‘That’s reconciliation,’ says protest organizer, as Ottawa Wet’suwet’en rally draws crowd

The rally was held as Ontario Provincial Police moved in to end the blockade set up by some members of the Tyendinaga Mohawk First Nation close to the rail tracks near Belleville, Ont.

Wet'suwet'en solidarity protesters decried the Ontario Provincial Police's move to clear the blockade that had been set up by the rail tracks near Belleville, Ont. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY DAVID LOCHEAD

February 24, 2020

More than 400 demonstrators temporarily shut down parts of downtown Ottawa on Monday morning to march in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary leadership who are calling on the RCMP to withdraw from its territory. “T...

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