“I’ll be introducing a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity.”
“There is no good way to build major projects without First Nations partnership and leadership. Full stop.”
“First Nations voices have been key to many of the decisions we've made over the last year and a half.”

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On the recordMarch 25, 2014
The other side speaks about technicalities. Is it a technicality to fail to consider the negative impact on wildlife and the environment? Is it a technicality to ignore the harmful health effects for people living in communities near mining operations? Is it a technicality that allows us to sacrifice people's clean drinking water so that large mining companies can save a few dollars as they blow up a mountain? No. These are not technicalities. In fact, the U.S. district court a few weeks ago made it clear these were not technicalities. I will repeat, in their words: the way this was put together is a serious deficiency and not merely a strictly procedural defect. That is why the rule was vacated by the court. We should not be imposing that now. We should be looking after the health of our environment and the health of the people we were sent here to represent.
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