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One oil spill from the Trans Mountain pipeline would destroy Squamish territory. So much for Trudeau's promise

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The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is no ordinary pipeline. This project, which the government of Canada has just decided to nationalise, will travel more than 1,000km from northern Alberta through unspoiled wilderness to end at the port of Vancouver. The port is on the Salish Sea, part of the hereditary territory of the Squamish People. The Salish Sea is home to some of the world's largest wild salmon runs. Majestic orcas swim in the waters and feed on the abundance.

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