Thomas Berger has long history of arguing for Aboriginal rights

The B.C. NDP government has hired former B.C. Supreme Court judge Thomas Berger, 84, to lead a legal fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
• Berger, the son of an RCMP sergeant who emigrated to Canada from Sweden, was born in Victoria in 1933
• In 1962, at the age of 29, he was elected to the House of Commons, representing the riding of Vancouver — Burrard for the NDP.
• In 1966, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Briti