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Singh leaves door open to support for government pipeline ownership

OTTAWA – NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh left the door open Friday to
supporting government ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline, comments
that come as polling suggests a minority Parliament is increasingly
likely.

Singh has already ruled out propping up a minority Conservative
government led by Andrew Scheer, so his position on Trans Mountain could
be a significant consideration if the Liberals seek to form a
government without a majority of seats.

October 14, 2019

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‘I wanna own this thing’: Meet the indigenous groups trying to buy the Trans Mountain pipeline | CBC News

Mike LeBourdais stands on top of the Trans Mountain pipeline where it crosses under his land. If anyone is aware of how controversial and polarizing pipelines are in Canada right now, it’s the chief of the Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band near Kamloops, B.C.

Still, LeBourdais adjusts his cowboy hat and points up and down the valley as if he’s addressing the 1,150 kilometre pipeline that carries petroleum products from Edmonton to Burnaby, B.C.

“I wanna own this thing,” he announces.

Not all First Nations in Canada see owning the Trans Mountain pipeline as a way to build a new relationship with Canada.

About 130 km to the south, on the banks of the Coldwater River, Lee Spahan explains why he’s taking the federal government to court.

October 5, 2019

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Liberals promise pipeline revenue will go to ‘natural’ solutions like tree planting – iPolitics

Thunberg told reporters after the meeting that Trudeau was “not doing enough.” When asked about the criticism, Trudeau told reporters he agreed with Thunberg “entirely” — but carried on to defend their purchase of the pipeline, saying the Liberal government’s plan “includes getting a better price for our oil resources.”

September 28, 2019

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Varcoe: Court challenge brings new threat to pipeline and Alberta’s plans to balance budget

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“It’s over and over and over again,” Savage told reporters.

“This is part of the game plan of some of these activist organizations, is you litigate over and over and over again until project proponents give up.”

To be clear, Wednesday’s Federal Court of Appeal decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion did not derail the long-awaited project, which recently moved to restart construction.

But the ruling did give permission for six of 12 legal challenges to be heard against the federal government’s re-approval in June of the project.

September 6, 2019

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Federal Court of Appeal to rule on whether to let pipeline challenges proceed | CBC News

Ottawa has twice approved a plan to twin an existing pipeline from Alberta’s oilpatch to the B.C. coast.

Last
year, the Federal Court of Appeal tore up the original approval, citing
both an insufficient environment review and inadequate consultations
with Indigenous communities.

The Liberals say they fixed both problems and approved the expansion a second time in June.

Environment
groups still say there are not adequate protections for endangered
marine species that will be affected by tanker traffic picking up oil
from a terminal in suburban Vancouver.

September 4, 2019

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