Court to hear First Nations’ challenge of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

By The Canadian Press
Four B.C. Indigenous groups set to argue in Federal Court of Appeal

VANCOUVER—Four British Columbia Indigenous groups are set to argue in the Federal Court of Appeal that the Canadian government failed to consult adequately with them before its latest approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. A three-day hearing is scheduled to begin today in Vancouver to consider legal challenges launched by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Squamish Nation, Coldwater Indian Band and a coalition of small First Nations in the Fraser Valley.…

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December 16, 2019

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