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Coldwater Indian Band and Squamish Nation challenge Trans Mountain pipeline
Three First Nations have announced they’re taking legal action challenging the federal government’s approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.
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Specific Claims Tribunal awards $13.8 million to Huu-ay-aht First Nations
The Specific Claims Tribunal released a decision–its first addressing the issue of compensation–awarding more than $13.8 million to Huu-ay-aht First Nations for breaches of fiduciary duty committed by Canada between 1948 and 1969.
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Ratcliff lawyers put First Nations Consultation at centre stage before NEB
In a heated final argument Thursday, Squamish First Nation lawyer Aaron Bruce told the NEB that it cannot recommend the Trans Mountain expansion project’s approval because the federal government “recognizes the current process is deficient to address First Nations concerns.”
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Ratcliff represents city of Burnaby at NEB Trans Mountain hearings
The National Energy Board (NEB) should suspend its review of the Trans Mountain pipeline until Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reforms the national regulator, said Ratcliff lawyer Gregory McDade on behalf of the City of Burnaby.