Last week, the British Columbia Court of Appeal struck down provincial legislation seeking to prevent the development of the Trans Mountain pipeline in the province. With nothing standing in the way, your government can now proceed with the construction of this pipeline, for which it paid too much, according to many Canadians, myself included.

After the Prime Minister was called to order by the Federal Court of Appeal, he apologized to the First Nations for failing to consult them, even though the Trans Mountain plan proposes crossing more than 500 kilometres through a First Nations reserve. Since the Prime Minister said in December in Vancouver that he did not expect unanimity, I’d like to know whether any negotiations have taken place so far and how much support he wants to have from these communities before he ignores these First Nations’ claims and moves forward with this questionable investment.