Bennett defends process for reaching tentative deal with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs

Theresa Tait-Day, president of the Wet’suwet’en Matrilineal Coalition, says women in her community have been sidelined amid the outcry from demonstrators who took to the streets in support of some of the hereditary leadership.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett, pictured with Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, says the government was pushing for a durable solution in negotiating with hereditary chiefs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

March 10, 2020

PARLIAMENT HILL—Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett brushed aside suggestions on Tuesday that the government deliberately chose not to meet with Wet’suwet’en leadership in favour of the contentious $6.6-billion Coastal Gas Link pipeline, as she f...

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