AFN national chief Bellegarde calls on ‘all parties’ to find peaceful resolution to rail blockades

'Removing the blockades doesn’t mean you surrender anything,' says Mohawk Council of Kanesatake Grand Chief Serge Otsi Simon.

AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde says it's incumbent on all parties to engage in a constructive dialogue. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY Palak Mangat

February 18, 2020

PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau cancelled his Caribbean trip amid criticism over his handling of the anti-pipeline blockades that have shut down large swaths of Canada’s railways, but Indigenous leaders say it’s up to all parties to engage construc...

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