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Every step forward to get the Trans Mountain pipeline built is good news to steelworkers manufacturing the pipeline at Evraz Steel in Regina.
The Federal Court of Appeal voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss four challenges made by B.C. First Nations against the federal government’s approval of the pipeline project.
“It’s good news. Anytime there’s a pipeline project that’s approved, we’re always fully supportive of it,” said Mike Day, president of Local 5890 of the United Steelworkers Union.
Day said watching the ongoing delays to the pipeline expansion project has been frustrating because the workers never know what’s going on.
He referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit two years ago when he assured workers in Regina that the Trans Mountain pipeline would be going through.
“Every roadblock imaginable, it seems like Trans Mountain has faced and they’ve overcome,” Day said. “So it’s frustrating there but it’s some relief.”
The Regina and District Chamber of Commerce also released a statement Tuesday supporting the court’s ruling. Chamber CEO John Hopkins called the pipeline “a vital piece of infrastructure” which is “clearly within the national interest.”
The Chamber of Commerce has been a major supporter of pipeline projects, with the view that having access to tidewater for oil is vital to Saskatchewan’s economic future.