Burnaby Now December 15 2017

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RIGHT ON THE NOSE

FULL REINDEER: Taylor Park Grade 2 student Terry Tra sings and busts a few Rudolph moves at a Burnaby school board meeting Monday. Tra was among 22 primary and intermediate-age students who came to the meeting to perform It’s Cool to be Cool for trustees and school district staff. The song is a number from Taylor Park’s winter musical, dubbed Christmas Pirate Musical. The performance is being directed by music teacher Kathryn Hintersteininger. PHOTO CORNELIA NAYLOR

‘JUSTIN TRUDEAU BRIGADE’

More pop-up pipeline protests planned By Tereza Verenca

tverenca@burnabynow.com

For the third time in as many weeks, anti-pipeline protesters have blocked two access gates at the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby. The group, which calls itself the Justin Trudeau Brigade, staged demonstrations on Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and Dec. 14 during the ear-

ly morning hours. “We are inspired by our prime minister who famously spoke the truth that governments grant permits but only communities give permission,” said David Mivasair, a Vancouver resident and retired rabbi. “So we felt we’d name ourselves after him and honour him by fulfilling his word. He’s our teacher. He’s like our guru.” The goal is to cause as many delays as

possible, noted Mivasair, including blocking workers from coming in and out of the facility. “Our goal is informed by Kinder Morgan Canada CEO Ian Anderson, who in November, when he was commenting about the permitting process in the City of Burnaby, he said publicly that delays are costing his investors $90 million a month. And then when he was here last week with Ra-

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chel Notley, again trying to pressure us to sacrifice ourselves for his profits, he said delays might make this project unviable. He’s instructing us in what needs to be done,” he explained. Protesters won’t go as far as being arrested, said Mivasair, as it would “interfere” with the demonstration’s effectiveness.The Continued on page 8

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