Clayton Thomas-Müller: Canada's extractivism-centered economy continues to be one of the primary issues that Canada's Indigenous Peoples face in asserting our territorial jurisdiction and self-determination and acting as sovereign Nations economically, socially, politically, and spiritually. Most prevalent is the Canadian Tar Sands in Alberta and its ongoing expansion in Cree, Dené, and Métis Peoples' territory in the Athabasca Peace River and Cold Lake regions. Equally problematic are the half a dozen or so proposed mega pipelines coming out of the Tar Sands trying to get to international tidewaters so that Canada can sell them to the highest bidder on international markets. Right now, the most controversial are the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline and the TransCanada Corporation's three proposed projects. Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain would link the inlet Vancouver, British Columbia, Coast Salish territory to the Tar Sands.