Canadian PM Trudeau Says Rail Barricades 'Must Come Down', Doesn't Say How
Protesters have blocked key railways, shutting train traffic in much of the country. Demonstrators are trying to stop a pipeline project being built through the lands of the Wet'suwet'en people.
by Laurel Wamsley
Feb 21, 2020
2 minutes
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the barricades that have blocked railways in the country for two weeks must come down, calling the situation "unacceptable and untenable."
Indigenous and environmental protesters have blocked key railways, shutting rail traffic in much of the country. Protesters are trying to stop the pipeline project in British Columbia, which is being built through the lands of the Wet'suwet'en First Nations people.
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