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HALIFAX, N.S. —

Protesters blocked the entrance to the Fairview Cove Container Terminal on Tuesday in solidarity with opponents of a B.C. pipeline project.

About 100 people in Halifax came out to show support for the Wet’suwet'en land defenders, who are being forced off their land by the RCMP to make way for the Coastal Gaslink pipeline project.

They stood on rail tracks near the intersection of Bayne Street and Africville Road, with many people in the crowd drumming and singing.

"I'm here in solidarity with our relatives on the West Coast who were brutally violated, forcibly removed from their homeland in Wet'suwet'en while standing to protect and defend their lands against the pipeline that's coming in," said Michelle Paul, one of the protesters in Halifax.

"So long as Canada chooses to disrespect Indigenous people and our rights, so long as Canada chooses to use the word reconciliation, but behave in this manner, you're going to see all the people rising up. It's not just Mi'kmaq here. It's not just Indigenous people here. It's all people united as one."

The protests will continue, Paul said.

"Enough is enough. Canada, wake up. This is not what reconciliation looks like."

The Halifax demonstration, which ended at about 5:30 p.m., was one of many across the country that targeted ports, bridges, rails, offices and roads.

Several dozen demonstrators blocked trucks from entering the Fairview Cove container terminal on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 in solidarity with the Wet’suwet'en land defenders, who are being forced off their land by the RCMP to make way for the Coastal Gaslink pipeline project. - Tim Krochak

Protesters block a truck at the Fairview Cove container terminal in Halifax on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 in solidarity with the Wet’suwet'en land defenders. - Tim Krochak

Mi'kmaw drummers block a truck at the Fairview Cove container terminal in Halifax on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 in solidarity with the Wet’suwet'en land defenders. - Tim Krochak

Protesters, under the watchful eye of police, block a road leading to at the Fairview Cove container terminal in Halifax on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 in solidarity with the Wet’suwet'en land defenders. - Tim Krochak

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