Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's actions are speaking louder than his words when it comes to reconciliation with indigenous communities, protester organizers say.
Hundreds Protest at U.S.-Canada Border Bridge Over Pipeline Threat to Indigenous Land: 'This Is an International Issue'The fight of an indigenous community in the western Canadian province of British Columbia sparked demonstrations more than 2,700 miles away on Sunday, as protesters halted traffic on the U.S.-Canada border bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario, to call for an end to plans to build a pipeline through the territory of the Wet'suwet'en.
"We are all indigenous. We are all First Nations. There's a similarity there and a commonality we share," Vanderklis, a member of the indigenous community, said. Vanderklis said he and fellow protest organizers wanted to stage their demonstration at the U.S.-Canada border to show that"this is an international issue."
In 2017, Trudeau issued a tearful apology to residential school survivors, taking a symbolic, but important, step towards reconciliation with Canada's indigenous communities. However, doubt has increasingly been cast on whether Trudeau is willing to follow up on symbolic shows of support with action.
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