News release on Chiefs petition

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 9, 2012

Judge confirms Gitxsan Treaty Society is valid and blockade of chiefs office is illegal

Smithers BC – A BC Supreme Court judge has confirmed the Gitxsan Treaty Society (GTS) is a valid entity (and always was) and may attend to the necessary work of the GTS while he considers how to remedy a technical irregularity in the appointment of the society’s directors. During the hearing, the judge also expressed his view in clear terms that the blockade of the Chiefs’ office is illegal and told the protesters that they have no right to deny access to the office.