Saami solidarity with Wet'suwet'en!
The Saami Council acknowledges and supports the Unis’tot’en of the Wet'suwet'en nation's right to self-determination on their own unceded territory, and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous relatives.
The Saami Council is very concerned by the development of RCMP's (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) harassment of Unist’tot’en land defenders and supporters, and of the intrusion of Wet'suwet'en territory. Both the presence of RCMP and the permit for constructing the Coastal GasLink is happening without the free, prior and informed consent from the Wet'suwet'en Nation. The Saami Council strongly recommend that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intervenes, and that responsible government parties command the RCMP to step back and leave Wet'suwet'en land.