Carl Meyer
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News, Energy, Politics
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December 4th 2018
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly warned a First Nations leader against disparaging communities that have agreed to allow the Trans Mountain pipeline across their land in exchange for economic benefits.
The secret overtures offering a financial backstop to Kinder Morgan began in March, even though the Canadian government had made it clear, during its early negotiations with the Texas multinational, that it didn't want to buy the pipeline expansion project, says a new document filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
As a moratorium on oil tankers off the north coast moves closer to becoming law, the Hereditary Chiefs and political leaders of First Nations along the North Pacific Coast pledge our full support for the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act and urge the Senate to pass Bill C-48.
TransCanada served an injunction on Nov. 26, 2018, against two leaders of the Unist'ot'en camp, accusing the members of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation of blocking access in the area around the Morice River Bridge. Hereditary leaders of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation stand unified against pipelines in the territories they are obliged to protect through their traditional system of governance.
"I was so emotional. They were talking directly about proposed marine terminals and the increase in tanker traffic and how it would affect the west coast," she said. "They were asking, if there's a spill, who's going to be held accountable? Who's going to clean it up?"
Emilee Gilpin
News, Energy, Politics, Culture
| December 4th 2018
An increasing use of back-to-work legislation indicates that the post-war period of labour peace in Canada may soon be over, writes columnist Nora Loreto.
Five current employees of Torstar and one former employee will be forced to submit to questioning under oath in connection with an investigation into an alleged media conspiracy between Torstar, the owner of the Toronto Star, and Postmedia, the owner of daily newspapers across the country.
As Canada prepares to sign on to a United Nations agreement on migration, Conservative politicians are pushing back, saying signing it would be tantamount to erasing Canada's borders.
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Andrew Scheer has distanced himself from a far right website, saying he will no longer grant it interviews until it changes its editorial direction.
