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The '''Coastal GasLink Pipeline''' is a planned natural gas pipeline project that will run from around [[Dawson Creek]] approximately 670 kilometres to a plant near [[Kitimat]] in northern [[British Columbia]], owned and operated by [[TC Energy]].<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[LNG Canada]] selected TC Energy to design, build, and own the pipeline in 2012.<ref name=":0" /> The natural gas transported by the pipeline will be converted into [[liquefied natural gas]] by LNG Canada, to be exported to global markets. In particular, the company expects the natural gas will help divert emissions resulting from coal-burning in Asia.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The project has received approval by the province of British Columbia, and twenty First Nations [[Band government|band councils]] along the proposed route. As a part of their agreement, TC Energy announced it will be awarding $620 million in contract work to northern B.C. First Nations.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":2">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Protests ==
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)A large part of the pipeline is set to run through traditional [[Wetʼsuwetʼen]] territory. Though supported by twenty band councils along the route, the project has been opposed by the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en, who claim supreme authority over the traditional territory, since the elected band councils, which were established under the [[Indian Act]], and the 22,000 square kilometres of Wet'suwet'en territory was never ceded to the government of Canada.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> On December 31, 2019, the B.C. Supreme Court extended an injunction first issued in December 2018 against Wet'suwet'en protesters blocking the forest service road that provides access to the pipeline project. The injunction included an order authorizing the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] to enforce the injunction.<ref></ref> The RCMP announced January 30, 2020, that they would stand down while the hereditary chiefs and the province met to discuss and try to come to an agreement.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> However, all parties issued statements on February 4, 2020 that the talks had broken down.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> On February 6, the RCMP began enforcing the injunction, arresting a total of 21 protesters at camps along the route between February 6 and February 9.<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The largest of those camps is Unist'ot'en, established in 2010 as a checkpoint, which has since become a healing centre.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The RCMP also detained several reporters and have been accused of interfering with the [[freedom of the press]].<ref name=":4" /><br>
The actions of the RCMP sparked protests across Canada in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en, including by members of the [[Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation]], who began a blockade of the railroad near [[Belleville, Ontario]] on February 6, 2020,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> causing [[Via Rail]] to cancel several dozen trains on their Toronto-Ottawa route since then.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Other protests blocking rail lines have halted service on Via Rail's Prince Rupert and Prince George lines, as well as [[Exo (public transit)|Exo's]] [[Candiac line]] in Montreal.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Several major protests blocked access to the [[Port of vancouver|Port of Vancouver]], [[Deltaport]], and two other ports in [[Metro Vancouver Regional District|Metro Vancouver]] for a number of days before the Metro Vancouver police began enforcing an injunction on the morning of February 10, 2020, arresting 47 protesters who refused to cease obstructing the port.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":2" /> Other protests took place outside the [[British Columbia Parliament Buildings|B.C. Legislature]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> in [[Calgary]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Winnipeg]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Toronto]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Ottawa]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 1)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
== Protests ==
Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)A large part of the pipeline is set to run through traditional [[Wetʼsuwetʼen]] territory. Though supported by twenty band councils along the route, the project has been opposed by the hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en, who claim supreme authority over the traditional territory, since the elected band councils, which were established under the [[Indian Act]], and the 22,000 square kilometres of Wet'suwet'en territory was never ceded to the government of Canada.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> On December 31, 2019, the B.C. Supreme Court extended an injunction first issued in December 2018 against Wet'suwet'en protesters blocking the forest service road that provides access to the pipeline project. The injunction included an order authorizing the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] to enforce the injunction.<ref></ref> The RCMP announced January 30, 2020, that they would stand down while the hereditary chiefs and the province met to discuss and try to come to an agreement.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> However, all parties issued statements on February 4, 2020 that the talks had broken down.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> On February 6, the RCMP began enforcing the injunction, arresting a total of 21 protesters at camps along the route between February 6 and February 9.<ref name=":3">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The largest of those camps is Unist'ot'en, established in 2010 as a checkpoint, which has since become a healing centre.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The RCMP also detained several reporters and have been accused of interfering with the [[freedom of the press]].<ref name=":4" /><br>
The actions of the RCMP sparked protests across Canada in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en, including by members of the [[Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation]], who began a blockade of the railroad near [[Belleville, Ontario]] on February 6, 2020,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> causing [[Via Rail]] to cancel several dozen trains on their Toronto-Ottawa route since then.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Other protests blocking rail lines have halted service on Via Rail's Prince Rupert and Prince George lines, as well as [[Exo (public transit)|Exo's]] [[Candiac line]] in Montreal.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Several major protests blocked access to the [[Port of vancouver|Port of Vancouver]], [[Deltaport]], and two other ports in [[Metro Vancouver Regional District|Metro Vancouver]] for a number of days before the Metro Vancouver police began enforcing an injunction on the morning of February 10, 2020, arresting 47 protesters who refused to cease obstructing the port.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name=":2" /> Other protests took place outside the [[British Columbia Parliament Buildings|B.C. Legislature]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> in [[Calgary]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Winnipeg]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Toronto]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> [[Ottawa]],<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 1)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
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