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Mohawk Indians block Canada's trains and economy

2020-02-17T16:32:49.108Z


Experts fear rising food prices. The shortage is already being felt.


The fearsome Mohawks unearthed the hatchet across Canada in solidarity with the small Wet'suwet'en tribe of British Columbia. The latter oppose the construction of a 670 km gas pipeline on their lands.

The tube, an investment of 4.6 billion euros from Coastal GasLink, is to connect the Alberta border to an LNG terminal in British Columbia. Mohawk warriors erected barricades on the rails of the country's railways. Canadian National (CN) trains have not been running for almost two weeks. The economy is paralyzed. The oil convoys are stopped. About 60 ships cannot unload their products in the port of Vancouver.

The situation is dire. When we talk about the manufacturing sector via rail, 4600 wagons per day do not travel. All sectors are affected, be it (…) metallurgy, automotive, plastic.

Experts fear rising food prices. The shortage is already being felt. Propane is lacking in the Atlantic provinces. The situation is catastrophic. When we talk about the manufacturing sector via rail, 4600 wagons per day do not circulate

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Source: lefigaro

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