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Northern Gateway says it will not appeal a Federal Court of Appeal decision that reversed Ottawa’s approval for the pipeline project that would link Alberta’s oilsands to British Columbia’s north coast.

The Federal Court of Appeal said in June that Northern Gateway had failed in its duty to consult with indigenous people.

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Company president John Carruthers said meaningful consultation, not litigation, is the best path forward.

He says the company believes the government has a responsibility to meet its constitutional legal obligations to meaningfully consult with First Nations and Metis.

Enbridge’s pipeline proposal has been in the making for more than a decade.

It would involve the construction of more than a thousand kilometres of pipeline from northeast of Edmonton to Kitimat, B.C., for shipping to international markets. A parallel line would send 193,000 barrels a day of bitumen-thinning diluent in the opposite direction.