During the early planning stages of the pipeline, the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs proposed an alternate route, but Coastal Gaslink deemed it unacceptable.

Protesters set up a blockade Wednesday afternoon on the Mont-Saint-Hilaire line in Saint-Lambert, Que., in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs.

While the situation feels familiar, for many industries, the impacts are only adding to a pile of issues tangling the rail system.

Via says it 'has no choice but to continue the cancellation of its services on a large part of its network' while rail lines in other parts of the country remain closed.

The provincial government has long struggled with how to handle land claims in the province -- where most First Nations haven't signed treaties.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the House of Commons that finding a solution to the crisis "will not be simple."

"We say we want to de-escalate and we want dialogue," says Chief Perry Bellegarde.

While the self-governance talks are independent from any particular project, they take on new significance as a national debate over Indigenous land rights and sovereignty flares.

A look at the dispute and rail disruptions in solidarity with the hereditary Wet'suwet'en chiefs, who are opposing the Coastal GasLink project.

Meantime, there's mounting political pressure for Trudeau to put an end to the blockades.