Ten student associations of universities across the province, including the AMS and GSS of UBC, signed the letter to represent a combined total of over 180,000 individuals.
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This morning, over 50 people — including many UBC students — filed into Eby’s office carrying posters, banners and drums to call for actions against the plan to route the Coastal GasLink pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory.
Notably, the operating licences fee contains a flat annual $5000 administrative fee per company and a thirty cent congestion fee for every trip that’s taken from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays.
The demonstrators handed out flyers to passers-by that called for for “the immediate withdrawal of all RCMP and CGL from sovereign Wet'suwet'en territories.”
“I feel like the first step towards reconciliation is building a better relationship between Indigenous students and the AMS [...] is having a vote, actively participating in decision making.”
Eatherton said that the group will be leaving the the art installation up through the week and hoped it would help “bring a dialogue” to UBC about what is happening on Wet’suwet’en territory.
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AMS VP Admin Cole Evans said in a written statement to the Ubyssey that the AMS has approved the new wall under the same set of conditions as its predecessor.
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