[ISO] Mon Feb 24 9AM: ALL EYES ON PARLIAMENT: RALLY FOR THE WET'SUWET'EN

[Indigenous Solidarity Ottawa]

Hello everyone, 

This important event is coming up - share widely and invite your
friends. Thanks! 

ALL EYES ON PARLIAMENT: RALLY FOR THE WET'SUWET'EN 

Monday February 24 at 9am 

Parliament Hill, Ottawa, ON 

Facebook event (details and sources):
https://www.facebook.com/events/184130392865447 

Tweet: https://twitter.com/indigsol/status/1230248191746023425 

Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8w4TEjFVYD/ 

We hope to see you there! 

DETAILS: 

Ottawa, show up like never before!!!

We need to unite and keep up the pressure in solidarity with the
Wet'suwet'en nation!

On Monday, February 24th, MPs are meeting all day. There is no other
Ottawa, there is no other federal parliament housing those who are
elected to make decisions on our behalf.

Join Indigenous Youth and their allies to pressure MPs to meet DEMANDS
of the Wet'suwet'en to:
- Get the RCMP off Wet'suwet'en land.
- Get Coastal GasLink (CGL) off Wet'suwet'en land.
- Meet with the Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs.

Dress for the weather!

Invite your friends and your family, and bring banners and signs!

We need to hold MPs accountable and ensure they uphold the RULE OF LAW,
which includes:
- Indigenous law: Wet'suwet'en law and governance give authority to the
Hereditary Chiefs to make decisions on the ancestral lands (whereas the
band councils created by the Indian Act only have jurisdiction over
their respective reserves). 
- Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution, which protects the existence
of Indigenous/Aboriginal rights and titles to the land, prior to the
arrival of Europeans. The right to benefit from the land and exclude
others from using the land is part of what Canadian courts have
described as Aboriginal title. Aboriginal title, including Wet'suwet'en
Aboriginal title, takes precedence over the Crown's underlying interest
in the land. 
- The Supreme Court of Canada recognized that BC's authority to issue
permits for Indigenous lands, including the type of permits issued for
the Coastal GasLink pipeline, is not based on established legal
authority. It is based on the fact that the Province has proceeded, for
over 150 years, to make unilateral decisions about Indigenous lands. The
fact that the Province has acted since the 1860s as though it has full
authority to decide how Indigenous peoples' lands are used does not make
doing so legal or just.
- Canadian Charter of Right and Freedoms, such as s. 2 protecting
freedoms of peaceful assembly and the press; and s. 7 protecting the
right to life, liberty and security and the right not to be deprived
thereof. 
Source: firstpeopleslaw.com/index/articles/438.php [1]

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The Wet'suwet'en camps have been raided and are now reoccupied, heavy
RCMP presence is ongoing, the Coastal GasLink (CGL) workers are
unhindered, and some land defenders cannot return to the injunction zone
or they will be jailed until they appear in court. One land defender is
still detained - without charge - as she has refused to sign the release
conditions to abide by the colonial injunction.

The Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs are responsible under Wet'suwet'en
law and governance for making decisions relating to their ancestral
lands. They have said NO to the pipeline and this must be respected, as
their lands are not Canadian territory. Canada has signed and BC has put
into law the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
so they must respect the rule of law and uphold the principle of free,
prior and informed consent included in it.

Media statement from Gidimt'en:
https://www.facebook.com/212798726332588/posts/521619158783875/?d=n [2]

***This action is taking place on unceded Algonquin territory. This
stolen land must be returned to the Algonquin nation. 

-- 
Love and Solidarity,
ISO - Indigenous Solidarity Ottawa (formerly IPSMO)
On stolen land that must be returned to the Algonquin Nation
--
indigenoussolidarityottawa.wordpress.com
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Twitter: @indigsol
Instagram: @indigenoussolidarityottawa
indigsol at riseup.net 

Links:
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[1]
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffirstpeopleslaw.com%2Findex%2Farticles%2F438.php%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1ZVS5aeftNugv9kGgkWjmcdhm9aGLsgtIp9J-Bt1giJLczBLbRUGUnRt0&h=AT3c3xqdkxfl_8qf9GGj_krDHDgJQd8VTkkR_Z_bWdhDGI3ltM_dKqfbSGeTDeu7bvtP2QbLELo2Qw8v-FDLDEY4EdU9ZIZiJBMpvkBEDrLkxHlmwl3sWDOpm78i23q46nH8BFY
[2] https://www.facebook.com/wetsuwetenstrong/posts/521619158783875
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