At a House of Commons committee meeting Tuesday, Dawn Farrell addressed concerns about rushed consultations with Indigenous groups over the designation of the Pacific Link pipeline as a project of national interest. She said her office has yet to earn the trust of First Nations communities, and that it’s up to the MPO to “show them what our intentions are.” (The Canadian Press)

Talking point: Farrell was elaborating on previous comments of hers that unintentionally went public. Ottawa designated Pacific Link a project of national interest on Oct. 1. Although the federal government extended the two-month consultation deadline by just over three weeks, some chiefs said they weren’t given enough information and had just 11 working days to review and provide feedback. Cold Lake First Nations—which is located near the oilsands but is not one of the roughly 130 communities directly along the 1,250-kilometre pipeline route—is asking the Federal Court to quash the designation since it was not consulted. Farrell told the committee Tuesday that she was “highly confident” the consultation process would hold up in court.

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