Impose a pipeline on Indigenous nations? Not so fast, say Indigenous rights lawyers | CBC News

CBC - 18/04
Two federal leaders were asked if they would impose a pipeline on Indigenous nations that don’t want it during Wednesday's French debate. Indigenous rights lawyers say any answer other than no would "be contrary to the Constitution."

Pipelines, pipelines, pipelines.

Indigenous peoples came up just once during Wednesday's French-language federal leaders' debate, the first of two official debates before the vote, and the question was this: Would you impose a pipeline on Indigenous nations that don't want it?

First up was Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who sidestepped the question.

"At the same time, there are others who will support it," Poilievre said in French, citing the cancelled Northern Gateway pipeline, claiming 80 per cent of First Nations supported it. 

"In that case, I think we should side with the majority and also allow businesses to pay part of their taxes directly to First Nations to combat poverty with industry and production."

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh began to object, but he didn't get to fully answer the question. Moderator Patrice Roy of Radio-Canada asked Poilievre and Liberal Leader Mark Carney to respond, since both are pledging to increase oil...
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