Court challenges of Trans Mountain redo expected, ahead of NEB’s final report

B.C. lawyer Eugene Kung says he would be ‘very surprised’ if the Trans Mountain reconsideration process isn’t challenged in court.

The NEB will release a final report on its reconsideration of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion this week. Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi's press secretary, Vanessa Adams, says after that, 'our government’s constitutionally required consultations with Indigenous communities affected by the pipeline will move into its next stage, informed by the recommendations of the report.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 18, 2019

The National Energy Board will complete its reconsideration of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project this week, but critics say the redo has been a narrow and rushed rubber-stamp, destined to fuel further court challenges. “I would be very surprised if the groups that have participated an...

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