Kinder Morgan pipeline: Canadians intensify huge opposition to expansion

Trudeau's approval of project some find analogous to Standing Rock incited thousands of activists, politicians and First Nations members to increase action

Opponents of a contentious Canadian pipeline project are preparing for a lengthy, multifaceted battle that will see thousands take to the country's streets, courts and legislatures to contest the government's recent approval of the project.

Prime minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday that the Liberal government had cleared the way for Kinder Morgan's C$6.8bn Trans Mountain Expansion project. Designed to transport Alberta's landlocked bitumen to international markets via Vancouver's harbour, the project will expand an existing pipeline to nearly triple capacity on the artery to 890,000 barrels a day.