The case of Coastal Gaslink and the persistent resistance of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation to the project

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The conflict is about the right to build a natural gas pipeline through the nation's unceded land.

Coastal GasLink reached agreements with First Nation band councils along the project's route, including Wet'suwet'en bands, and the British Columbia gave the company the green light to build in 2014. How ever, hereditary Wet'suwet'en chiefs oppose the project and their supporters are attempting to block access to the construction site.

Supporters of hereditary chiefs can point to the supreme Court of Canada case Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, which found the nation's hereditary leadership  has jurisdiction over its traditional territory, as the justification for their efforts to block the pipeline. But, because the company was issued permits by the province, the B.C. Supreme Court granted Coastal GasLink an injunction that the RCMP s using to clear indigenous people from their land to allow construction to continue.

In this case justice in terms of ruling can bring contradictions. The law is sometimes at odds with justice because the law has to ensure due process. In affording every defendant due process, we sometimes do so at the expense of losing justice for both the accused and the accuser.