Globe says Enbridge, pipeline rivals still face hurdles – Stockwatch

April 29, 2016

The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, April 29, edition that Ottawa and the provinces may be aligning on support for new oil pipelines, but there remains staunch opposition among first nations. The Globe’s Jeffrey Jones and Shawn McCarthy write that native leaders in British Columbia and in Eastern Canada say they have no intentions of softening their resistance to projects that would ship bitumen to coastal waters through their territories. Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs grand chief Stewart Phillip said his members have not budged from their position that pipelines through the province, including Enbridge’s Northern Gateway and Kinder Morgan Canada’s Trans Mountain expansion, pose unacceptable oil-spill risks. The group has also lent its support to Eastern first nations’ stance against TransCanada’s Energy East project.

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