The people arrested this week on Burnaby Mountain have shown what happens when a project review disrespects local governments, local people and First Nations.
They have shown that when the serious and heartfelt concerns of communities are disregarded, when people who care are shut out of the process, the only recourse left is to protest.
Charges laid this week were dropped after Kinder Morgan admitted the GPS co-ordinates it submitted in its injunction were inaccurate. In the days before, more than 100 people were arrested, including SFU professors, an 84-year-old retired librarian and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.
Spencer Chandra Herbert – Special to The Sun, Vancouver Sun – December 1, 2014.
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