What question(s) do you have about the current standoff in the Wet’suwet’en Nation? Write your question. by Farisa Rahman https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng Post your individual question(s). REMEMBER to put your name so I know who to give classwork marks to. If you can't edit your question. Please put your name in the "comment" section under your question. Feel free to comment on another person's question. Please be respectful and mature. (class work marks given) en-us 2019-05-10 14:54:03 UTC 2020-02-25 17:17:51 UTC hello@padlet.com WHAT IS THE PIPELINE PROJECT? https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447164826 The $6.6-billion, 670-kilometre pipeline would carry natural gas across northern B.C.
 According to Coastal GasLink’s website, the approved route was determined considering “Indigenous, landowner and stakeholder input, the environment, archaeological and cultural values, land use compatibility, safety, constructability and economics.”
The company says it has signed agreements with the elected council of all 20 First Nations along the route, including the Wet’suwet’en.
However, the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs oppose the pipeline construction and say they never consented to its construction on their traditional territory.

-Beatrice

]]> 2020-02-19 00:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447164826 How severe are the Wet'suwet'en protest arrests? https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447175232  Many protests are being held by members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation with a barricade of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia. They are currently increasing and speak up to say that they are improper and wrongful arrests.

The pressure has been intensifying since December when the British Columbia Supreme Court granted Coastal GasLink authoritative order, giving the Wet'suwet'en Nation members a more difficult time.

Recently, the RCMP started taking advantage of that injunction, having the protesters leave the camp blocking the service road near Houston, and as a result several protesters have been arrested. 

~Edwin J

]]> 2020-02-19 00:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447175232 How do canadians think of the protest? https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447186197 A new poll by a national non-profit research institute finds that two in five Canadians support the Wet'suwet'en solidarity protesters.
Thirty-nine per cent of people polled say they support the Wet'suwet'en solidarity protesters.

According to the Angus Reid survey, supporters tend to be younger women, as well as those on the lower side of the income scale and those on the left of the political spectrum.
On the flipside, the poll finds that just over half of people surveyed say they support the Coastal GasLink project itself.
The recent arrests also prompted widespread protests in cities across Canada.







]]> 2020-02-19 01:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447186197 Why Wet’suwet’en people don't think the Canadian government has the right to use their land? kyle_zhang2 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447197817 According to their tradition, only chiefs of local tribes have local jurisdiction. And like their lives and cultures, First Nations and Inuit legal systems across Canada were never extinguished, even where treaties were signed. The Supreme Court of Canada has declared these legal systems, unique to each nation, never stopped being valid just because Europeans settled here.
This reality has meant continual clashes between Canadian governments who wish to mine natural resources for profit and jobs, and Indigenous people asserting their right to a seat at the table where decisions are made over how lands and resources are used.]]> 2020-02-19 02:08:11 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447197817 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447206552 Why did so many RCMP officers use force when Trudeau is apparently trying to solve the issue in a peaceful and respectable way?

-Esther]]> 2020-02-19 02:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447206552 Who are the Wet'suwet'en people? With a population of about 5,000, the Wet'suwet'en are composed of five clans (Gilgamesh, Likhts'amisyu, Glassily, Tsayu and Gidimt'en), which are further divided into 13 house groups, each with its own distinct territories. They speak in a language called Babine-witsuwat'en language https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447210672


]]> 2020-02-19 02:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447210672 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447232631 Why don’t the Canadian Government do more for the Indigenous communities in Canada? Ever since the first European settlers (French and British) arrived in Canada (historically occupied by FNMI people), they attempted to take over the land. Then the Canadian Government tried to do the same thing but that’s when their actions started to come to light, and non-FNMI Canadians started to wake up and realize that the people who they had been trusting to make decisions for them in a society (Canadian Government), aren’t worth to be trusted. I really hope now Justin Trudeau will impact the FNMI community in a positively significant way. -Munira I.]]> 2020-02-19 03:56:32 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447232631 Does the pipeline require to be built on Wet'suwet'en land? https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447235638 Why can't the pipeline just go around it?]]> 2020-02-19 04:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447235638 Is there a work around route for the pipeline? https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447240432 According to Coastal GasLink president David Pfeiffer, the company has spent years examining different routes. It was determined that the current route is the most viable and least harmful to the environment. However, the company may still decide to redirect a part of its pipeline around 3 km south of the original location to avoid further conflicts.]]> 2020-02-19 04:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447240432 What problems are there to build the pipe line in a different place? What are the Wet’suwet’en people doing to solve the pipeline problem? https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447401893 2020-02-19 14:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447401893 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447461492 Why is it that Canada had just apologized for break treaties and are breaking another treaty right now with the wet'suwet'en first Nations ]]> 2020-02-19 15:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447461492 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447467717 James V
What are the consequences of having protests on the Wet’suwet’en pipeline project?

Alberta companies are speaking out as nationwide protests and rail blockades begin to have a detrimental economic impact within the province.
The protests have derailed freight movement in eastern Ontario and passenger rail travel across Canada in recently. The majority of the Wet’suwet’en protests are happening elsewhere, Alberta industry is taking a huge hit.
]]> 2020-02-19 15:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447467717 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447474998 Why did the pipeline plan get passed though? If it was planned to go through land that didn’t belong to Canada then why didn’t they decide to ask for permission? The reason as to why Wet’suwet’en protests are happening is because their land is being invaded by these plans to build a pipeline. I like had the government asked for permission to build on their land things may have been more civilized or at least it wouldn’t reach a point where protests had to start. -Alina Z ]]> 2020-02-19 15:42:30 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447474998 How does the current protest affect the current and future generation(s) of FNMI and non FNMI people? -Nina N. https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447772474 2020-02-19 23:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447772474 Why did the current standoff in the Wet’suwet’en Nation will happened. zhiwei_zhao1 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447805609 2020-02-20 01:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447805609 Couldn't it be a win-win scenario if the Wet'suwet'en peoples let the construction of the pipeline, and in return some of the profits could be given back? - Tony.Y https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447834563 2020-02-20 02:50:12 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447834563 If the Wet'suwet'en people have appealed the problem to the United Nations, has there been any actions competed to resolve the issue? If not, when will the United Nations start realizing this issue as a potential genocide, and step in to solve the problem? https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447851683 - Danny Yu

]]> 2020-02-20 03:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/447851683 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/448106112 What happens to the people that protest against the Wet’suwet’en Pipeline project? Are the effects on the people harsh enough for them to be forcefully stopped over time?]]> 2020-02-20 15:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/448106112 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/448141726 How will the government respond to the current protests that are happening? - Caleb lin]]> 2020-02-20 16:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/448141726 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/449244918 Did the Wet’suwet’en Nation try their best to protect their land because of needs, or are they sick of the government taking over their land.
-Ryan Ng]]> 2020-02-24 01:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/449244918 Wet'suwet'en Nation https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/449294468 How will building a pipeline through the reserves destroy the way of life of the nation? 

If the Canadian government compensated with different land or even money, will the nation be satisfied? 

Does the specific land of the Wet'suwet'en Nation (Smithers, B.C) hold any sentimental value to the nation itself?

If not, why does the fact that the pipeline is being built so alarming? 

- Sean]]> 2020-02-24 04:09:40 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/449294468 Wet'suwet'en Nation christopher_vasilianu https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/449462595 - What about the land is so special that the Wet'suwet'en Nation want to protect it?

- Is there any way both sides can benefit?

-Christopher]]> 2020-02-24 14:17:26 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/449462595 https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/449464773 Is there a way for both groups to benefit in one way or another? Can't the Canadian gov. build the pipeline and then give the land back to the Wet'suwet'en First Nations? As long as their land is given back, it should be okay, right? Or do the Wet'suwet'en just not want anyone to tamper with the land in general?

-Joanna Chung]]> 2020-02-24 14:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/farisa_rahman/5anz5udtc3ng/wish/449464773