Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi said today Indigenous consultation efforts on the Trans Mountain expansion project are expected to wrap up within 90 days, paving the way for a new cabinet decision on the project by summer. Sohi said that, so far, the teams have met with over 100 different Indigenous communities. Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says consultations with Indigenous groups about the stalled Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are going well and he expects to wrap up the process in 90 days. When asked about those criticisms, Sohi said Ottawa is addressing "deficiencies" in the consultation process. The 1,150-kilometre expansion project would boost the pipeline's capacity to roughly 890,000 barrels a day.

Source: CBC News March 13, 2019 19:32 UTC