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VANCOUVER — Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday released a decision overturning the approval of Enbridge Inc’s Northern Gateway pipeline, which would carry oil from the Alberta oil sands to a port in northern British Columbia for export.

The court ruled that the government had failed in its duty to consult with Aboriginal groups on the pipeline and sent the matter back to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet for a “prompt redetermination.”

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“We conclude that Canada has not fulfilled its duty to consult,” according to the ruling.

“The inadequacies — more than just a handful and more than mere imperfections — left entire subjects of central interest to the affected First Nations, sometimes subjects affecting their subsistence and well-being, entirely ignored.”