Mixed in with the usual debates about property taxes and public transit, pipeline politics have made their way into Vancouver-area municipal election campaigns, with candidates weighing in on a plan to expand an existing line from Alberta’s oilsands.
The fate of Kinder Morgan’s proposal to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline ultimately rests with the National Energy Board and the federal government, and that process is far from complete.
But the project has nonetheless emerged as a major election issue in Burnaby, where the route ends at a waterfront terminal, and in Vancouver, where tankers would sail past the city’s downtown en route to the Pacific Ocean.
James Keller – Canadian Press / CTV News Vancouver – November 12, 2014.
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