PEI Green Party leader Peter Bevan-Baker has Tweeted his concerns about the situation in Nova Scotia. He says what is happening to Mi’kmaq fishers in that province is unacceptable. Bevan-Baker says his party is in regular contact with Island Mi’kmaq leaders and stand with them in support. He says as treaty people we all have a responsibility to stop violence and intimidation.
The violence in southwestern Nova Scotia continued over the weekend after a week of rising tension over Indigenous treaty rights continues.
Non-Indigenous protesters oppose the band’s decision to start a commercial lobster fishing business operating outside the federally regulated lobster season.
Police say a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after a large fire destroyed a First Nations lobster pound in southwestern Nova Scotia early Saturday morning. The man is considered a person of interest as far as the blaze is concerned.
R-C-M-P Sergeant Andrew Joyce says dozens of police officers and fire fighters responded to the blaze at the fish plant in Middle West Pubnico around midnight on Saturday.
Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has condemned the violence and says he’s approved a request to step up the RCMP presence in the area to try to keep the peace.
