Indigenous Peoples

FIRST NATIONS ACROSS CANADA SAY WITHOUT CONSENT FROM LOCAL BC NATIONS THERE WILL BE NO KM PIPELINE

02/05/18

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First Nations Leaders

FIRST NATIONS ACROSS CANADA SAY WITHOUT CONSENT FROM LOCAL BC NATIONS THERE WILL BE NO KM PIPELINE

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Canada

Indigenous Peoples

Oil - Pipelines

National Interest or National Liability? Kinder Morgan: risk and uncertainty abound

29/04/18

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West Coast Environmental Law

April 19, 2018

Kinder Morgan has set a May 31 deadline to get political certainty. What can the federal government do to achieve this? And will it alleviate the host of legal, financial, reputational and practical risks facing the project?

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We're all getting played by Kinder Morgan

18/04/18

Author:

Seth Klein

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Rabble.ca

April 18, 2018

Here's a different take on Kinder Morgan's ultimatum and the so-called "constitutional crisis" it has sparked. I'm speculating, of course, as we all seek to understand what Kinder Morgan is really up to. But allow me to posit a minority theory:

We're getting played!

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There are parts of Canada's national interest that Trudeau didn't talk about

17/04/18

Author:

Laurie Adkin

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National Observer

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa for a news conference on April 15, 2018. File photo by Alex Tétreault

The Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion conflict reveals a much larger crisis than the “constitutional” or “investor confidence” crises constructed by the projects’ proponents. The conflict reveals a profound failure of leadership from both levels of government, but most of all, from the prime minister, in response to the true crises facing this country.

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Elizabeth May Responds To Liberals On Trans Mountain Pipeline

16/04/18

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Huffington Post

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Huffington Post

Watch this video here: https://www.facebook.com/huffpostcapolitics/videos/2058194234194876/Uzpf...

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'A tough lesson': Do First Nations hold trump card on Trans Mountain debate?

12/04/18

Author:

Jason Proctor

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CBC News

Despite sparring between provinces and Ottawa, pipeline's future likely depends on court challenges

Posted: Apr 12, 2018

Between boycotts, showdowns, shareholder action and emergency cabinet meetings, it's easy to overlook the lack of a crucial perspective in the white noise currently surrounding Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain expansion project.

But if Indigenous voices are missing from this moment's very public pipeline debate, it's not because they're not speaking.

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If Ottawa rams through Trans Mountain, it could set up an Oka-like crisis

12/04/18

Author:

Stewart Phillip and Serge Simon

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The Globe and Mail

Stewart Phillip is Grand Chief of Okanagan Nation and president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. Serge ‘Otsi’ Simon is Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake.

As the federal and Alberta governments continue to pull their hair out over the B.C. government’s stand against Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and tanker project, it’s important to point out, as we’ve been doing for years, that the pipeline company doesn’t have the consent of all First Nations along the route. In fact, many of them are strongly opposed to the project.

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Indigenous rights aren’t a subplot of pipeline debate

12/04/18

Author:

Jennifer Ditchburn

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Policy Options

April 11, 2018

Despite what you hear from pundits and politicians, the constitutional rights of Indigenous people are not some secondary part of the Kinder Morgan saga.

Imagine if decades from now a student of Canadian political history is digging into the Kinder Morgan pipeline saga. What kind of picture would she get from scanning the news databases from April 2018?

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After relentless protests, Kinder Morgan slams brakes on spending for Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

09/04/18

Author:

Mike De Souza & Carl Meyer

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National Observer

Energy giant Kinder Morgan has blinked in the face of relentless opposition from British Columbia to its plans to build a major oil pipeline.

The Texas multinational energy company announced on Sunday that it was suspending all non-essential spending on its Trans Mountain expansion project, threatening to cancel it if it fails to reach an agreement with B.C. and other stakeholders over how to proceed.

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Kinder Morgan issues ultimatum, suspends ‘non-essential’ spending on Trans Mountain pipeline

09/04/18

Author:

Kelly Cryderman and Ian Bailey

Link:

The Globe and Mail

Protesters opposed to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline extension defy a court order and block an entrance to the company's property, in Burnaby, B.C., on Saturday. DARRYL DYCK/THE CANADIAN PRESS

APRIL 8, 2018

Kinder Morgan has suspended all “non-essential” spending on its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion due to opposition from the British Columbia government, issuing an ultimatum that it won’t commit any more dollars to the $7.4-billion project unless it can get agreement from the province to stand aside by the end of May.

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Indigenous Peoples

Despite sparring between provinces and Ottawa, pipeline's future likely depends on court challenges

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