Indigenous Group: 81 First Nations in Alberta and BC

Business: Kinder Morgan Canada (Government of Canada purchased Kinder Morgan on May 29, 2018)

Issue: $7.4B pipeline project would triple the amount of oil being transported through Burrard Inlet, from 300K to nearly 900K barrels per day, and increase oil tanker traffic from one a week to at least one a day, about 400 tankers a year. The project proposes a second pipeline to transport crude oil from Alberta’s tar sands to Kinder Morgan’s terminal across the Burrard Inlet from Tsleil-Waututh land.

Comment: Sept. 7, 2018: CTV News – The pipeline already runs between Edmonton and Burnaby, B.C. carrying various types of crude and refined oil products to be shipped on tankers through the Burrard Inlet to the Pacific Ocean. The second pipeline is roughly parallel to the first in order to triple the capacity.
Dec. 1, 2016: Time-Colonist – About one-third of the 120 First Nations groups that Kinder Morgan consulted signed benefit-sharing agreements with the company. Eleven are in Alberta and 28 are in B.C., including some on Vancouver Island. While some have signed letters of support for the project, others are preparing for legal battles and warn that a lack of consent from many First Nations will compromise reconciliation efforts.

Latest Updates: Feb. 10, 2020 – To date, the Trans Mountain Corporation (TMC) has signed 58 agreements with Indigenous communities worth over $500 million and, when complete, the Project will generate over $1 billion of Indigenous-based contract awards. Every dollar the federal government earns from this project will be used to fund Canada’s transition to a cleaner economy. The Department of Finance estimates additional corporate tax revenues of $500 million per year once the Project enters into operation. This money, as well as any profit from the sale of the pipeline, will be invested in clean energy projects that will power our homes, businesses and communities for years to come.