Maia Wikler

In a victory for the Squamish Nation — and a setback to TMX — on September 17, 2019,  B.C.’s Court of Appeal ordered ministers to reconsider the Provincial Environmental Certificate issued to Trans Mountain under the previous provincial government.  This means that BC can now impose more stringent conditions on TMX, and could, as Squamish Nation recommends,…

There’s a lot more to the TMX story than what mainstream media is reporting. Across the country, people are incensed that government is proceeding with construction the TMX pipeline while Indigenous legal challenges are still before the courts. Exercising constitutional rights and stopping the pipeline just one year ago was a huge achievement led by…

Now is the time to Pull Together On September 3, 2019, the Federal Court of Appeal tossed out all non-Indigenous cases challenging the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion. The good news is that six First Nations will have their day in court, including the four Nations that are part of the joint RAVEN-Sierra Club BC’s Pull…