Include Us in the Discussion, Says BC Chief Who Supports Trans Mountain

First Nations in favour of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project fed up with not being heard

Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs vice president Chief Bob Chamberlin (L) and president Grand Chief Stewart Phillip join protesters opposed to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in Burnaby, B.C., on April 7, 2018. First Nations in favour of the project are fed up with not being heard. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Federal officials are exploring every available option to get the Trans Mountain pipeline built, but Ottawa faces a wall of opposition including from the B.C. government, municipalities, the green lobby, and a number of Indigenous groups—the majority, in fact.

But many First Nations leaders are in favour of Kinder Morgan Canada’s $7.4 billion project and are frustrated by the perception that all First Nations are in line with those who oppose it.