/en/authors/briarpatch/ Recent content in Briarpatch on Montreal Counter-information Hugo -- 0.154.5 en Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:52:33 +0000 /en/indigenous-elders-and-land-defenders-sentenced-to-jail-for-resisting-trans-mountain-pipeline/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 18:52:33 +0000 /en/indigenous-elders-and-land-defenders-sentenced-to-jail-for-resisting-trans-mountain-pipeline/ <p><em>From</em> <strong><a href="https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/how-canada-is-targeting-indigenous-resistance-to-tmx-trans-mountain-pipeline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Briarpatch Magazine</a> </strong></p> <p>The handful of supporters in the sparsely-populated courtroom came there to bear witness and stand in solidarity with an Indigenous Elder who had just been tried for a second time and was now awaiting the verdict.</p> <p>In December, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Shelley Fitzpatrick found Jim Leyden guilty of criminal contempt of court for breaching an <a href="http://terminalcitylegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Injunction-Order-Amended-2018-06-01.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">injunction</a> originally brought by Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (TMX) in March 2018. The injunction is the line that TMX has drawn in the sand, so as to stifle any meaningful resistance at the company’s worksites throughout the province – including TMX contractors and subcontractors – and all along the pipeline’s path.</p>