Terrance Nelson, chief of the Roseau First Nation in Manitoba, is looking towards Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for help. Specifically the native leader is seeking Chavez's support behind an effort to block two multibillion-dollar pipelines that will transport oil from Alberta to the United States. "What Chavez will do is give us an international forum," Mr. Nelson said. "We're fighting big oil. We have two pipelines going through that [are] going to bring $47-billion a year in crude oil sales to the U.S., and we're saying the [federal] government is not sitting down with us. They're not following the law. The Supreme Court has made dozens of decisions on this - on the duty to consult and accommodate - and they haven't done that."
Source : The Angry Indian
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