Pipeline project was 'hijacked' by 'group of five guys,' former Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief tells MPs

[Anonymous]

So, it's official. Big money prog environmentalists disrespected Canadian Indians, went against their wishes and killed jobs in their communities and did serious harm to Canada's economy. They were aided in this by the government of Justine Trudeau.



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OTTAWA — Theresa Tait Day, a former Wet'suwet'en hereditary leader, told MPs a pipeline project had been "hijacked" by five male chiefs and criticized Liberal cabinet ministers for making a secret deal with them.



Speaking at a House of Commons committee meeting, Tait Day said the decision last month to meet with hereditary chiefs was a mistake.



"The government has legitimized the meeting with the five hereditary chiefs and left out their entire community," she said. "We can not be dictated to by a group of five guys."



Tait Day, part of a group called the Wet'suwet'en Matrilineal Coalition who was stripped of her title of hereditary chief after supporting the Coastal GasLink project, said the vast majority of the people in Wet'suwet'en territory want the project to go ahead.



"This project has been hijacked by the five chiefs," she said. "Over 80 per cent of the people in our community said they wanted LNG to proceed."



In addition to support from Tait Day and other members of the coalition, the project had the backing of elected band council chiefs.



The hereditary chiefs were being supported by environmentalists, Tait Day said, who were disrespecting the rest of the Wet'suwet'en community.



"We feel like we have been hijacked by the protestors who have their own agenda."

[Anonymous]

No majority rule, no rule of law and no investment. Welcome to True Dope's Canada.

[Anonymous]

No majority rule, no rule of law and no investment. Welcome to True Dope's Canada.

Canada is a lost cause.

[Anonymous]

So, it's official. Big money prog environmentalists disrespected Canadian Indians, went against their wishes and killed jobs in their communities and did serious harm to Canada's economy. They were aided in this by the government of Justine Trudeau.



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OTTAWA — Theresa Tait Day, a former Wet'suwet'en hereditary leader, told MPs a pipeline project had been "hijacked" by five male chiefs and criticized Liberal cabinet ministers for making a secret deal with them.



Speaking at a House of Commons committee meeting, Tait Day said the decision last month to meet with hereditary chiefs was a mistake.



"The government has legitimized the meeting with the five hereditary chiefs and left out their entire community," she said. "We can not be dictated to by a group of five guys."



Tait Day, part of a group called the Wet'suwet'en Matrilineal Coalition who was stripped of her title of hereditary chief after supporting the Coastal GasLink project, said the vast majority of the people in Wet'suwet'en territory want the project to go ahead.



"This project has been hijacked by the five chiefs," she said. "Over 80 per cent of the people in our community said they wanted LNG to proceed."



In addition to support from Tait Day and other members of the coalition, the project had the backing of elected band council chiefs.



The hereditary chiefs were being supported by environmentalists, Tait Day said, who were disrespecting the rest of the Wet'suwet'en community.



"We feel like we have been hijacked by the protestors who have their own agenda."

All she did was confirm what informed people already knew.

[Anonymous]

Pro-development voices not heard as activists use protests to advance own agenda: Indigenous leaders



'It's very ironic that environmentalists are interfering in our business since they actually killed our way of life by stopping the fur trade'



EDMONTON — First Nations leaders who are pro-resource development say their voices are being drowned out by environmental activists who have co-opted a protest movement started by anti-pipeline hereditary chiefs. They're also raising questions about who should speak for the Wet'suwet'en First Nation.



"We feel like we've been hijacked by the protesters who have their own agenda on this," said Theresa Tait Day, whose hereditary name is Wi'haliy'te. "They've used our people to advance their agenda."



Tait Day, president of a group called the Wet'suwet'en Matrilineal Coalition who was stripped of her title of hereditary chief after supporting the Coastal GasLink project, testified at a parliamentary committee in Ottawa on Tuesday. According to a statement released by Tait Day, only a limited number of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs oppose the pipeline and the broader community wants it to proceed, including the majority of the elected chiefs.



"I think that it's very ironic that environmentalists are interfering in our business since they actually killed our way of life by stopping the fur trade," said Dan George, a Wet'suwet'en elected band chief for Burns Lake. "I think it's started out as a Wet'suwet'en issue and it will be fixed as a Wet'suwet'en issue."



Since the protests began, Indigenous groups have blasted Extinction Rebellion, an environmental group that uses civil disobedience to spur climate action by government, on Vancouver Island on at least two occasions, prompting protesters to apologize.



"We find it disturbing that you would ignore our rights and titles," Chipps and the councillors wrote. "You've come into our territory without permission, putting yourselves above our traditional protocols and have insulted our community and terrorized a private citizen in our neighbouring community."



A few weeks before that, the K'ómoks First Nation disavowed an Extinction Rebellion blockade of Highway 19 on Feb. 10, saying the nation was not involved.



Ellis Ross, a B.C. member of the legislature and former chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, said there is ignorance over rights and title.



"Nobody actually understands the facts — how we got a permitted pipeline in the first place," said Ross. "I think a lot of First Nations are starting to get frustrated with these groups speaking on behalf of First Nations' interests."

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I am suspicious of non Aboriginal anti development protesters who claim to speak on behalf of Aboriginal bands. This confirms my suspicions were justified.