— by Yadullah Hussain and Jeff Lewis of the FinancialPost.com —
The proposed Canadian pipeline, rejected by First Nations this spring
As Enbridge Inc. reels from the rejection by residents of Kitimat, B.C. of the Northern Gateway pipeline, a First Nations-led consortium is seeking to build an alternative project that would link Alberta’s oil sands to the British Columbia coast.
Eagle Spirit Energy Holdings Ltd. and Vancouver-based Aquilini Group say they have signed non-disclosure agreements with a “substantial number” of First Nation groups in northern B.C., including some “staunchly opposed” to the Enbridge project.
The one-million barrel-per-day pipeline has a tentative 2020 start date once it secures a “social licence” from First Nations to operate, the group said at a media conference in Vancouver [in April 2014].
To read the full article, go to https://business.financialpost.com/2014/04/14/northern-gateway-plebiscite-setback-could-open-door-for-aboriginal-mega-project/
