Protesters say increased tanker traffic could harm marine life
About 300 people gathered in Squamish, B.C., Sunday to protest a planned liquefied natural gas terminal in Howe Sound.
The protesters described the gathering as a prayer service for the area waterways, which they say could be harmed by the $1.6-billion Woodfibre LNG project.
None should be in the slightest surprised at the anti-British Columbia stance of Justin Trudeau and the Liberals. As Talleyrand famously noted when, after the fall of Napoleon the Bourbons were restored, “they learned nothing and forgot nothing”.
Thus it is with the Liberals who, once safely back in power, turn their attention to repaying supporters, namely Ontario financiers and the oil industry, often the same people. This ancient Liberal policy never fails.
At a projected cost of $8.8 billon, the approved but yet-to-be-built Site C dam is the single most expensive public infrastructure project in B.C.’s history.
However, far more is at stake than just our pocketbooks when assessing the costs of Site C. So before returning to the appalling economics behind the project, consider the following:
Thousands of protestors cried betrayal Saturday during a massive march against Justin Trudeau’s anticipated approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
The federal government will make a decision by Dec. 19 on whether to allow Texas energy giant Kinder Morgan to twin its existing pipeline, which primarily carries bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby.
Click here for the Nov 18, 2016 Open Letter from Andrew Weaver, a climate scientist, MLA for one of the most affected regions and an official intervenor in the NEB hearings into the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion.
[Webpage editor's note: Of course we should not accept the NEB's and this letter's exclusion of the issue of the vastly increased emissions of greenhouse gases that would result from this pipeline.]
From: Roland Willson [mailto:rwillson@westmo.org] Sent: November 18, 2016 2:51 AM To: Don Bain <donb@ubcic.bc.ca> Subject: FW: AN Op-ed regarding Senator Neufleds comments Importance: High
From: Yakawilas Coreen Child [mailto:coreenchild@gmail.com] Sent: November-18-16 10:59 AM Subject: Standing in Solidarity - Calling all Land, Air, Water and Sea protectors
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Indigenous stories: Group led by UBCIC Grand Chief Stewart Phillip will sign on to do “whatever it takes” to stop pipeline.
People at a mass rally against Kinder Morgan on Saturday are expected to make a group pledge to take escalating actions if the pipeline project is approved.
The event will begin at City Hall at noon and is expected to draw hundreds of people including Indigenous, provincial and municipal leaders, as well as Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
