Tsleil-Waututh First Nation Announces Federal Legal Challenge Against Kinder Morgan Oil Pipeline Review Process

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The Tsleil-Waututh nation announced it will launch a legal challenge against the Canadian government and the National Energy Board (NEB) Friday over legal compliance and consultation with First Nations in relation to the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

At an outdoor press conference on Tsleil-Waututh territory overlooking the Burrard Inlet and Kinder Morgan facilities, Chief Maureen Thomas said her nation has been ignored by the government throughout the Trans Mountain pipeline review process.

Today with a heavy heart we want to announce we are going to….I don’t what to use those words…but we are going to (Read more…)

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