Why some elected Wet’suwet’en councils signed agreements with Coastal GasLink

SMITHERS — It was a difficult decision to sign a benefit sharing agreement with Coastal GasLink that would allow for a natural gas pipeline through the Wet’suwet’en territory, but a necessary one, an elected band council member says.
Joseph Skin is with the Skin Tyee band, a community of about 134 people within the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, and said many members live in “poverty” on the reserve and the agreement offered an opportunity for a better futur