Londoners organize solidarity rally in support of Wet’suwet’en First Nation

A solidarity rally in London, Ont., is planned this Friday in support of the Wet’suwet’en people who are fighting a natural gas pipeline project.

A solidarity rally in London, Ont., is planned this Friday in support of the Wet’suwet’en people who are fighting a natural gas pipeline project.

The rally, titled Allies in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en, will take place at 6 p.m. Friday across from the Aeolian Hall at 765 Dundas St.

On Friday, Nov. 19, B.C. RCMP arrested 15 people, including two journalists, as they moved to enforce an injunction.

The RCMP was enforcing a B.C. Supreme Court-ordered injunction that stops opponents from impeding access to Coastal GasLink’s activities, permitted under Canadian law.

The day prior, RCMP said they were preparing to “rescue” more than 500 workers “trapped” by a blockade that aims to stop a pipeline’s construction on unceded First Nations land.

Several days prior, the Gidimt’en Checkpoint, which shares information about the blockade, tweeted that the Wet’suwet’en Nation had successfully enforced its “ancient trespass laws” and closed the territory.

“The Morice Forest Service Road has been destroyed and access to Coastal Gaslink is no longer possible,” it said.

The members of the Wet’suwet’en Nation and supporters have been fighting against the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline for several years, with RCMP responding to similar blockades being set up to block construction in January 2019 and 2020.