tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497840216476810829.post6057056945730169184..comments2024-01-10T01:27:40.208-05:00Comments on BOYCE'SPAPER: My Log 642 Sept 9 2018: Chronicles from the Tenth Decade: 78 The recent court judgment about the TransMountain pipeline is correct: the federal government has never taken seriously their obligation to “consult” with native peoples, and it is time for that to changeboyce richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14166421633433425789noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4497840216476810829.post-51476578269437182072018-09-09T23:28:46.822-04:002018-09-09T23:28:46.822-04:00To start with, I read your excellent Strangers Dev...To start with, I read your excellent <em>Strangers Devour the Land</em> as part of one of Peter Russell's classes at U of T. It's a great analysis of how resource development, Canadian (/Quebecois) nationalism, and Indigenous rights interact.<br /><br />Regarding Trans Mountain, how can the federal government claim to be consulting at all when the prime minister and finance minister have both already insisted that the project will go ahead? Isn't that alone enough to establish to the courts that they aren't acting in good faith or upholding the honour of the crown?Milanhttps://www.sindark.comnoreply@blogger.com