British Columbia Premier David Eby and First Nations have thrown up a wall of opposition to a proposed northern oil pipeline, after Alberta and the federal government signed a memorandum of understanding to work toward making it a reality.

Eby said Thursday that the pipeline proposal was a distraction that had already cost B.C. another investment opportunity, dubbing it a potential “energy vampire” draining federal, Indigenous and provincial resources.

Eby — who has called to project “fictional” — drew the line at legal action and said the province would not be going to court, as it did unsuccessfully against the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion.

Coastal First Nations president Marilyn Slett had no such qualms, telling a news conference they would use “every tool in our tool box to ens

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