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Robyn Allan wrote to the NEB on Sept 8, 2018. She had written the Board in 2016 about errors in their recommendation report on the TMEX and they'd told her they couldn't respond because it was before the courts.
So Sept 8 she wrote again and argued re 5 errors to do with capital cost, number of tankers using the old line, the nature of agreements with shippers, the definition of the project in the report vs the definition used in the hearing, and a 'best interest of Canadians' statement. She explains why each is important.
A veteran NDP MP used the most unparliamentary language to blast the Liberal government's push to complete the Trans Mountain expansion project despite concerns from many Indigenous groups.
"Why doesn't the prime minister just say the truth and tell Indigenous Peoples that he doesn't give a fuck about their rights?" Romeo Saganash asked in question period Tuesday, stunning the House of Commons.
Though some NDP MPs applauded, House Speaker Geoff Regan immediately called on Saganash to apologize.
Meanwhile, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Ottawa should appeal an earlier court ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada and legislate the project into existence.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
September 24, 2018
OTTAWA — The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says the federal government would find it easier to get the Trans Mountain pipeline built if it moves the route and the marine shipping terminal to avoid Indigenous communities that are oppose the project.
Greenpeace executive director Russel Norman says his discharge without conviction for a protest against the oil exploration ship Amazon Warrior sets an important precedent.
In April last year the former Green MP and fellow climate activist Sara Howell, who was also discharged last Friday by the Napier District Court, swam in front of the ship 60 nautical miles off Napier, forcing it to stop its search for the day.
The charges were laid by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, & Employment.
