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"First Nations on B.C.'s North Coast won't support Alberta's pipeline proposal 'now or ever,' says chief"
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/first-nations-bc-alberta-bitumen-proposal-1.7648740
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"Any proposal to ram a new oil pipeline through to B.C.'s North Coast is a direct assault on the inherent and constitutionally protected title and rights of the First Nations who steward these lands and waters"
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"Slett pointed to a 2016 oil spill as one of the main reasons that the moratorium went into place. The Nathan E. Stewart tugboat spilled 110,000 litres of diesel and heavy oils in the water near Bella Bella, in Heiltsuk territories, and Slett said the area hasn't recovered."
"We've seen what the impacts can be on that scale and, you know, you put in a major oil crude tanker ... it would absolutely destroy and devastate the coast," she added.
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