The new B.C. NDP government has officially taken its first major step in attempting to stop the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.
On Thursday morning, it announced it will seek intervener status in upcoming legal challenges to the federal approval of the pipeline.
The announcement helps to fulfill what was pledged in the now-famous NDP-Green “confidence and supply agreement” to “immediately employ every tool available to the new government to stop the expansion of the Kinder Morgan pipeline.”
Perhaps the most significant part of the announcement was who the B.C. government hired as external legal counsel for (Read more…) process: Thomas Berger, one of the most renowned lawyers in Canadian history, especially in the realm of Indigenous and environmental rights.
Here’s a quick explainer about who Berger is, and what message this hiring sends.