’en nation. Their demonstrations, part of a fight against a multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline, galvanized supporters across the country and at his town hall meeting, the prime minister was forced to content with a barrage of angry questions.