First Nations leaders renew call to stop B.C. pipeline projects as UN raps Canada
Bothhave government permits and approvals from many elected band councils, but neither has obtained free, prior and informed consent from all Indigenous peoples whose land they cross, the leaders say.
Representatives from the Wet’suwet’en Nation, Tiny House Warriors, Tsleil-Waututh Nation Sacred Trust Initiative, Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade held a news briefing renewing their call for government intervention in both Coastal GasLink and TMX.to Canada’s representative to the UN in Geneva, expressing grave concern about government approval and police enforcement related to Trans Mountain and Coastal GasLink.
According to its website, the Trans Mountain Corporation has inked 67 mutual benefit agreements with 73 “Indigenous groups” in B.C. and Alberta. The Tsleil-Waututh Nation is one of several in B.C. that is not among them. The UN committee has previously called on Ottawa to halt construction on both projects until free, prior and informed consent — as outlined in theIn a November 2020 letter, it accused Canada of interpreting that principle as engagement in good-faith dialogue, and to “guarantee a process, but not a particular result.”Story continues below advertisement
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