Editor, Times Colonist,       Sunday, January 13, 2019

How could John Horgan and the BC NDP not know about the flawed agreements with the Wet'seuet'en? Why could a good government not forestall a confrontation, even at the last minute, knowing of the Gaslink LNG intention to seek an injunction

Could BC have intervened in the injunction? Could the BC Premier’s Office have called Gaslink LNG into Victoria for a 'talk" about permit delays?

As well as citing potential "significant harm" to the company should the blockade delay construction in her ruling, could BC Supreme Court Justice Marguerite Church have balanced this with the significant harm to indigenous peoples struggles, their relations with Canada, and with significant harm of introducing yet another one-sided decision in today's uncertain legal and moral environment around jurisdiction?

It's not as if there were only 8 days warning; it was more like 8 years. As my MLA Adam Olsen (Green) noted: "I’m tired of watching RCMP officers arresting Indigenous people who are protesting a project they feel puts their homeland at risk. The situation in the Wet’suwet’en territory and the Unist’ot’en camp has been ongoing since 2010

With a nice big BC Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, lots of innovative initiatives that have picked up since the NDP became government, lots of well-paid officials, legal advisors, academics, archeology experts and other consultants all beavering away on improving the relations with BC First Nations, how could Cabinet not know of the principled opposition to the LNG, and that proper engagement with traditional government was essential?

Joel Harvey /Mayne Island