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Transport committee  Excuse me.

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  I really appreciate that. We've been involved in this battle in regard to consultation in the courts of this country for a very long time, and we understand the nuances of consultation, but as I recall, what was probably the most comprehensive consultation in the history of this

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  I have been involved in these issues now for pretty much 43 years, and I have never in all of that time seen greater solidarity between indigenous and non-indigenous peoples vis-à-vis all of these issues: heavy oil pipelines, tanker traffic, oil spills, protecting the environment

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  Well, again, just for the sake of the committee, I've been blessed with 15 grandchildren.

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  Quite often when we're going somewhere, the grandchildren are in the back seat asking if we're there yet. I tell them, no, we're not there yet. That's very much a metaphor for where we are in this country and in this province. We have an opportunity, I would suggest, with the G

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  I have just another comment on this whole business of consultation. The world has moved on vis-à-vis the Tsilhqot'in decision. We're moving into an era of consent as opposed to mere consultation. The whole business of joint decision-making is something that has been completely

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  I indicated in my previous remarks about the long ongoing battle to protect our communities from, as I described it, predations of the fossil fuel industry vis-à-vis pipeline ruptures and tanker spills. That's why we so readily supported Bill C-48 offering that measure of protect

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  It's through consensus, as much as we can. Ultimately, the authority of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs is in the chiefs and the assembly through the passage of formal resolutions that represent the mandate that I as the president and our executive are obligated to follow. We wo

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  Very quickly, in terms of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs, it was first established in—

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  Okay. Again, as quickly as I can manage this, the UBCIC was first established in 1969 as a direct consequence of the efforts of the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Mr. Chrétien with respect to the white paper policy. Our role is a political advocacy role. We represent about 118

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  I can't help but reflect on Prime Minister Trudeau's remarks at the United Nations not that long ago, where he described all of his work. Again I go back to the nation-to-nation promise of the government and the law and policy review as being a work in progress. Clearly past pr

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  My response to that is, as Mr. Hill has pointed out, we've been involved in the ongoing struggle to protect our territories from the industrialization, the predations, of the fossil fuel industry for a very long time. These are not new issues. The Enbridge northern gateway battl

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  Yes, we will.

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  Okay, very good.

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip

Transport committee  Good afternoon to members of the committee. On behalf of the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, I'd like to read a brief statement. Heavy crude oil pipeline and tanker projects pose an unacceptable risk to the health, safety, and livelihoods of indigenous nations through

November 7th, 2017Committee meeting

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip