Caledonia and Six Nations residents unite to demand government action

By Mike Renzella

The Haldimand Press       

CALEDONIA—About 50 people gathered Saturday, November 21, 2020 at the Argyle Street road blockade in Caledonia. The group demanded action from the federal government in seeking a peaceful and decisive end to the ongoing demonstrations at the McKenzie Meadows site and in Caledonia as a whole.

The event was planned and organized by Mike Henderson, founder of the Facebook group Caledonia and Six Nations Matter, and Kim Wiley, a local realtor who has lived in Caledonia for over a decade.

Wiley and Henderson, along with four other speakers at the event, echoed a growing sentiment among frustrated residents of Caledonia, the surrounding area, and the Six Nations related to a general sense of apathy they’re seeing from the federal government in regard to taking an active role in settling the ongoing dispute.