Finance Minister Bill Morneau just announced a multibillion bailout package for Kinder Morgan. As he was peppered with questions by skeptical reporters, all I could think of was that day in November 2016 when thousands of us marched to demand Justin Trudeau live up to his campaign promises of a proper assessment of this risky pipeline and tanker project for carcinogenic diluted bitumen.
Instead, he and his government decided to trample Indigenous title and rights, ignore oncoming climate chaos and double down on dirty tar sands oil.
Take a few deep breaths and remember, we are here for the land, the air, the water and those who can't speak for themselves, the whales and the salmon.
We need to show Kinder Morgan's investors that the risk we create as Protectors can't be controlled, no matter how many billions of taxpayer dollars Justin Trudeau is prepared to throw at them
Please join us in Vancouver tonight at the 'No Bailout, No Kinder Morgan' rally at Science World, at 5:30 pm. RSVP by text or on Facebook.
Bailing out a project that is collapsing under its own weight while legal challenges from Six First Nations are outstanding and Protectors are on the ground resisting is a fool's errand.
We need to show these fossil fools that we are not going to sit down quietly while they drive us off the climate chaos cliff.
RSVP now: No Bailout, No Kinder Morgan
With fierce solidarity and implacable resolve,
Sarah and the Coast Protectors team
PS. If you can't make it to a rally, send Trudeau and his cabinet a message and let them know that we are not giving up because they made another bad decision. Send your #NoKMBailout email now:
Dear Coast Protector,
Seven long years. That’s how long we’ve all been fighting Kinder Morgan’s proposal to ship toxic diluted bitumen by supertankers through the Salish Sea.
We know the stakes.
One major spill of diluted bitumen and our coastal waters and the economies and ecosystems that depend on a clean, healthy coast would be poisoned. We know that tankers block the sonar of orca whales and increased tankers through the Salish Sea means the end of the Southern Resident Killer Whales.
We know that Prince William Sound is still poisoned from the Exxon Valdez disaster more than 25 years ago. We know that the Enbridge pipeline rupture that dumped diluted bitumen into the creeks and rivers of Kalamazoo, Michigan gives us a glimpse into a terrifying potential future for our own coastal waters, our beloved Salish Sea.
On Wednesday, May 30, Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau is scheduled to deliver a "critical infrastructure update" in Calgary before the Calgary Board of Trade. We can’t know what he will announce, but it could be anything from a $10 billion bailout for Kinder Morgan to an offer to purchase the pipeline and tanker infrastructure with the Alberta government and private investors.
It is crucial that we show Kinder Morgan’s investors, Justin Trudeau, Rachel Notley, and the media that no matter what the federal government promises or Kinder Morgan decides, we do not consent to this pipeline.
No matter who owns this risky pipeline, Protectors will keep fighting for the water, land and air until this project is dead in the ground.
If you can't make it in person this week, donate to Coast Protectors to keep the resistance going. Every little bit helps - this pipeline will never be built.
In solidarity,
Sarah and the Coast Protectors team
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