Burnaby Now May 11 2018

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City to launch new appeal of NEB decision

Burnaby mayor wants courts to rule on pipeline path

Lauren Boothby

lboothby@burnabynow.com

The City of Burnaby intends to appeal the National Energy Board decision to approve the Trans Mountain pipeline route through Burnaby to the Federal Court of Appeal within the next two weeks. The NEB approved the route through Burnaby in April after detailed route hearings for Section 7 of the pipeline concluded.That ruling approves the path the pipeline will take and the construction methods used. The City of Burnaby also filed an appeal with the Supreme Court of Canada Wednesday over the NEB decision made last year that allows Trans Mountain to bypass Burnaby tree and permitting bylaws. The Federal Court of Appeal previously rejected appeals from the city and from The court provincial govsystem should the ernment in March. be the body that Mayor Derek Corrigan said in decides. a statement that Trans Mountain’s argument that the company should be allowed to bypass city bylaws because of time constraints is flawed. “We believe that even federal pipelines should follow normal rules within municipalities, and that the time taken for regulatory review should be part of the process,” he said in press release. “We don’t believe the federally appointed NEB is the right place to review municipal processes.The court system should be the body that decides whether or not this is fair and just.” In December, the NEB exempted Trans Mountain from Burnaby’s permitting and tree bylaws because they said it would cause unreasonable delay. In February, the city asked the Federal Court of Appeal for permission to appeal this ruling, but the request was denied.

PADDLE PROTEST: Simon Fraser University graduate student Liam Fox (left) talks with an RCMP officer after being arrested Wednesday morning as part of a floating protest (inset) at Kinder Morgan’s Westridge terminal. See related stories on page 3. PHOTO LAUREN BOOTHBY

‘Kayactivists’ block terminal Lauren Boothby

lboothby@burnabynow.com

One man was arrested after a group of “kayactivists” blocked the entrance by water to Kinder Morgan’sWestridge marine terminal in BurnabyWednesday morning. The six activists had been on the water since around 5 a.m. Protesters attached themselves to the marine gate while the four kayakers blocked the entrance with their boats, attempting to prevent a tanker from entering the facility. Some 30 protesters were also blocking access to

the terminal on land throughout the day. The demonstrations were meant to coincide with Kinder Morgan’s annual general meeting in Texas. Liam Fox, a graduate student at Simon Fraser University, was arrested by RCMP officers who arrived by police boat around 9 a.m. “We’re here today to say this pipeline will never be built. Indigenous leaders have called on people across the continent to take action against this tar sands project, and we’re honouring the pledge to protect this inlet, the water, land, and climate,” he said in a press release prior to

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his arrest. “We will not stop until Kinder Morgan is dead.” Activist Jake Hubley had also attached his arm to a marine gateWednesday morning. “I’m here to send a message to Kinder Morgan and their stakeholders while they’re sitting in their annual general meeting to let them know this project is a terrible investment,” he told the NOW. “We’ve locked down both their access gates on the ocean here, so we’ve prevented workers from coming in today to do work in coordination with land defenders who are blocking road access on land.”

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