PM should talk face to face with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs

The reason Canada keeps on having confrontations with Indigenous peoples is that their prodigious patience has been worn out. They confront because they have been sold out too many times.

Protesters, pictured on Feb. 7, 2020, in Ottawa in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who are against the proposed Costal Gaslink pipeline in northwestern British Columbia. The Wet'suwet'en situation has sparked a national protest that lifts this into a national issue. This should be a moment for national honesty, writes Michael Harris.

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

February 17, 2020

HALIFAX—When did Pontius Pilate take over the top job in Ottawa? Washing his hands of the crisis in Wet’suwet’en territory, at least so far, Prime Minister Justice Trudeau has punted to British Columbia Premier John Horgan. So has his Transportation Minister Marc Garneau who worries about the...

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