Indigenous Group: 8 First Nations along pipeline route

Business: Enbridge

Issue: Enbridge’s $7.9-billion Northern Gateway project pipeline route which spans 1,170 kilometres from Bruderheim, Alberta to Kitimat. that would link Alberta’s oilsands to British Columbia’s north coast. The project would dramatically increase tanker traffic along the northwest coast.

Approved in 2014

Comment: Jan. 12, 2016: Vancouver Sun – BC Supreme Court ruled that “BC government abdicated its statutory duties and breached its duty to consult with the Nation when it signed and failed to terminate an Equivalency Agreement that handed the federal National Energy Board (NEB) sole jurisdiction over the environmental assessment decision-making regarding Enbridge’s Northern Gateway project.” The Constitutional challenge was brought by the Gitga’at First Nation and the Coastal First Nations

Latest Updates: Feb 24, 2016: Terrace Standard – As many as three coastal First Nations could sign on for a share of the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project in the coming months, says an aboriginal leader closely identified with the project.

They will join 28 First Nations and Métis groups who have already negotiated deals for their portions of the 10 per cent of the project set aside for aboriginal ownership, says Bruce Dumont, the president of the Métis Nation of B.C.