RCMP spent more than $13M on policing Coastal GasLink conflict on Wet’suwet’en territory | CBC News
For
almost two years the RCMP have maintained a near constant presence on
the Morice Forest Service Road about 300 kilometres west of Prince
George, B.C. — a remote logging road through the heart of the
Wet’suwet’en Nation’s traditional territory — to uphold a B.C. Supreme
Court injunction first granted to Coastal GasLink in December 2018.
almost two years the RCMP have maintained a near constant presence on
the Morice Forest Service Road about 300 kilometres west of Prince
George, B.C. — a remote logging road through the heart of the
Wet’suwet’en Nation’s traditional territory — to uphold a B.C. Supreme
Court injunction first granted to Coastal GasLink in December 2018.
The
670-kilometre Coastal GasLink pipeline is part of an estimated $40
billion dollar natural gas project — touted as the largest private
sector investment in Canadian history.