Nestle Waters Canada had expressed opposition to the route of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion becasue the route cuts through a Nestlé water-bottling property in Hope, B.C.
The Musqueam First Nation welcomes intervention from the BC government to stop the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, while at the same time remaining cautious. The new government campaigned against the pipeline in the spring elections.
The Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committee will begin monitoring the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Alberta Premiere, Rachel Notley, responded to questions about the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion by stating that the project will move forward.
APTN National News has reported that Kinder Morgan finalized a deal with Peters First Nation of British Columbia that could be worth up to $20 million over 20 years.
Following the federal government's approval of the Transmountain pipeline expansion project, Kinder Morgan has begun holding information sessions in affected communities. The first session, in Coquitlam, was met by a group of protestors who object to the pipeline project.
Kinder Morgan is bracing itself for the possibility of major protests if their proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline project is approved in 2017.
The Tsleil-Waututh Nation will press its court case Tuesday to challenge the National Energy Board’s review of Kinder Morgan’s oil pipeline expansion plans, arguing that aboriginal concerns are being neglected.