Some 100 BC business, Indigenous, labour and community leaders boarded a flight from Vancouver to Edmonton Thursday to show support for the Kinder Morgan pipeline. Twitter activity says this venture is supported by the Great Vancouver Board of Trade. Tara Weber of BNN reported that the Indigenous tribe members on board the Federation Flight are those whose lands surround the pipeline. It’s said that while most Indigenous groups oppose the project, certain others are enthusiastic about it. The name of the mission — Federation Flight — has clear symbolism for patriotic Canadians who fear the economy and foreign investment will suffer if Canadian crude cannot be shipped to Asia. Meantime, the future of the pipeline is locked in the political grip of the splinter BC Green Party, which is propping up the NDP government.
