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As anti-pipeline blockaders ramp up their activities, pressure is growing on Premier John Horgan and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do something about the mayhem.

So far, both levels of government have shown incredible restraint in dealing with protesters blocking roads, bridges, ferries, train tracks and public buildings as they fight the Coastal GasLink pipeline.

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Police forces are also holding back in an effort to avoid escalation and make the conflict worse.

“We can’t just use force,” Horgan told the legislature last week. “It needs to be dealt with by co-operation, by consultation, by discussion, so that we can all move forward.”

Trudeau rejected opposition demands to send in the RCMP to break up blockades and arrest protesters.

“We are not the kind of country where politicians get to tell the police what to do in operational matters,” Trudeau said. “We will ensure that everything is done to resolve this through dialogue and constructive outcomes.”