Indigenous land conflicts to persist unless sovereignty addressed, Wilson-Raybould says
“This
situation that we’re seeing in Wet’suwet’en territory, as we’ve seen in
other territories around major resource development projects, are going
to continue to happen until we address the fundamental underlying
reality and of the inherent right of self-government of Indigenous
Peoples and ensure that Indigenous Peoples can finally make their way
and see themselves in our constitutional framework,” she said in an
interview with Global News Ottawa Bureau Chief Mercedes Stephenson on
Sunday’s episode of The West Block.
The
Vancouver member of parliament said she understood the impact the
railway blockades had on Canadians, but said it was both the
responsibility of the RCMP as well as political leaders to come to an
amicable solution.