Mi’kmaw grandmothers were shocked on Monday at the size of the courtroom in Halifax where dates would be set for their contempt hearing later this year. As Elizabeth McSheffrey reports, they said they didn’t “feel safe” without room for all their supporters to join them as their lawyer defends against Alton Gas.
- Mi’kmaq grandmothers call small courtroom size an example of ‘systemic racism’
- Contempt case for Indigenous women arrested at Alton Gas site delayed