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QUEBEC — An impatient Premier François Legault called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday to step up to the plate and solve the barricade problem disrupting rail traffic in Montreal and the rest of the country.

“It’s up to Justin Trudeau to solve the problem,” Legault told reporters as he arrived for question period at the legislature. “This is creating many inconveniences in Quebec and in Ontario.”

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Legault said he had spoken to Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Wednesday and said they are both very displeased with the situation, which continues to escalate.

Blockade organizers across Canada have said they’re acting in solidarity with those opposed to the Coastal GasLink pipeline project that crosses traditional territory of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation near Houston, B.C.

“We both agree it is above all a federal problem,” Legault said. “We’re talking about a pipeline in British Columbia. Doug Ford and I are very concerned.