Trans Mountain buy adds to Liberals’ betrayal of Indigenous voters, say activists, NDP

Some Indigenous groups are gearing up for a fight in 2019 over the pipeline.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured with Assembly of First Nations national chief Perry Bellegarde, could be in for a fight from some Indigenous organizations unhappy with the Liberals’ reconciliation record. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

June 6, 2018

The backlash to the federal government’s decision to purchase Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline project could cost the Liberals in 2019, as some Indigenous, environmental, and youth activists gear up to respond to what they see as a broken attempt at reconciliation, say activists, oppositi...

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