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Nathan Cullen, NDP Member of Parliament for Skeena Bulkley Valley, speaks to an audience during a campaign stop in his campaign for the leadership of the New Democratic Party, in Kitimat, BC, Nov. 11, 2011. (Robin Rowland)

Nathan Cullen, NDP MP for Skeena Bulkley Valley and party house leader speaks to reporters on board a fishing boat at the site of the proposed Enbridge bitumen terminal on Douglas Channel, south of Kitimat, BC, June 27, 2012. (Robin Rowland, shot for The Canadian Press)

NDP BC Nathan Cullen is seen outside the Haisla Nation Council offices in Kitamaat Village, BC, June 26, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

NDP MP Finn Donnelly (New Westminster Coquitlam & Port Moody) uses his cell phone to take a picture of witnesses testifying before the Northern Gateway Joint Review panel at Kitamaat Village, BC, June 26, 2012. The local MP, Nathan Cullen (Skeena Bulkley Valley), NDP House leader (left) was also watching the testimony. (Robin Rowland, shot for The Canadian Press)

NDP MPs Nathan Cullen (Skeena Bulkley Valley) Finn Donnelly (New Westminster Coquitlam & Port Moody) and Alex Atamanenko (Southern Interior) listen to testimony before the Northern Gateway Joint Review panel at Kitamaat Village, BC, June 26, 2012. (Shot for The Canadian Press)

Broadcaster and environmental activist Dr. David Suzuki rewrites his speech before appearing before a gathering of First Nations and environmentalists at Kitamaat Village, BC May 29,2010. The "Solidarity Gathering of Nations" was sponsored by the Haisla and Gita'at First Nations, and was called to protest plans for the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project. (Robin Rowland)

Broadcaster and environmental activist Dr. David Suzuki speaks before a gathering of First Nations and environmentalists at Kitamaat Village, BC May 29,2010. (Robin Rowland)

Ellis Ross, Chief Counsellor the Haisla Nation, on the shores of Douglas Channel with the Kitamaat Village dock in the background, Kitamaat Village, BC, Dec. 18, 2012. (Robin Rowalnd, shot for The Globe and Mail)

Ellis Ross, Chief Counsellor the Haisla Nation, photographed in the Council offices in Kitamaat Village, BC, Dec. 18, 2012. (Robin Rowland, shot for The Globe and Mail)

Author Eden Robinson, a member of the Haisla Nation, pauses on the forest trail to the Octopus Beds, just south of Kitamaat Village, BC, June 21, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

Author Eden Robinson, a member of the Haisla Nation, sits on a log at the beach at the Octopus Beds, just south of Kitamaat Village, BC, June 21, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

Author Eden Robinson, a member of the Haisla Nation, sits on a log at the beach at the Octopus Beds, just south of Kitamaat Village, BC, June 21, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

Author Eden Robinson, a member of the Haisla Nation, sits on a log at the beach at the Octopus Beds, just south of Kitamaat Village, BC, June 21, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

Mississauga science fiction author Robert J Sawyer, creator of the book that inspired the Flash Forward television series, reads an excerpt from his novel Wake at Books and Company, Prince George, BC, May 4, 2011. (Robin Rowland)

Three experts on marine safety and spill emergency response speak at an Enbridge-sponsored Community Advisory Board meeting at the Mt. Elizabeth Theatre, Kitimat, BC, March 13, 2012. Left to right, Norm Falls, Emergency Response Officer, BC Ministry of the Environment, Capt. Stephen Brown, BC Chamber of Shipping and Capt. Fred Denning, British Columbia Coast Pilots. Tanker safety is a major issue in the controversy over the Northern Gateway Pipeline project. (Robin Rowland)

Murray Minchin, of Douglas Channel Watch, speaks to the Defend our Coast Rally outside the offices of BC Skeena NDP MLA Robin Austin, Oct. 24, 2012. Rallies across BC targeted MLA offices to protest against the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline.- (Robin Rowland)

Rick Belmont, president of Canadan Auto Workers local 2301 addressed District of Kitimat Council May 23, 2012. (Robin Rowland)

Kitimat, BC, mayor Joanne Monaghan reacts to criticism from environmental activists during a District of Kitimat Council meeting, Nov 7, 2011. (Robin Rowland)

Environmental activist Dieter Wagner of Douglas Channel Watch watches the memorial service for the late NDP leader Jack Layton, at the CAW Hall, Kitimat, BC, Aug 27, 2011. (Robin Rowland)

Randy Halyk, at the time a Kitimat district councillor, asks a question at an Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline community meeting, Kitimat, BC, Feb. 2, 2011. Enbridge plans a pipeline from the Alberta oil sands to the port of Kitimat. (Robin Rowland)

Erin Rizok asks a question at the Donlands and Greenwood subway stations expansion information and protest meeting in Toronto, July 12. 2010. (Robin Rowland, shot for OpenFile.ca)

Environmental activist and marine biologist, Riki Ott, of Cordova, Alaska, speaks at a protest against the Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline, at the "Solidarity Gathering of Nations" Kitamaat Village, BC, Saturday May 29, 2010. (Robin Rowland)

Eagle Chief Ernie Hill of the Gitga'at First Nation, in Hartley Bay, BC, waits to speak at a Kitamaat Village, called to protest against plans by Enbridge to build a bitumen pipeline from the Alberta oil sands and then send it by tanker to Asia. The "Solidarity Gathering of Nations" was sponsored by the Haisla and Gita'at First Nations, Kitamaat Village, BC, Saturday May 29, 2010. (Robin Rowland)

Green Party leader Elizabeth May participates in Toronto's 28th annual Pride Parade June 29, 2008. (Robin Rowland, shot for CBC News)

MP Olivia Chow (NDP Trinity Spadina) rides a bike in the Toronto Pride Parade, June 24, 2007. (Robin Rowland)

Maureen Basnicki holds onto the arm of her son Brennan during a moment of silence in Toronto Sept. 7, 2005, during the first meeting for family members of those killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York and the Air India bombing in 1985. Kenneth Basnicki was in the North Tower of the World Trade Center when it was attacked. (Robin Rowland)

Iraqi exile Yanar Mohammed makes tea in her Toronto apartment, Feb. 11, 2003. At the time Yanar Mohammed was a little known exile. After the US-led invasion a month later, she returned to Baghdad and became an outspoken advocate for women's rights in Iraq. (Robin Rowland, shot for CBC News)