FIRST READING: As Carney government approves first pipeline, First Nations threaten to destroy another – National Post
Apr 28, 2026
Proposed oil pipeline made a big deal of Indigenous ownership. A consortium of West Coast First Nations doesn’t care
Just as the Carney government approves its first natural gas pipeline, First Nations are warning oil companies there will be consequences if they take up a proposed bitumen pipeline.
On Friday, the Canada Energy Regulator approved the $4 billion Sunrise Expansion Program, which would expand an existing natural gas pipeline running from Chetwynd, B.C., to the U.S. border.
