What's Next in the Fight to Stop the TMX Pipeline?
Speakers. Multimedia. Discussion
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22
7pm PST (Vancouver time)
Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oo88k4NTTraUSotn3z13cA
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*** Featuring Speakers from the Holmes Creek Protection Camp and the Colony Farm Park Association ***
As of December 18, 2020, all construction on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) will be paused for two weeks due to multiple violations of worker’s safety on-site. This Fall, one worker has already been killed in Edmonton, and another seriously injured on Burnaby Mountain. in the construction rush to build this dangerous and climate killing pipeline. Meanwhile, the government's own Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report indicating that even modest new climate policies that reduce demand for oil could easily turn the TMX pipeline into a money loser.
This pause has been announced just at as Trans Mountain began to ramp up construction in Metro Vancouver. On December 9, police moved in to fence off and demolish the Holmes Creek Protection Camp. As well, it has now been announced that the sensitive wetlands of the Colony Farms Regional Park in Coquitlam are to be used as massive construction staging area. In January, it is expected that construction of TMX will continue as planned.
2020 has been a challenging year for climate justice organizing. Pipelines corporations took advantage of gaps in public health regulations to rush construction. Organizers have had to find new ways to continue building mass opposition at a time when public gatherings are not safe. Going into 2021, many groups and individuals have continued fighting and are committed to stopping TMX. The many reasons to cancel the project become more compelling every day.
Join Climate Convergence and representatives from Metro Vancouver organizations for an update on the current struggle, and perspectives for organizing in 2021 to stop the pipeline once and for all.
SPEAKERS
JANE THOMSING: Chair of the Colony Farm Park Association. She joined CFPA in 2008 while she was working at the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC. Jane assisted in the rehabilitation of oiled wildlife after the 2007 Kinder Morgan oil pipeline rupture in Burnaby. She’s also been working with the PIPE UP Network for several years in an effort to stop the TMX Pipeline.
LAURA DUPONT: Port Coquitlam City Councillor and President of the Lower Mainland Local Government Association. Laura is also a member of the Burke Mountain Naturalists, and a Director of the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society. Laura has served for six years on Metro Vancouver’s Climate Action Committee, She is a founding member of the Wondrous Tree Fellowship, a grassroots group dedicated to educating the community about the importance of nature and the value of trees. She is a member of the Safe Energy Leadership Alliance and Vice Chair of The Tri-City Food Security Group.
CHRISTINE THURING: Christine's background is environmental science and biology, with work on species at risk, restorations ecology and urban ecology. She occupied the areal camp at Holmes Creek for 5 days in August, and is an organizer with Protect the Planet, Stop TMX as well as XR Buddhists.
MAUREEN CURRAN: Mom and a scientist (nuclear physics) who currently works in the teacher training program at SFU, and has a lifetime of involvement in social and eco-justice organizing. She also spent 5 days in the areal camp at Homes Creek, and was arrested for blocking the gates of the TMX Tank Farm in Burnaby in 2018.
ALISON BODINE: Climate Convergence organizer, journalist, author and researcher with a focus on environmental, Latin American and immigration issues. Most recently, Alison's articles have been published internationally by Venezuelanalysis, Global Research, Council on Hemispheric Affairs (COHA), Common Dreams, Orinoco Tribune and Counterpunch.
Event will be chaired by THOMAS DAVIES, Climate Convergence organizer.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This event takes place on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the səlil̓wətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
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