The prime minister is meeting with an emergency group today to discuss anti-pipeline blockades that have shut down swaths of the country's train system.
Justin Trudeau says the Incident Response Group will talk about how to handle the protests against a natural gas pipeline that crosses Wet'suwet'en territory in northern British Columbia.The group was described upon its inception in 2018 as a "dedicated, emergency committee that will convene in the event of a national crisis or during incidents elsewhere that have major implications for Canada.
"Premier Ford asked the prime minister to take immediate action and provide detail on a clear plan to ensure an end to this national issue," the statement read. Thus far, the public-facing part of Trudeau's plan appears to centre on discussions and negotiations, rather than police action. Miller pointed to the Oka and Ipperwash crises as reasons why dialogue is preferable to police intervention in an appearance on CTV's political show "Question Period."
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