Quebec aboriginals say TransCanada pipeline review flawed – Reuters Canada

Mar 19, 2015

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government’s review of TransCanada Corp’s proposed Energy East pipeline is deeply flawed, Quebec aboriginal leaders said on Thursday, signaling they could line up with opponents of the C$12 billion ($9.43 billion) project.

In a letter sent to Canada’s natural resources minister and distributed to the media on Thursday, Ghislain Picard, chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador, criticized the federal government for failing to consult aboriginal communities on the scope of the review.

Many Canadian aboriginal communities and groups have opposed crude oil pipelines passing through their traditional territory, in some cases threatening to turn to the courts to block approval.

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