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What really matters
Farms and fish, kids and climate change: Surrey and Langley residents came together to show the Trans Mountain Ministerial Panel what’s really at stake. I remember when I first found out about ...
Neither Law nor Order
In Kamloops, dedicated residents raised concerns about Kinder Morgan’s pipeline proposal. These are their stories. The B.C. portion of the Minister’s Kinder Morgan TransMountain Pipeline Expansion panel tour kicked off ...
She was called out for conflict of interest. Her response is bizarre.
Review panel member says her past with Kinder Morgan is no big deal. Imagine in the middle of a murder trial, it turned out one of the jurors was ...
Worse than the National Energy Board?
Conflict of interest, slapdash process drag down Liberals’ Kinder Morgan review First Nations leaders left in the dark. The public, once again, denied the chance to speak. Add to ...
Conflict of Interest: Kinder Morgan panellist should step down
Liberal appointee Kim Baird worked in partnership with Kinder Morgan Is there a fox in the Kinder Morgan review panel hen house? That’s the question buzzing online after revelations ...
Trudeau’s Choice
Sunny ways vs. the laws of physics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has proven to be one of the savviest political operators in recent Canadian memory. Having ridden a wave ...
Merely a flesh wound, or is Enbridge finally dead?
How many death blows can one pipeline company take? I’m Irish, so I love a good wake, but the slow death of Enbridge’s oil tanker pipeline proposal to Kitimat ...
Why No Climate Action? Follow The Money
Big polluters donate big bucks to B.C. politicians Here’s a puzzle: Why is Enbridge, a Calgary-based pipeline operator, still donating money to politicians in B.C.? The company has given ...
What do they have that we don’t?
A thorough environmental assessment process on coal projects, for a start. I took a little trip to Longview, Washington, the proposed location for the Millennium Bulk Terminal (MBT) coal ...