Thank you.   
      
   So many happy people in British Columbia today.  Haven't heard from Rachel   
   Notley yet - nor from Justin Trudeau, who is about to cut a cheque to Kinder   
   Morgan for $4.5 Billion - from taxes we paid to Ottawa.   
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   CBC News · Posted: Aug 30, 2018 8:56 AM ET   
      
   Federal Court of Appeal quashes construction approvals for Trans Mountain,   
   leaving project in limbo   
      
      
   In a stunning blow, the Federal Court of Appeal has quashed the government's   
   approvals to build the Trans Mountain expansion project — a major victory   
   for Indigenous groups and environmentalists opposed to the $7.4-billion   
   project.   
      
   First Nations' leaders will hold a news conference in Vancouver at 12:30 p.m.   
   ET to react to the decision.  CBCnews.ca will carry it live.   
      
   In the decision released Thursday, and written by Justice Eleanor Dawson, the   
   court found the National Energy Board's assessment of the project was so   
   flawed that it should not have been relied on by the federal cabinet when it   
   gave final approval to    
   proceed in November 2016.   
      
   The certificate approving construction and operation of the project has been   
   nullified, leaving the project in legal limbo until the energy regulator and   
   the government reassess their approvals to satisfy the court's demands.   
      
   In effect, the court has halted construction of the 1,150-kilometre project   
   indefinitely.   
      
        Trans Mountain pipeline construction underway with feds footing the bill   
      
   Amid uncertainty, Kinder Morgan agreed to sell the existing pipeline and the   
   expansion project to the federal government this spring.  The company's   
   shareholders overwhelmingly approved the sale Thursday morning in Calgary in a   
   previously scheduled vote    
   held just after the court's decision was released.   
      
   Now, the Liberal government is the owner of a proposed pipeline project that   
   could be subject to years of further review.   
      
   Finance Minister Bill Morneau said in a tweet that the federal government is   
   reviewing the decision.  He is expected to speak to reporters in Toronto   
   shortly after 1 p.m. ET.   
      
   In its initial study of the project, the NEB found that the pipeline would not   
   cause significant adverse environmental impacts.   
      
   But the court has determined that conclusion is bogus because it did not   
   assess the impacts of marine shipping — increased tanker traffic that would   
   result from the expanded pipeline — on the environment and southern resident   
   killer whales in the    
   waters around the line's shipping terminal.   
      
      
   More consultation required   
      
   The appellate court also found that the federal government did not adequately,   
   or meaningfully, consult with Indigenous people and hear out their concerns   
   after the NEB issued its report recommending that cabinet approve the project.   
      
   The court has ordered the federal government redo its Phase 3 consultation.   
      
   "Only after that consultation is completed and any accommodation made can the   
   project be put before the Governor in Council (cabinet) for approval," the   
   decision reads.   
      
   "The duty to consult was not adequately discharged in this case."   
      
      
   Squamish Nation celebrates ruling   
      
   Thus, the court is ordering cabinet to direct the NEB to reconsider its   
   approval of the project and remedy some of the concerns raised by the court   
   before cabinet can give the final go-ahead for construction.   
      
   In a statement, the Squamish Nation welcomed the ruling in favour of   
   Indigenous rights.   
      
   "The Trudeau government failed in its rhetoric about reconciliation with First   
   Nations' and this court decision shows that," reads the statement from   
   Khelsilem, councillor and spokesperson for Squamish Nation.   
      
   "This decision reinforces our belief that the Trans Mountain Expansion Project   
   must not proceed, and we tell the Prime Minister to start listening and put an   
   end to this type of relationship.  It is time for Prime Minister Trudeau to do   
   the right thing."   
      
   The statement says the increased number of tankers passing through the   
   Squamish Nation Territory would heighten the risk of a catastrophic spill.   
      
      
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