Indigenous Group: 122 First Nations in Canada and the US

Business: Trans Canada Pipelines

Issue: Proposed pipeline crosses 155 First Nations territories

Comment: Energy East is a proposed 4,500-kilometre pipeline that would carry 1.1 million barrels of crude oil per day from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada and a marine terminal in New Brunswick.

Latest Updates: Mar. 29, 2017: Assembly of First Nations Quebec – Labrador – One hundred and twenty-two First Nations in Canada and United States, including many in Quebec, have said no to Energy East and have committed, by signing the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion, to stopping the Kinder Morgan, Line 3, and Keystone XL tar sands pipelines, as well as tar sands by rail transport projects such as the Belledune project. The AFNQL resolution dated June 15, 2016 also demands a complete overhaul of the Energy East project review process. The federal government, on the other hand, announced that the review of the Energy East project by the NEB would follow its course, with a few minor adjustments, and would not be affected by the NEB “modernization”. The National Energy Board (NEB) has launched an initiative (June 5, 2017) to gather input from Indigenous peoples and the public to help shape the hearing process and other engagement activities for the Energy East and Eastern Mainline projects. The comment period ends on 15 July 2017.