The federal government is standing firmly behind its decision to appoint Kim Baird, a registered industry lobbyist with ties to Kinder Morgan, to a review panel for the Trans Mountain expansion.
Tar sands expansion ends here and now, said more than 800 protesters at a demonstration against the Trans Mountain expansion on Saturday in Vancouver, B.C.
The era of colonization is over, said Tsleil-Waututh representatives. Canada or indeed, the National Energy Board, can no longer plough through their land without permission.
Adam Olsen, a member of the Tsartlip First Nation and deputy leader of the B.C. Greens, argued passionately for the protection of rivers where salmon thrive.
Burnaby's legal counsel challenged the National Energy Board panelists to "have the courage" to reject Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal.
Over 90 per cent of the interveners scheduled to speak at the National Energy Board hearing in Burnaby, B.C. vehemently oppose the Trans Mountain expansion.
"You do not have the consent of Indigenous people to work on unceded Indigenous territory," said a protester, caught on camera, through a megaphone to first responders.