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“The Canadian government cannot take away our right as Indigenous people to decide for ourselves what is ethically, what is environmentally, and what is economically responsible. They can't take that decision away from us.” — Robert Merasty, executive director of the Indigenous Resource Network

“Some of the best ways to actually influence (climate change) is when we go after damages.” — Chief Byron Louis of the Okanagan Indian Band

“Everything's all connected and, if we can't understand that, it's going to be a hard lesson to learn again. I think we need to support any efforts to maintain our environment and (bison) are, in our way, spiritual.” —Elder Charlie Fox

“The missiles had barely fallen in the Ukraine before the oil industry in Canada was using this war to argue for Bay du Nord. It’s an absurd and dangerous argument.” — Tzeporah Berman, international program director for Stand.earth and chair of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

“The Kearl crisis shows these failures on multiple fronts and we fear that Kearl is just the tip of the iceberg. We are bracing for even more catastrophic events…” —Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Billie-Joe Tuccaro

“I don’t want to see what happened with the oilsands, where that First Nations’ manpower was really waiting to get on board with that industry and nothing ever really effectively happened.” ~ Louis Tribe Councillor Desmond Bull

The National Energy Board is set to release its report Thursday on Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion for its TransMountain crude pipeline. NEB is expected to recommend approval by the federal government but with numerous conditions.