The mayor of Burnaby, B.C., is slamming the National Energy Board’s (NEB) review process of Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, accusing the panel of siding with the oil industry.
Speaking to CTV’s Question Period, Mayor Derek Corrigan said people have lost faith in the NEB’s ability to protect Canadian interests. His comments come after days of anti-pipeline protests on Burnaby Mountain.
“I think there’s a lot of people who have lost faith in the National Energy Board, in its impartiality, its subjectivity in considering these (pipeline projects),” said Corrigan. “The appointments are made from the oil industry. It appears that their allegiance is to the oil industry.”
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Michelle Zilio – CTVNews.ca – November 30, 2014.
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