First nations bid for Trans Mountain pipeline a bold step – Thestar.com
July 9, 2018
Just imagine if a consortium of First Nations owned a sizable stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline and were determined to push it through because it would put more money in the hands of Indigenous people.
There is a plan afoot to do exactly that and later this month First Nations leaders will meet in Vancouver to advance the idea.
It’s a bold move but it would also give some First Nations the kind of control over resource projects in their own backyards they have long dreamed of.
Of course, not all First Nations would be happy.
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