The B.C. government says it cannot support Kinder Morgan’s proposal to expand its Trans Mountain oil pipeline because the current proposal does not meet five conditions the province has set in place for such projects.
“We need to have world-leading land spill response,” said Environment Minister Mary Polak in a January 11 press conference.
“We haven’t seen the evidence presented in these hearings that would convince us of that.”
National Energy Board hearings on the controversial project are currently underway. On January 19, interveners will begin giving oral arguments for why the project should or shouldn’t proceed at a public hearing in Burnaby that will run through January 29, and in Calgary in February.
Nelson Bennett and Jen St. Denis – Business in Vancouver – January 11, 2016.
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