The City of Burnaby lost the most recent round of its legal battle against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion Monday.
The B.C. Court of Appeal has ruled against the City of Burnaby in a dispute with the National Energy Board and upheld that the NEB has the right to override municipal bylaws.
This battle has been active since 2014 when Trans Mountain began field studies that involved cutting down trees in the conservation area on Burnaby Mountain and operating heavy machinery, which is against the city’s bylaws.
The company was granted permission by the NEB to carry on with surveys without the city’s consent.
“A city like Burnaby with 250,000 people is in a situation where really we don’t have any power against an agency of the federal government and a multi-national corporation when they decide to impose their will on us,” said Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan to On The Coast host Stephen Quinn.
Anna Dimoff – CBC News – March 28, 2017.
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