By Chuck Chiang -CP-The president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs apologized Wednesday and walked back comments he made earlier this week suggesting he supported reviving the Northern Gateway pipeline project. “I do not support resuscitating dead projects such as the failed Northern Gateway pipeline, which would have been an absolute disaster for our lands and waters,” Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said in a statement released by the union. “I sincerely apologize for any confusion on this point.” Phillip said he viewed his participation in protest movements and legal challenges against the pipeline plan that was scrapped in 2016 as “an absolute honour and privilege,” and he wanted to commend the thousands of others who also opposed it. The union said in the statement that the answer to the…
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