T he backers of the $16.2-billion Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline intend to fight recommendations in a new report that ask Ottawa to steer Arctic gas away from the oil sands and tie future pipeline expansions to first nations negotiations. But those backers could face a fight of their own, as Alberta’s suffering natural gas producers threaten to battle federal financial support of the much-delayed line. Disputes over the pipeline, which would be the largest private construction project in Canadian history, have arisen out of a 679-page report released Wednesday by the Joint Review Panel.

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