Regional Chief Shane Gottfriedson looks on as Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, speaks at the Assembly of First Nations' annual general meeting at the Songhees Wellness Centre in Victoria on October 24, 2016. The British Columbia director for a First Nations consortium planning to offer $6.8 billion for majority ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline says the emergence of a rival Alberta group raises concerns about weakening the strength of his all-inclusive Indigenous bid. But Shane Gottfriedson of Project Reconciliation says he welcomes the interest and competition from Iron Coalition, an Alberta-based organization co-chaired by Chief Tony Alexis of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, which is to announce details of its intended bid for the pipeline stake today. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito