Amakhulu athatha iOfisi yeNkampani yePipeline eToronto

Amakhulu athatha iofisi yenkampani yombhobho eToronto exhasa ukugxothwa kwe-Coastal Gaslink, njengoko i-RCMP (iRoyal Canadian Mounted Police) ihlasela, ibamba abantu abaninzi kwi-Wet'suwet'en Territory.

Ifoto nguJoshua Best

By World BEYOND War, Novemba 19, 2021

EToronto, eOntario - Amakhulu abantu angena kwigumbi lokungena kwisakhiwo apho i-ofisi ye-TC Energy Corporation ikhona, bencamathela ngaphezulu 'izaziso zetyala' ngeenzame zabo zokunyanzela ngombhobho we-Coastal GasLink kwindawo engekanikezelwa e-Wet'suwet'en Indigenous territory. Amalungu oluntu omthonyama kunye nabaxhasi bathabathe indawo yokuhlala bebetha amagubu kunye nokudanisa.

“Lixesha lokuba sibeke uxinzelelo kubatyali-mali beCoastal Gaslink ukuba bahlukane nokubulawa kwabantu, ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu kunye nesiphithiphithi semozulu. Bangathanda ukuthumela i-RCMP ukukhusela umbhobho kunokusindisa ubomi babantu kwisikhukula esiyingozi. ” watsho uEve Saint, Wet'suwet'en Land Defender.

Abadanisi bakhokele amakhulu abantu bematsha behla eFront St. eToronto ukuya kwiofisi yeTC Energy. Ifoto nguJoshua Best.

I-TC Energy inoxanduva lolwakhiwo lwe-Coastal GasLink, umbhobho we-6.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ezingama-670 km oya kuthutha irhasi eqhekekileyo kumntla-mpuma BC ukuya kwitheminali ye-LNG yeebhiliyoni ezingama-40 kuNxweme oluMantla lweBC. Uphuhliso lwemibhobho ye-Coastal GasLink luye lwahambela phambili kummandla we-Wet'suwet'en ongavunyelwanga ngaphandle kwemvume ye-Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs.

NgeCawe nge-14 kaNovemba, uCas Yikh unyanzelise ukugxothwa kwabo kwiCoastal GasLink eyayikhutshwe nge-4 kaJanuwari 2020. I-Coastal GasLink yanikwa iiyure ezisi-8 ukuba iphume, ukuze isuse bonke abasebenzi bombhobho abangena ngokungekho mthethweni kwintsimi yabo, phambi kokuba i-Wet'suwet'en Land Defenders kunye abaxhasi bavale indlela, bamisa ngokufanelekileyo wonke umsebenzi ngaphakathi kommandla weCas Yikh. Ngaphantsi kwe-'Anuc niwh'it'en (umthetho we-Wet'suwet'en) zonke izizwe ezintlanu ze-Wet'suwet'en zichase ngamxhelo mnye zonke izindululo zemibhobho kwaye azinikezelanga simahla, ngaphambili, nangemvume enolwazi kuCoastal Gaslink/TC Energy ukuba yenza umsebenzi kumhlaba we-Wet'suwet'en.

NgoLwesithathu nge-17 kaNovemba, iinqwelomoya eziqeshiweyo zahambisa amagosa eRCMP aliqela ukuya kummandla we-Wet'suwet'en, ngelixa indawo engabandakanyiyo esekwe yi-RCMP yayisetyenziselwa ukuthintela iinkosi zelifa, ukutya, kunye nezixhobo zonyango ukuba zifike kumakhaya e-Wet'suwet'en. intsimi. NgoLwesine emva kwemini inqwaba yamagosa e-RCMP axhobe kakhulu agaleleka ngobuninzi kumhlaba we-Wet'suwet'en, aphule iindawo zokujonga i-Gidimt'en kwaye abamba abakhuseli bomhlaba abali-15 ubuncinci.

Ifoto nguJoshua Best

"Olu hlaselo luphinda luthethe ngokubulawa kwabantu bomthonyama abazama ukukhusela amanzi ethu kwizizukulwana ezizayo," utshilo uSleydo', isithethi sikaGidimt'en kwividiyo. mazwi irekhodwe ngoLwesine ebusuku ukusuka eCoyote Camp, kwi-CGL's pad yokomba. U-Sleydo' kunye nabaxhasi baye bahlala kwisiza ngaphezulu kweentsuku ezingama-50 ukuthintela umbhobho ekubeni ukwazi ukugrumba phantsi komlambo wabo ongcwele, i-Wedzin Kwa. “Kuyacaphukisa, akukho mthethweni, nangokweendlela zabo zomthetho wamakoloniyali. Kufuneka siyivale iCanada. ”

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— Gidimt'en Checkpoint (@Gidimten) Novemba 18, 2021

Enye yezona nkampani zinkulu zoMntla Merika zerhasi yendalo, i-oyile kunye neziseko zophuhliso lwamandla, i-TC Energy inabanini beekhilomitha ezingaphezu kwama-92,600 zerhasi yendalo kuMntla Melika kwaye ithutha ngaphezulu kwe-25% yerhasi esetyenzisiweyo kwilizwekazi. I-TC Energy iyaziwa ngokutshabalalisa kwayo okusingqongileyo kunye namalungelo oluntu, kubandakanya ukubhuqa indawo yakudala yelali yase-Wet'suwet'en ngoSeptemba ka-2021, kunye nezinye iindlela zokuziphatha ezinobundlobongela ezixhaswa yi-RCMP. NgoJanuwari ka-2020, i-RCMP yathumela iihelikopta, abahlaseli, kunye nezinja zamapolisa ukuba zisuse iinkosi zelifa le-Wet'suwet'en kunye namalungu oluntu kumhlaba wabo kuhlaselo lomkhosi olunobundlobongela oluxabisa i-20 yezigidi zeedola.

Umyalelo wokukhutshwa ukusuka ngoJanuwari 4 2020 uthi i-Coastal GasLink kufuneka izisuse kulo mmandla kwaye ingabuyi. "Kudala besaphula lo mthetho", utshilo uSleydo', isithethi sikaGidimt'en. I-TC Energy's incursions kumhlaba we-Wet'suwet'en ayihoyi igunya kunye negunya leenkosi zelifa kunye nenkqubo yomthendeleko yolawulo, eyavunywa yiNkundla ePhakamileyo yaseCanada ngo-1997.

“Silapha ukuza kumelana nobundlobongela obubukoloniyali esibubonayo ngexesha lokwenyani kwi-Wet'suwet'en indawo,” ucacise watsho. World BEYOND War umququzeleli uRachel Small. "I-TC Amandla kunye ne-RCMP zizama ukutyhala ngombhobho ngemipu, zenza uhlaselo olungekho mthethweni kwindawo abangenalo igunya."

World BEYOND War umququzeleli uRachel Small uthetha nenginginya kwiholo yesakhiwo apho i-ofisi yaseToronto yeTC Energy ikhona. Ifoto nguJoshua Best.

Ifoto nguRachelle Friesen.

Ifoto nguRachelle Friesen

Ifoto nguRachelle Friesen