A member of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) is flying to Texas this week in hopes of convincing Kinder Morgan shareholders that continuing with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is too risky.
Chief Judy Wilson, of the Neskonlith Indian Band (Secwepemnc Nation) and the UBCIC, will be presenting a report on behalf of the State of New York – a Kinder Morgan stockholder – at the company’s annual general meeting in Houston. The report outlines social, environmental, and financial risks associated with the project. She will argue that continued resistance by Canadian and Indigenous groups demonstrates opposition from multiple jurisdictions, which has already led to significant construction delays.
“Kinder Morgan stockholders have not been properly advised that Indigenous rights are recognized in the Canadian Constitution and have won again and again through the courts. Kinder Morgan does not have the required consent of Indigenous Nations along the pipeline and tanker route, and it never will,” Wilson said in a statement. “There is nothing that the Canadian government can do to eliminate the risk and uncertainty inherent in this project. We will continue fighting against the project until it is abandoned.”
