Indigenous groups lead protest against Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline plan
Thousands of people gathered in Burnaby, B.C., this weekend to participate in a First Nations-led protest against Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Indigenous leaders beat drums and sang out against the project Saturday morning, saying they won't step aside for construction.
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Rueben George of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation told protesters that it will take more rallies and protests to stop the $7.4-billion project, which is set to increase the flow of oil products from 300,000 barrels to 890,000 barrels per day.
"It's going to take gatherings such as this ... [to] make sure the environment is not laid to waste and taken away from future generations. This is what we stand for today," George said, speaking by megaphone to the crowd gathered outside Burnaby's Lake City Way Skytrain station.
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Burnaby RCMP said 5,000 people took part in the anti-pipeline protest, though estimates from the protesters were much higher.