May 6, 2018
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#230 The Pipeline Approval Was Rigged
No outcome other than an approval was ever possible.

Whistleblowers from within the federal government revealed to National Observer reporter Mike De Souza how the Trudeau government effort pretended to ask First Nations and other stakeholders permission for the Kinder Morgan pipeline. In fact, no outcome other than an approval was ever possible.

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