Read this report from The Vancouver Sun, claiming that the RCMP have no intention of acting on a recent court order to remove the blockade from the Gitxsan Treaty Office in Hazelton, BC. The blockade was established by community leaders and citizens in the wake of the now-disputed deal signed by former treaty negotiator Elmer Derrick with Enbridge.

The RCMP say they don’t intend to act on a court injunction that
allows them to remove a blockade of the Gitxsan Treaty Office in
northern B.C.

“We remain impartial in this protest and are hopeful
for a peaceful resolution between the GTS [Gitxsan Treaty Society] and
its members,” said RCMP spokesman Cpl. Dan Moskaluk.

Gitxsan
leaders opposed to an ownership deal inked with Enbridge on the
controversial $5.5-billion Northern Gateway oil pipeline say they have
fired negotiators of the treaty office.

Last week the opponents boarded up the office and began guarding the building in shifts.

Moskaluk
said there is no set time frame in the injunction that requires the
blockade to come down, but added the New Hazelton RCMP are monitoring
the situation very closely.

“The injunction states that arrest or removal is at the discretion of the police, “ Moskaluk said in an e-mail today.

Norman Stephens, a hereditary chief who is opposed to the Enbridge deal, said today they will continue to blockade the office.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/RCMP+Gitxsan+blockade+injunction/5844760/story.html