Chippewas of the Thames First Nation not backing down on Line 9 – London Free Press

December 3, 2015

Determined to keep fighting for the environment and the rights of indigenous communities across Canada, a London-area First Nation is refusing to back down after losing its latest legal battle against changes to a controversial 40-year-old oil pipeline.

Critics, environmentalists and aboriginal communities have long railed against the greenlighted changes to Enbridge’s Line 9 saying the plan to increase and reverse the flow of crude oil between Montreal and Sarnia could lead to an environmental catastrophe.

Today, the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation is the last group standing.

But they don’t stand alone in principle. The Chippewas have the backing of the chiefs of Ontario on their bid to fight what they fear could be a precedent-setting decision by the Federal Court of Appeal allowing the Crown to ignore its constitutional duty to consult with First Nations.

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