Alberta energy minister says UN should mind its own business and not tell Canada what to do with its energy megaprojects
Sonya Savage, in a statement, says it's the job of elected leaders, not the UN, to make decisions on how best to govern people and economies.urged Canada to stop work on three major resource projects
The committee, in a directive last month, says it's worried that work is going ahead without free, prior and informed consent of Indigenous groups. She says the criticism is unfair and out of context, given Canada's track record on making sure all voices are heard. "Canada's duly elected representatives — not unaccountable international committees — are responsible for governing decisions in this country."Trans Mountain Corp., the federal Crown corporation building the pipeline expansion from Alberta to the British Columbia coast, says it is moving forward with construction safely and in respect of communities.
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