By Nick Murray The head of the federal government’s major projects office said Tuesday First Nations have “every right” to be skeptical of her office’s intentions, elaborating on comments she made at the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations two weeks ago. Dawn Farrell took an hour’s worth of questions from MPs on the House of Commons environment committee Tuesday. Her committee appearance happened two weeks after she addressed the B.C. chiefs. Many of those chiefs were frustrated over what they said was a lack of consultation on whether Canada should designate the Pacific Link pipeline as a project of national interest. Prime Minister Mark Carney designated the project — a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the southern B.C. coast — on Oct. 1. Some chiefs said they were…
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