To Bring Crude to Tidewater, Respectful Consultation With Aboriginal Groups Will Go a Long Way – Alberta Oil
A relatively unknown crude-to-tidewater project has crashed into a familiar obstacle — Aboriginal land rights
May 02, 2016
A relatively unknown crude-to-tidewater project has crashed into a familiar obstacle—aboriginal land rights.
Members of three Mi’gmaq communities are facing off in court against Chaleur Terminals about its plan to ship 150,000 b/d of Albertan crude by rail to the Atlantic, via the New Brunswick port of Belledune. Their argument is also familiar—an alleged lack of consultation before the provincial government granted environmental, construction and site permits, although Chaleur Terminals says it met several Mi’gmaq bands over the last two years.
