Kahnawake protest targets Highway 30 development

A dozen Kahnawake Mohawks held a protest this morning over disputed territory at the centre of plans for Highway 30 development.

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"This is our land. This is our earth," said Timmy Norton, who organized the demonstration on Route 207.

"Nobody can develop anything here without our consent."

Part of Highway 30 runs through land that issouth of Kahnawakeandwas once Mohawk territory.

Many are upset over Quebec's lack of consultation with the community over Bill 85, tabled last week.

The billproposes the creation of aneconomic development corridor along Highway 30 on Montreal's South Shore, as way ofconnecting two logistics'hubsone in LesCdres, west of Montreal, and one inContrecoeur, east of Montreal.

The proposal would see the land developed for commercialuse.