Article content continued

Photo by Dave Sidaway / Montreal Gazette

“We have been in touch with the Wet’suwet’en chiefs and we are still analyzing all of the information we have gotten from them. Some more discussion has to be had,” he told them. Some of the information “is a little vague,” he said.

“It’s a big decision to decide to take down the barricade or not — and they want to make sure they have everything before they make that decision,” he said.

The plan, Deer told The Gazette on Sunday evening, was for the Kahnawake community to meet on Monday at some point.

“The entire community has to come together and make a decision,” he said. “It can’t be just one small group: It has to be everybody,” Deer said.

A decision, if it comes on Monday, will probably not be before late afternoon or evening. “When the people decide that they have enough information, they’ll make their decision.”

He said that would probably take a day, however, to dismantle the barricade. “There are a lot of tents and all kinds of materials.” he said.

A provisional injunction granted last Tuesday by the Quebec Superior Court ordering protesters to end the Kahnawake barricades has not been enforced. “We hope that CP has a little more patience while we analyze the results,” Deer said Sunday.

He said he spoke Sunday with Chief Woos, one of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary leaders, about the meeting in British Columbia with government representatives. “There are some good things that came out of that meeting — and some things that are not so good,” Deer said.