Protesters settled in Burnaby on Tuesday, November 17, 2020, on a railroad line near the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion route. (Extinction Rebellion)
Protesters block the railway line on the Trans Mountain pipeline route in Metro Vancouver
Group says protest will be non-violent
Protesters blocked a railroad line along the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline in Metro Vancouver on Tuesday November 17.
According to the organizer’s Extinction Rebellion, the protest is near the intersection of the North Road and the Trans-Canada Highway in Burnaby, where oil is transported by rail. The group said the protest will be peaceful, non-violent and in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en and Secwepemc First Nations.
“This is a reminder to the colonial state and the crown company that if this pipeline is not broken off immediately, people will not hesitate to resume the railroad blockade tactics,” said spokesman Zain Haq in a press release. “The government is not doing what it needs to do to protect Canadians from the climate crisis, and it continues to take land from indigenous peoples to develop dangerous fossil fuels without consent.”
The pipeline and extension were purchased by the federal government in 2018 as part of the Trans Mountain Corporation. Trans Mountain has an injunction from the British Columbia Supreme Court prohibiting access to the company’s workplaces.
READ MORE: Permanent protest camp near the Trans Mountain construction site in Kamloops
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