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CN sues Brant and others, again

By Samantha Craggs The Intelligencer

Friday, July 06, 2007 - 10:00

Local News - Canadian National is slapping another lawsuit on Mohawk
protester Shawn Brant for blocking its main Toronto-to-Montreal rail
line.

Brant is being sued again ? making two active civil suits from the
corporation ? in relation to parking an old school bus across its rail
line during the June 29 national aboriginal day of action, CN
spokesman Mark Hallman confirmed the suit Friday.

CN is suing for financial damages incurred when rail traffic was
cancelled June 29, Hallman said. The amount has not been specified,
although CN has said that $103 million worth of freight is carried on
the line during an average 24-hour period. CN halted freight
operations and embargoed all traffic that day after hearing native
protesters had erected an illegal blockade near Marysville, said a
statement released that day.

CN also sued Brant ? along with Jason Maracle, Tara Green, "John Doe,
Jane Doe and persons unknown" ? for a 30-hour blockade of the rail
line April 20, and another blockade a year earlier. Also included in
the recent lawsuit are "John Doe, Jane Doe and persons unknown."

Hallman stressed the lawsuit was "related specifically to the actions
of June 29. We enjoy very positive relations with First Nations."

No dates have been set for the suit, nor have the allegations been
proven in court.