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Wet’suwet’en solidarity rally and march in Halifax draws hundreds
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K’jipuktuk/Halifax: On February 23rd, Mi’kmaq water protectors and community members in Halifax rallied at the Peace and Freedom Park on Hollis St. and South St., to show support for Wet’suwet’en sovereignty, and solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs opposing the Coastal Gaslink (CGL) pipeline. Hundreds of people showed up to the event.
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K’jipuktuk/Halifax: On February 23rd, Mi’kmaq water protectors and community members in Halifax rallied at the Peace and Freedom Park on Hollis St. and South St., to show support for Wet’suwet’en sovereignty, and solidarity with Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs opposing the Coastal Gaslink (CGL) pipeline. Hundreds of people showed up to the event.
The rally kicked off in the park the Cornwallis statue was removed, widely seen as a flashpoint for anti-colonial resistance locally. The rally’s size, diversity, and colorful banners and chants, demonstrated widespread support for Indigenous sovereignty and environmental justice, a contrast to the mainstream narrative that Canadians are suffering and deeply inconvenienced due to Wet’suwet’en solidarity blockades. As one sign pointed out, “Boil water advisories are also inconvenient.”
