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May pays a visit
GREEN IDEAS Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May, left, and Burnaby North-Seymour candidate Lynne Quarmby wave to passersby during a mini-rally at the corner of Willingdon Avenue and Hastings Street. May also accompanied Quarmby to a town hall meeting at Alpha Secondary. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR
Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May came to Burnaby on Wednesday evening to lend some support to the Burnaby North-Seymour Green Party candidate’s campaign. May joined Lynne Quarmby and a dozen volunteers and supporters rallying at the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and Hastings Street during rush hour on Sept. 30. “We’re really excited this afternoon, we’re out here waiting for Elizabeth May to arrive.We’re super excited about that,” Quarmby said. “It’s just a great boost in visibility, and it’s kind of a boost for the volunteers who have been working so hard for so long.” Quarmby has about 200 volunteers working on her campaign, she said. May was also accompanying Quarmby to a town hall meeting at Alpha Secondary School at 7 p.m., with a focus on questions from the community. “One of the hallmarks of the Green Party is we listen and we communicate,” Quarmby said of the event. “So we’ll have two hours of Q&A down at Alpha Secondary.” – Janaya Fuller-Evans
NATIONAL ENERGY BOARD HEARINGS
New evidence delays pipeline decision Tereza Verenca
editorial@burnabynow.com
Trans Mountain has filed replacement evidence with the National Energy Board – exactly six weeks after the NEB announced it would remove evidence from the hearing records made by the board’s most recent appointee, Steven Kelly. Kelly of IHS Inc. worked as Kinder Morgan’s main energy consultant and argued the expansion project would bring higher netbacks (or profits). His contribution to Trans Mountain’s application – made in December of 2013 – was about 64 pages out of the original 15,000-page document. On July 28, the federal government an-
nounced Kelly had been appointed to a sev- McDade, told the NOW the report has en-year term on the board, effective Oct. “some pretty significant flaws.” 13.The three-person panel deliberating on “They just flip-flop back and forth,” he Kinder Morgan’s file then decided to strike said, adding he didn’t want to say much all Kelly-related evidence. more given the city is curThe new evidence, an 89rently looking over the new They just page report, Market Prospects submission. flip-flop back & Benefits of the Trans MounIntervenors have until Oct. tain Expansion Project, was 20 to submit information and forth. prepared by Muse Stancil, a requests based on the new Texas-based energy consultdata, while commenters have ing company. until Dec. 14.Trans Moun“We are pleased with the tain, meanwhile, will present analysis and results of the new report,” said its case to the NEB in Calgary on Dec. 17. Ian Anderson, president of Kinder Morgan A location for the intervenors to present Canada, in a press release. their final arguments, however, has not been But the City of Burnaby’s lawyer, Greg determined. It was originally scheduled to
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take place this month at the Delta Burnaby Hotel and Conference Centre. “(We’re) looking into options of where to hold the hearing,” said Tara O’Donovan with the NEB. “When you are trying to book a facility with only three or four months’ notice, it’s much harder than when you’re planning a year out.” O’Donovan added Burnaby is being considered as a possible host. The NEB also announced last week the deadline for a decision on the pipeline has been extended by four months to allow the NEB and intervenors time to review and test the new evidence. Previously, a report outlining whether the expansion project Continued on page 8
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