By Ryan Tumilty, National Post; February 21, 2020
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared Friday that crippling rail blockades must end immediately, setting the stage for confrontation as Indigenous leaders said they were not yet prepared to move.
“Canadians have been patient. Our government has been patient, but it has been two weeks and the barricades need to come down now,” Trudeau said at a press conference Friday, as the crisis entered its third week.