The owner of a rail terminal in British Columbia’s Interior says a lawsuit launched by the Bonaparte First Nation is a “collateral attack” on the company’s “numerous” grants, permits and licences to operate the expanding facility.
The nation’s claim, filed last month, alleges that the facility operated by Ashcroft Terminal Ltd. has been developed without proper consultation, and that human remains were unearthed and disturbed on the nation’s ancestral territory.
The Bonaparte First Nation alleges it was misled about the full scope of the terminal’s expansion plans and “adamantly” denied it ever received the full build-out details, the nation’s lawyer Jason Gratl said.
In its response filed in B.C. Supreme Court earlier this month, the company denies misleading Bonaparte, saying it “extensively engaged” the
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