Nørgård, Andreas

Sabroe, Frederik

Sido, Brifan

This project report investigates the conflict between the Canadian state and the Wet'suwet'en First Nation. The conflict is centered on the attempt by TC Energy to construct the Coastal Link pipeline on unceded Wet'suwet'en territory, which has been met with resistance by Wet'suwet'en clans who inhabit the disputed territory and oppose the pipeline. The Canadian federal state is one amongst many investors in the Coastal Link pipeline and has on multiple occasions intervened in the dispute through the use of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Through the theory of corporate counterinsurgency the report illustrate the different hard techniques and soft approaches applied by the Canadian state and TC Energy to pacify Wet'suwet'en resistance. The conflict is, furthermore, interpreted through the theoretical framework of internal-colonialism. It is concluded that land dispute and forceful construction of the pipeline can be seen as an act of contemporary colonial oppression by the Canadian society against an indigenous minority. This investigation is carried out as a case study, and the period from 2018 to 2020 is analysed using the method of content analysis.<br/

Reconciliation is dead; A case study of contemporary colonialism in Canada

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