Photo: On April 14, 2026, PBI-Canada observed Chief Na’Moks, Gwii Lok’im Gibuu and Katisha Paul speaking in Ottawa against LNG Canada Phase 2.
CBC News reports: “The multibillion-dollar LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion in Kitimat, B.C., is going forward, Shell Energy Canada says… In a release early Tuesday [September 29], Shell Canada Energy — which holds a 40 per cent interest in the joint venture — confirmed the decision to move forward with Phase 2.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is also in British Columbia today and CBC News has confirmed that he will speak about the long-expected final investment decision for Phase 2 of LNG Canada at 11 am PT (2 pm ET).
Peace Brigades International-Canada will be watching this as Wet’suwet’en land and environmental defenders have expressed opposition to the construction of Phase 2 compressor stations on their territory.
LNG Canada is a joint venture company made up of Shell, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and Korea Gas Corp.
CTV News reports this morning: “LNG Canada said it is working with Coastal GasLink to expand the capacity of the existing 670-kilometre pipeline through the construction of five new compressor stations.”
This TC Energy media release published this morning also notes: “CGL Phase 2 will nearly double the existing capacity by adding new compressor stations and upgrading facilities along the existing 670-kilometre route from Dawson Creek to the LNG Canada liquefaction facility in Kitimat, northern British Columbia.”
EnergyNow.ca has previously reported: “TC Energy announced that Coastal GasLink (CGL) has entered into commercial agreements with LNG Canada covering the doubling of natural-gas transmission through the CGL pipeline that feeds LNG Canada. This would mean building six more compressor stations along the pipeline, which would be necessary if LNG Canada is to proceed with Phase Two.”
And two years ago the Canadian Press reported: “[Wet’suwet’en] Hereditary chiefs say two of the proposed compressor stations that would be a part of Coastal GasLink’s Phase 2 would be located on their traditional territory. They said they have concerns about the proximity to important cultural sites, additional years of construction traffic and the long-term climate impact of expanding Canada’s LNG footprint.”
That article further quoted an open letter from them that stated: “Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs oppose and do not give consent to build these compressor stations and will pursue avenues to challenge these permits and construction.”
Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan opposition to Phase 2
Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan leaders have been clear in their opposition to the construction of compressor stations on their territory that would come with the LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion. The Wet’suwet’en experienced militarized raids by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG) in January 2019, February 2020 and November 2021.
Amnesty International has previously noted that it has “determined that the tactics used by the RCMP during the four militarized raids on Wet’suwet’en land defenders were disproportionate to the situation they were responding to, as there are no reports of defenders using violence or representing a threat.”
Amnesty International has documented: “More than 75 Wet’suwet’en and other land defenders were arrested, solely for exercising their Indigenous rights and their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly.”
Photo: Heavily-armed RCMP C-IRG officers on Wet’suwet’en territory in November 2021. Photo by Michael Toledano.
In April 2026, PBI-Canada observed the call in front of Export Development Canada (EDC) in Ottawa made by Chief Na’Moks, Gwii Lok’im Gibuu and Katisha Paul against EDC financing major projects including Phase 2.
We are prepared to return to the territories if the safety of land and environmental defenders is put at risk by the deployment of the RCMP Critical Response Unit-British Columbia (CRU-BC).
We also take note that the release of the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission (CRCC) systemic investigation of the RCMP CRU-BC (formerly known as the C-IRG) was delayed last week to an unspecified time after the provincial election in British Columbia on October 24, 2026.
Additional reading
–PBI-Canada observes call from Chief Na’Moks, Gwii Lok’im Gibuu and Katisha Paul against EDC financing of megaprojects (PBI-Canada, April 14, 2026)
–Indigenous leaders and journalist association concerned by the continued delay in the release of the CRCC report on the RCMP C-IRG (PBI-Canada, September 25, 2026)
–Indigenous land defenders Chief Na’Moks and Gwii Lok’im Gibuu reject major projects to be pitched at Canada Investment Summit in Toronto (PBI-Canada, September 15, 2026).
Photo: PBI-Canada, PBI-Colombia and the Forest Peoples Programme visit Wet’suwet’en territory, June 2025. Photo by Nick Gottlieb.
