The Canadian government tried its best to consult indigenous groups about plans ...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The Canadian government tried its best to consult indigenous groups about plans to expand its oil pipeline and undertook “no conspiracy” to ram it through the approval stage, a federal lawyer said in court on Tuesday.
A three-day hearing began in Vancouver on Monday to hear those concerns. The project is one of several stalled pipeline expansions proposed to ease the oil industry’s congested export channels. The Trans Mountain expansion would nearly triple capacity to move 890,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta to a port terminal near Vancouver. Construction continues despite the court challenge.Squamish Nation in British Columbia received government reports on the impact of marine spills only after federal consultations with its officials had concluded in June, Michelle Bradley, a lawyer for Squamish said.
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