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Review Process for Pipeline Doesn’t Recognize Rights: B.C. Aboriginal Group
January 18 2010 | News Articles | The Canadian Press
An aboriginal group in British Columbia is fighting the development of a crude oil pipeline from Alberta’s oilsands to the West Coast.
The natural resource manager of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation says construction on Enbridge Inc.‘s (TSX:ENB) Northern Gateway Pipeline would threaten his community’s traditional way of life.
David deWit also says the regulatory process does not recognize his community’s right to make decisions on its own territory. DeWit was in Calgary last week to bring his concerns to oilsands companies that would ship their crude along the pipeline to the West Coast, where it could be loaded onto tankers and sent across the Pacific.
Enbridge plans to file a regulatory application in the first half of this year to the National Energy Board for the project, which would enable Canadian oil companies to sell their crude in Asian markets.
On its website, Northern Gateway says it wants to bring economic opportunities to aboriginal people along the pipeline’s route, including the opportunity to invest in the project. (The Canadian Press, ccg)
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