Vaughn Palmer: Northern Gateway jobs bounty is decidedly white-collar – Vancouver Sun

January 14, 2015

Lawsuits against pipeline, challenges and related research is keeping law offices busy

VICTORIA — For all the controversy associated with the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, proponents have been tireless in touting the project as a route to economic development and job creation.

They’ve already proven right in one respect, though not the way they intended.

“Legal onslaught greets pipeline,” as the headline had it Wednesday, atop the Vancouver Sun story by my colleague Gordon Hoekstra. “Challenge by First Nations group brings total number of lawsuits to 19.”

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