Kinder Morgan questions how much B.C. First Nation still eats fish

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What business is it of KinderMorgan about how much the aboriginals eat fish? It’s their land to do with as they wish, and if they wish the fish to live there and NOT eat them, then that is their choice. The arrogance is astounding.

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Chinook salmon. Chinook salmon.

NEB hearings underway to hear Aboriginal oral evidence into Kinder Morgan’s proposed oil pipeline, that would cross dozens of rivers sacred to First Nations.

Mychaylo Prystupa, Vancouver Observer, Oct 18th, 2014

How much do First Nations still catch and eat fish? That appeared to be a key line of questioning at a National Energy Board hearing underway this week in Chilliwack regarding Kinder Morgan’s $5.4-billion oil pipeline expansion.

The forum is designed to gather oral evidence from Aboriginals on the Texas-based company’s proposed Trans Mountain expansion pipeline that would cross dozens of rivers considered sacred to B.C. First Nations.

“I’m just wondering… do you have an estimate in terms of what proportion of Kwantlen members’ diet comes from sources in the Fraser River?” Kinder Morgan lawyer Terri-Lee Oleniuk asked Kwantlen First Nation leaders on Friday.

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