‘We tried to stop it’: chair of Indigenous coalition bidding for Trans Mountain went to court to block the project

The Western Indigenous Pipeline Group is a coalition of Indigenous communities that has partnered with Pembina in its attempt to buy Trans Mountain.

Chief David Jimmie of the Squiala First Nation is the chair of the Western Indigenous Pipeline Group.Photograph courtesy of Velour Productions

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

November 15, 2022

Squiala First Nation Chief David Jimmie is often asked how he went from opposing one of the largest infrastructure projects in Canada to now leading one of the groups that is trying to buy it from the government.

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