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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I personally don't see it happening at all. The economic benefit of the pipeline disproportionately goes to Alberta whereas the environmental liability of the project disproportionately goes to British Columbia.
Plus the groups most heavily opposed aren't really about 'having their concerns catered to' but rather they are not open to anything other than killing the project.
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I'm in agreement except for the fact that both provincial governments and the federal government are so invested in the project. We haven't really seen this amount of multi-jurisdictional backing on a project since the transcanada highways. They will try to ram this through. And the court's haven't been particularly kind of First Nations rights of land. That really is the only sticking point.
Now that could change with a change in government over the next year in BC which is looking likely. Gateway will undoubtedly be a key campaign issue in that election and if the NDP wins then we'll see a fundamental shift in the dynamic.
But relying on FN rights and title to hold up the project is not a slam dunk at all.