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The Berger Pipeline Inquiry
It was going to be the biggest private construction project in history. But before a pipeline could be built from the Beaufort Sea to energy-hungry markets in the south, the impact on the North's people, economy and environment had to be determined. That task was given to Justice Thomas Berger, who embarked on an extraordinary three-year odyssey across the Arctic. His report shocked the government that appointed him, and was heralded by some as "Canada's Native Charter of Rights."		Educational activities about The Berger Pipeline Inquiry

	Canadians question the proposed Mackenzie pipeline		The gas companies give their pitches		Justice Berger prepares for his inquiry
	Objectors tear into pipeline proposals at a public debate in Toronto. (Radio; runs 10:06)		Two companies propose different pipelines down the Mackenzie Valley. (TV; runs 2:48)		B.C. Supreme Court Justice Thomas Berger discusses his daunting task. (Radio; runs 13:03)

	A shaky start for Berger hearings		'My nation will stop the pipeline'		Hundreds testify before Berger
	Accusations fly as the Berger Inquiry opens in Yellowknife. (Radio; runs 5:50)		An angry Dene chief tells the inquiry he will lay down his life to stop the pipeline. (TV; runs 5:48)		Across the Yukon and Northwest Territories, hundreds of residents give the Berger Inquiry their opinions. (TV; runs 3:57)

	Berger Inquiry hearings conclude		The Berger Report is released		Jubilant natives praise Berger's report
	The Berger Inquiry wraps up today, and it's a last chance for natives and gas companies to state their cases. (Radio; runs 13:59)		Justice Berger's report is tabled, and it's a blockbuster. (Radio; runs 12:56)		Across Canada, native leaders celebrate the Berger Report as "the best statement on native rights since the Europeans came to Canada." (Radio; runs 11:49)

	Berger releases his second report		Victors and victims of the Berger report		Twenty-five years after Berger
	The second volume of Berger's report lays out a framework for socially and environmentally responsible development. (TV; runs 1:31)		As Inuit leaders celebrate Berger's findings, outrage boils over at the Inuvik Chamber of Commerce as business dries up. (TV; runs 12:48)		The pipeline issue is still contentious, but by 2001, the North is another country. (TV; runs 21:19)

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