By Carley McHugh Writer OTTAWA First Nations Chiefs from across Canada voted unanimously against the proposed pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s North Coast, after an emergency resolution came forward at the Special Chiefs Assembly in Ottawa on Dec. 2. Moved by Chief Donald Edgars of Old Massett Village, on Haida Gwaii, and seconded by proxy Merle Alexander of Kitasoo/Xaixais First Nation, the resolution sought to affirm the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act (OTMA), as well as support the North, Central and South Coast, and any other affected territories, in rejecting any proposed oil and bitumen pipeline along the B.C. coast. The resolution came in response to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last week between the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta, to advance pipelines west to the coast…
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