Premier Horgan agrees to meeting with Indigenous chiefs over pipeline protests, rail blockade

The B.C. government has agreed to meet with Indigenous hereditary chiefs over ongoing pipeline protests and rail blockades across B.C. and Canada. In a letter to Gitxsan Nation hereditary chief Norman Stephens, Premier John Horgan says he, or a senior member of his cabinet, would be willing to meet with Indigenous leaders on the condition that an ongoing rail blockade in northern B.C. is lifted. The letter was in response to a proposal from Stephens and hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nati