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Trans Mountain’s toll hearing has been paused so it can renegotiate its toll with oil companies – tolls will determine who pays for TMX’s massive cost overruns.
The current toll applies a 2013 formula to the 2025 budget and results in a loss of $19 billion for Trans Mountain’s owners, the Canadian public.

TWN has been actively participating as an intervenor in the Canada Energy Regulator’s (CER) Trans Mountain Interim Toll Hearing since June 2023. This work is a continuation of our longstanding financial dissuasion strategy, part of the Sacred Trust Initiative’s 4-pillar approach.  

When the Canadian government re-approved the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX) in 2019,

səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territory/North Vancouver, B.C.— The Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) Sacred Trust invites spiritual leaders across BC to participate in an interfaith ceremony to protect and honour səlilwət (Burrard Inlet).   

Sunday, June 9, at 9:00am 

Whey-ah-Wichen (Cates Park) in North Vancouver 
Brief press conference at 11:00am, when canoes return to the shore   

səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Territory/North Vancouver, B.C.

Our grandmother the Inlet, Tsleil-Waut, has sustained our people for millennia, and we have been working tirelessly and successfully to restore her health. Today marks a critical day for Tsleil-Waututh Nation. Trans Mountain has announced that their expanded pipeline is operational, a project our Nation has not consented to due to the many risks it poses.

Tsleil-Waututh has stewarded the waters of Burrard Inlet since time out of mind, and in turn has benefitted from the sustainable conditions of the relatively sheltered waters.

In a stable system – as Burrard Inlet was for thousands of years – the processes of erosion, sediment transport, and deposition are relatively balanced within natural fluctuations.

BC’s Trans Mountain conditions leave significant gaps in spill response – Tsleil-Waututh Nation

Tsleil-Waututh Territory- On Thursday, February 24, the BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy and Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation issued their changes to the province’s Environmental Assessment Certificate of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project (“the Project”),

Yesterday, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) officially unveiled a major new solar power installation. The 350 solar panels will supply power to the TWN Administration building, saving an estimated $29,000 in energy costs each year, and making it the largest ground-mount solar power project in Metro Vancouver. This is the second solar power project in the Tsleil-Waututh community,

(Image Credit: CER 2020)

The black trend line shows what happens to crude oil supply if no climate action is taken. The pink dotted trend line shows crude supply available if modest climate actions are taken. The pink trend line indicates that if the pipelines are built, there will be significantly more pipeline capacity than there is crude oil available for export.

Vancouver (Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Territory) – The Squamish Nation, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, the Ts’elxwéyeqw Tribes and Coldwater Indian Band announce they are seeking leave for appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada.  These four First Nations have fought and challenged the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) Project through every Federal court. They now intend to seek a challenge at the Supreme Court of Canada.