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Rail Blockades

Listen: Rail delays concern business group

Feb 24, 2020 | 11:17 AM

Ontario Provincial Police have begun the process of clearing a rail blockade on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ontario.

Protesters have shut down the key crossing for three weeks in support of hereditary chiefs from a B.C. First Nation who are opposed to a natural gas pipeline crossing their territory.

Alice McFarlane with Ag Access explains several farm and business organizations worry about the impact on the movement of agriculture products.