Dear Editor:
Trans Mountain (Kinder Morgan Canada) claimed that BROKE, in its final oral submission to the National Energy Board, had broken a procedural rule. As a spokesperson for BROKE (Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder-Morgan Expansion), I trust our lawyer, who knows that we did no such thing: “Kinder Morgan is simply wrong.”
I joined BROKE because I wanted to stop some of the GHGs (greenhouse gases) which imperil my son’s generation. Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion would allow them to bring 890,000 barrels of dilbit each day to our coast. The GHG’s from burning 890,000 barrels of dilbit per day would equal the GHG’s from 22 million average cars per day. Of course dilbit is far from pure gasoline, so knock it down to 10 million. Either way, it’s unbearable.
But Harper banned GHGs from the NEB’s analysis. So we hired experts in earthquakes and toxic fumes. We added a reference to our deputy fire chief’s terrifying report on the risks of an expanded tank farm.
We’re trying to prevent a catastrophe.
Karl Perrin, BROKE (Burnaby Residents Opposing Kinder Morgan Expansion)
