Alberta Oil Magazine interview: "Law and Disorder"

Last week, the Tseil-Waututh Nation announced in no uncertain terms that it was not supporting Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain Pipeline. And while the project has had more than its share of setbacks over the last year, the press release from the TWN – one that included supporting legal statements, an environmental assessment and the assertion of a de-facto veto – might represent the most serious one yet. In order to parse rhetoric from reality I caught up with Bill Gallagher, a lawyer, former government official and the author of Resource Rulers: Fortune and Folly on Canada’s Road to Resources, the 2012 book that charted the deepening conflict between resource companies and First Nations in Canada.

MF: What do you make of the TWN’s position on Trans Mountain?