CN Rail Says Anti-Israel Protests Led to ‘Irreparable Harm’ to Freight Lines

Blockades by anti-Israel protesters have led the Canadian National Railway to lose millions of dollars and suffer “irreparable harm,” say courts in three provinces. “I would have no difficulty in concluding that blockades of Canadian National Railway lines in New Brunswick would amount to irreparable harm to CN. It would amount to an unlawful trespass on CN’s property,” wrote Justice Robert Dysart of the New Brunswick Court of Queen’s Bench, as fist reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. Railway lawyers in Saskatchewan, Ontario, and New Brunswick have applied for injunctions to clear “Shut Down for Palestine” protesters from the tracks. Justice Dysart said while the protesters did not “appear to have any centralized leadership,” they organized rail blockades through a Facebook page “Good Trouble Network YQR,” a U.S. website ShutItDown4Palestine.Org, and various community groups like the Winnipeg chapter of “Queers for Palestine.”...