Injunction

An injunction is a court order directing someone or some group to stop an action like a blockade; injunctions have been used by Indigenous peoples as a tool of resistance against colonial governments to temporary halt or delay projects. - Yellowhead Insittute ^[1]

Examples of Injunctions

The Coastal Gaslink (CGL) pipeline	CGL applied for an injunction, and received it, to continue building on unceded Wet'suwet'en territory without their free, prior and informed consent ^[2]
The Transmountain (TMX) pipeline	TMX was granted an injunction to build on unceded Secwepemc Nation territory ^[3]
Teal Jones logging company	Teal Jones was granted an injunction to log remaining old growth trees on Pacheedaht First Nation territory ^[4]

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[1] ttps://yellowheadinstitute.org/2019/11/14/injunctions-by-first-nations-results-of-a-national-study/

[2] ttps://thenarwhal.ca/rcmp-arrests-wetsuweten-coastal-gaslink/

[3] ttps://www.transmountain.com/injunction-order

[4] ttps://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/logging-company-granted-injunction-extension-in-fairy-creek-old-growth-dispute/

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Injunction

Examples of Injunctions

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