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The Alberta government is pumping pipeline ads through the Squamish Nation's billboard off Burrard

Vancouver politics podcaster Ian Bushfield tweeted out an interesting photo this afternoon. Pictured here is the Alberta government's latest ad campaign promoting the Trans Mountain pipeline, "Keep Canada Working".

Vancouver politics podcaster Ian Bushfield tweeted out an interesting photo this afternoon.

Pictured here is the Alberta government's latest ad campaign promoting the Trans Mountain pipeline, "Keep Canada Working". It's on the digital billboard you see as you cross the Burrard Street bridge.

When you visit the URL pictured on the sign you're told that "The Trans Mountain Pipeline benefits all Canadians. The time to act is now... we’re asking our leaders to take action and get this vital infrastructure built."

 Photo @ibushfield on TwitterPhoto @ianbushfield on Twitter

There'd be no eyebrows being raised were this billboard on, say, the other side of the bridge. However it's located on the Squamish Nation's land. It's their billboard which has been there since 2009.

If you've been following along, the nation is opposed to the Trans Mountain Pipeline. Dustin Rivers, an elected Squamish councillor and spokesman for the band council who goes by the traditional name Khelsilem, said the pipeline and planned tanker traffic “have not met our consent as a nation,” adding “this project has not been in our interests.”

Speaking to a representative from the Squamish Nation, we were told that ads for the billboard are placed through Astral Out of Home, and that the band has no say in what goes onto them. All bookings are made through Astral.

The company has 30,000 "advertising faces" (public screens) in B.C., Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia, so it would stand to reason that Alberta did a blanket buy for British Columbia with their pipeline messaging and this one simply slipped through the cracks. That, or Notley and company are hoping to ruffle even more feathers than they already have.

We've reached out to a Squamish council member for comment and will update the story when we receive word.

With files from Jane Seyd