Fifteen years ago, as reported on this site,  Ellis Ross, then elected Chief Counsellor for the Haisla Nation led the fight against Enbridge's proposal for a bitumen pipeline to Kitimat. Now he's the Conservative Member of Parliament for Skeena Bulkley Valley. Today, December 9, he voted for the Conservative motion in the House of Commons in favour of a bitumen pipeline to the coast and possibly ending the tanker ban. Ellis Ross voted in favour of an amendment on indigenous consultation, The amendment was defeated 196-139. The House then agreed that the vote on the amendment should stand for the main motion, (in favour of a bitumen pipeline and possibly ending the tanker ban) thus the motion was declared defeated. It was all political theatre, political parties playing games with the future of the country, the environment and the coast. Conservative leader Pierre Pollievre hoped to split the Liberal Party. He told CBC News on Sunday,the vote was designed to force Prime Minister Mark Carney to "put up or shut up" and prove to Canadians he's serious about building a pipeline. The Liberals countered by calling the motion "immature' and an "insult."

So does Ellis Ross really represent the riding, especially Haida Gwaii and the coast?

CBC coverage

UDDATE. An hour after the vote Ellis Ross posted this on Facebook, perhaps showing some ambivelance.  (The vote was most likely whipped)

Strange vote.

The conservatives voted in favor of the Liberals MOU and the Liberals voted against their own MOU.

I’ll go back to watching process but this is one of the most complicated government processes i’ve ever come across.