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NEW Case Comment by Richard Overstall, “Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd. v. Huson [Dsta’hyl]”

NEW Case Comment by Richard Overstall, “Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd. v. Huson [Dsta’hyl]”

September 9, 2025

BC Studies Summer 2025 is coming soon! Meanwhile, here is a sneak peak at one of the featured pieces that will be included. This case comment by Richard Overstall, “Coastal Gaslink Pipeline Ltd. v. Huson [Dsta’hyl]” evaluates the legal reasoning and implications of the BC Supreme Court conviction of Wet’suwet’en Chief Dsta’hyl for criminal contempt of an injunction. For Amnesty International’s previous commentary on this case, see “This Space Here,” in BC Studies no. 222.

We acknowledge that we live and work on unceded Indigenous territories and we thank the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations for their hospitality.