Some First Nations and Metis communities are determined to purchase an equity stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion despite a court ruling that halted construction and potentially set the project back for years. The proposed route of the Trans Mountain pipeline. Canada has purchased the existing Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 billion and pledged to complete the expansion project, which would triple the line's capacity to 890,000 barrels of oil a day and increase the number of tankers in Metro Vancouver's Burrard Inlet seven-fold. The group will continue to push for a stake in Trans Mountain, he said. People drum during a rally celebrating a recent federal court ruling against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, in Vancouver, on Sept. 8, 2018.

Source: CBC News September 09, 2018 20:37 UTC