Wet'suwet'en Heroic Defence of
Hereditary
Rights
BC Environmental
Assessment Office Finds
Coastal GasLink in
Non-Compliance
Office of the Wet'suwet'en Requests
B.C Government
Issue Cease-and-Desist Order for Coastal GasLink
The Office of the Wet'suwet'en has written to BC
Minister of
Environment George Heyman to request an immediate
cease-and-desist work order for Coastal GasLink pipeline project
on Wet'suwet'en territories.
 This comes after the
Office
of the Wet'suwet'en
received an
email from the BC Environmental Assessment Office Compliance and
Enforcement Officer stating that Coastal GasLink was not
compliant with the pre-construction requirements at six of the
inspected locations, and has been conducting work outside of
their Environmental Assessment Certificate conditions. The email
further states that the Compliance and Enforcement Officer has
issued a Warning of Non-Compliance to Coastal GasLink under the
Environmental Assessment
Act.
"Coastal GasLink has been found non-compliant in
six
legally-required and legally-binding conditions. This report by
the BC Environmental Assessment Office Compliance and Enforcement
Officer affirms our own Wet'suwet'en investigations about Coastal
GasLink's willful and illegal disregard for our territories and
cultural practices. The provincial government is required to
uphold its own law and issue an immediate cease-and-desist work
order for Coastal GasLink pipeline project on Wet'suwet'en
territories. This project already does not have free, prior and
informed consent under Wet'suwet'en rule of law, and now is
violating BC laws," says Chief Namoks.
The Office of the Wet'suwet'en is a central
office for
the
Wet'suwet'en Nation and is governed by the Wet'suwet'en
Hereditary Chiefs residing throughout the 22,000 square km of
Wet'suwet'en traditional territories. Wet'suwet'en Hereditary
Chiefs are the Title Holders and maintain the authority and
jurisdiction to make decisions on unceded lands. Under 'Anuc
niwh'it'en, Wet'suwet'en rule of law, all five clans of
the
Wet'suwet'en have unanimously opposed all pipeline proposals and
we have not provided free, prior, and informed consent to Coastal
GasLink/TransCanada to do work on Wet'suwet'en lands.
MEDIA INQUIRIES:
Chief Namoks: 250-847-3630
This article was published in
Volume 49 Number 3 - February 2, 2019
Article Link:
Wet'suwet'en Heroic Defence of
Hereditary
Rights: BC Environmental
Assessment Office Finds
Coastal GasLink in
Non-Compliance
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