TORONTO: Canada’s federal court on Tuesday denied a bid by indigenous tribes to block a long-delayed expansion of an oil pipeline, dismissing their claim that they had not been adequately consulted on the project. Indigenous groups had argued that a second consultation with them on the project’s impacts on wildlife and the environment, mandated by law, had been inadequate. The project was delayed several years by protests and legal challenges by environmental activists and indigenous tribes. After fresh court-ordered consultations with indigenous groups affected by its construction, the government announced in June 2019 that it was moving forward. By the end of this month, Ottawa must decide whether or not to approve another controversial oil project in Alberta, a Can$21 billion oil sands mine proposed by Teck Resources.

Source: Pakistan Today February 04, 2020 22:07 UTC