Trudeau ‘open to engaging constructively’ with hereditary chiefs over rail blockades

When NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during Wednesday’s Question Period if he would “commit” to meeting with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs in regards to the nationwide rail blockades, Trudeau stated that meeting “too quickly” would interfere with the communities’ work regarding solutions to the protests, but that he is “open to engaging constructively.”

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