Taking action in support of our vital natural resource sector

Which tweets from Canada Action gained the most traction throughout 2020? We accomplished so much this year and are looking forward to reaching even more Canadians through social media platforms in 2021!

Here’s a list of Canada Action tweets with the highest impressions from 1 through 20 with more commentary below. Enjoy!

Hereditary Chief Helen Michelle of Skin Tyee Nation, Wet'suwet'en

“A lot of the protestors are not even #Wetsuweten. Our people said go ahead to #CoastalGasLink.” #WetsuwetenStrong #LNGCanada pic.twitter.com/U7zyxZBXxk

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 8, 2020

Wet’suwet’en Nation member Shirley Wilson supports #CoastalGasLink

“I don’t agree with the protests at all because it’s all one sided. The protestors that are there a lot come from out of area like Eastern Canada or even the USA.”#WetsuwetenStrong #WetsuwetenSolidarity pic.twitter.com/y44fd8FX6H

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 9, 2020

Wet’suwet’en Nation member Vernon Mitchell supports #CoastalGasLink

On some of the local opposition: “They don’t even know squat about our territory and meanwhile they’re putting on roadblocks... they’re hurting my people and my kids.” #WetsuwetenStrong #WetsuwetenSolidarity pic.twitter.com/YTbkczsQHd

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 9, 2020

More from Wet’suwet’en Nation member Shirley Wilson on #CoastalGasLink

“I think the #Wetsuweten laws were broken as soon as they put up the protest camp.”#WetsuwetenStrong #WetsuwetenSolidarity#ShutDownCanada #LNGCanada #Unistoten #Gidimten pic.twitter.com/HQrmZ0PVHe

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 9, 2020

This is powerful. Rita George, Wet'suwet'en Matriarch & Hereditary Subchief.

“What’s happening out there is not right. We didn’t give our permission (to use our name in protest)...”#WetsuwetenSolidarity #WetsuwetenStong #AllEyesOnWetsuweten pic.twitter.com/Ngv6cKHh6H

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 25, 2020

Hereditary Chief Helen Michelle of Skin Tyee Nation, Wet'suwet'en

“Yes I support the resources. We’ve had lots of consultation. We walked the ground where the LNG was going to go.” #Wetsuweten CoastalGasLink #WetsuwetenStrong pic.twitter.com/HnqAhfoepC

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 7, 2020

Theresa Tait-Day, Hereditary Chief, Wet'suwet'en Nation

“In the case of #CoastalGasLink 85% of our people said yes they want this project.”#AllEyesOnWetsuweten #BuildCanadaUp#WetsuwetenStrong pic.twitter.com/bBU1yJLZgu

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 10, 2020

“A single electric car contains more cobalt than 1,000 smartphone batteries; the blades on a single wind turbine have more plastic than 5 million smartphones; and a solar array that can power one data center uses more glass than 50 million phones.” https://t.co/NKYr3Dn0fL

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) August 22, 2020

Natural resources support millions of families across #Canada, just like yours!

We all play for team Canada, we should be proud of our teammates.#cdnecon #cdnpoli #cdnmedia pic.twitter.com/gxVonlLHdJ

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) December 11, 2020

“It’s not the #Wetsuweten that said #ShutDownCanada.”

“The question remains, who gave that directive?” - Indigenous leader Ellis Ross. pic.twitter.com/S0Ktt5gURE

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) March 6, 2020

“In the case of #CoastalGasLink, 85% of our people said yes we want this project.”

Let’s have an informed conversation.#Wetsuweten #WetsuwenStrong #Unistoten #WetsuwetenSolidarity pic.twitter.com/XpCKamKlhf

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 15, 2020

Marion Tiljoe Shepherd, Big Frog Clan, Unist'ot'en Territory, Wet'suwet'en.

“I would tell the protestors to back off, go away, and leave us alone.”#AllEyesOnUnistoten#AllEyesOnWetsuweten#CoastalGasLink pic.twitter.com/Wy1ueeh0gm

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 21, 2020

Wet’suwet’en member: “It’s not a strange thing to have a pipeline in our territory.

We have had a pipeline in our area since the mid-’60s and it hasn’t caused any harm to our environment.”#WetsuwetenSolidarity #WetsuwetenStrong #CoastalGasLink https://t.co/vuHbffj5kp

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) March 1, 2020

Japan plans to build as many as 22 new coal-burning power plants at 17 different sites in the next five years. https://t.co/e7bvJvoH5p

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) May 22, 2020

THREAD: Indigenous leader @ellisbross on having the courage to speak up.

“If you don’t speak up about the issues your community is facing, the poverty, the suicide, the unemployment, then really your issues don’t exist.” pic.twitter.com/ONty5IbMYY

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 11, 2020

Wet'suwet'en Nation member Bonnie George supports #CoastalGasLink.

"There’s an entity that’s saying they represent all the Wet’suwet’en people. It’s not really so because our people are not being informed.”#AllEyesOnWetsuweten #WetsuwetenStrong #WetsuwetenSolidarity pic.twitter.com/JiQ93sHH6q

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 9, 2020

'It concerns all provinces': Quebec premier @francoislegault calls on Ottawa to step in to end anti-pipeline protests https://t.co/kvupB5IwiS

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 12, 2020

Peaceful protests? This is illegal and very dangerous.

100% of the Indigenous communities on the route support #CoastalGasLink through their democratically elected councils - we need to work together, we need to #BuildCanadaUp pic.twitter.com/kuolUWHDhv

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 26, 2020

No respect for the rule of law.

Protestors block Port of Vancouver for 3rd straight day, stalling port traffic.

All 20 Indigenous communities support #CoastalGasLink through their elected councils, including the #Wetsuweten https://t.co/ZZhchY5KI0

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 9, 2020

All 20 elected First Nation councils along the #CoastalGasLink route support the project, including the Haisla. #Wetwuweten #WetsuwetenSolidarity #WetsuwetenStrong https://t.co/84iK73wHS6

— Canada Action (@CanadaAction) February 22, 2020

Wet'suwet'en & Coastal GasLink

A majority of Canada Action's top-reaching tweets in 2021 focussed on the Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline. While some news outlets and media organizations covered only one side of the story, we conducted interviews with Wet'suwet'en members who are part of the overwhelming majority in their community that support the CGL pipeline and want to see the project built.

Some of those interviews:

• Wet'suwet'en Matriarch Says No Permission Was Given to Protest

• Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chief Says Her Nation Supports Coastal GasLink

• Wet'suwet'en Member Says They Are Being Misinformed on Pipeline Project

We took to social media to help present a balanced conversation around the Wet'suwet'en and Coastal GasLink pipeline in Canada. We were able to reach hundreds of thousands of Canadians across the country with the message being spoken by many Wet'suwet'en members, like those seen in the tweets and blogs listed above.

It's critical that all sides of the conversation are heard when talking about the development of natural resources in Canada, especially when it comes to Indigenous peoples who are often the most affected by projects built within their territories.

The Coastal GasLink and LNG Canada projects in British Columbia strongly support rural Indigenous communities through economic stimulus and job opportunities in regions of our country where good employment is often scarce. The majority of Indigenous peoples who support natural resource development in Canada must be heard!

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