Anti-pipeline protesters gather in Burnaby, Whistler
Posted June 2, 2018 5:47 pm.
Last Updated June 3, 2018 8:15 am.
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BURNABY (NEWS 1130) – Anti-pipeline protesters marched on Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby Mountain terminal Saturday. Activists are ramping up their efforts in light of the pipeline’s new ownership.
The expansion can’t happen–that was the message roughly 100 protesters sent loud and clear.
The rally comes just days after the federal Liberals announced they’re purchasing the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5-billion.
Cedar George-Parker with the Tsleil Waututh is a spokesperson for the protesters.
“We’re going to stop you Justin Trudeau with everything we’ve got. We’re angry and people want those taxpayer dollars to go towards better things. You’re not doing your job to make us safe and secure,” says George-Parker.
“People are still going to fight. People are still going to come to the gates. People are not slowing down, we’re going forward.”
The feds don’t plan on being a long-term owner of the pipeline. They hope to find a new buyer by August.
Meantime, a second, smaller protest happened in Whistler on the same subject; protesters there were hoping to catch the eye of federal Finance Minster Bill Morneau who is in town for the G7 Summit.
Both protests came just one day after a BC Supreme Court Judge expanded an injunction aimed at preventing protesters from blocking Trans Mountain workers.
In accordance with the amended court order, protesters will no longer be given a 10 minute warning by police once the injunction is defied.
So far, more than 200 people have been arrested while protesting at the Burnaby Mountain Kinder Morgan facility since March.
