The Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear five challenges to the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, adding to recent legal momentum for the project.
The court on Thursday denied applications from project opponents such as the Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations and the Raincoast Conservation Foundation to appeal a federal court’s rejection of their challenges in September, according to a posting on the court’s site. The federal court did allow some other challenges to the line to proceed at that time.