The Trudeau government has approved the Pacific NorthWest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in British Columbia.

The export facility is now set to be constructed on Lax U'u'la (Lelu Island) on Lax Kw'alaams First Nation territory. The project is being led by the Malaysian state-owned company Petronas, with minority shareholders including Sinopec, the Indian Oil Corporation, and PetroleumBrunei. It would receive fracked gas from Treaty 8 territory in northeastern B.C. via TransCanada's Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project pipeline.

In November 2015, Lax Kw'alaams Hereditary Chief Yahaan wrote Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and federal environment minister Catherine McKenna:

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been promoting the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) at the G20 summit in Hangzhou, China this weekend.

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In November 2013, the Council of Canadians, along with our Williams Lake chapter, contributed $15,000 to an intervention at the Supreme Court of Canada in support of the legal challenge by the Tsilhqot'in Nation for a broad recognition of title to their territory in British Columbia.

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The National Energy Board has halted hearings into the controversial Energy East pipeline. The hearings were suspended while the NEB considers what to do about the scandal of its two review panel commissioners who privately met with former Quebec premier Jean Charest, a paid consultant with TransCanada, the company behind the Energy East pipeline proposal.

The Globe and Mail explains:

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The Husky Energy oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River is making it harder for TransCanada to cross the Ottawa River with its proposed 1.1 million barrel per day Energy East pipeline.

The Globe and Mail reports:

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This week the Trudeau government announced the long-awaited inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls (MMIW).

The inquiry will: be led by Marion Buller, British Columbia's first female Indigenous judge, and four other commissioners; begin on September 1 and run until December 31, 2018; and cost $53.8 million.

CBC has reported:

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has approved a Navigation Protection Act (formerly Navigable Waters Protection Act) permit and Fisheries Act permit for the construction of the Site C dam. For months First Nations and civil society groups -- including the Council of Canadians -- have been calling on Trudeau not to do so. We had hoped his commitment to a "nation to nation relationship" had some meaning.

CBC reports:

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There is no doubt that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is exceedingly popular.

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What issues will be discussed at the "Three Amigos" summit this Wednesday and how will their decisions affect you and me?