Dear Editor
As a new Canadian, I have always been deeply puzzled by Mayor Corrigan’s belief that he can fight the federal government on the Kinder-Morgan pipeline expansion project. It is very clear under the Canadian Constitution that the pipeline falls under the federal jurisdiction and that supersedes the city’s bylaws.
Unsurprisingly the B.C. Supreme Court felt the same way on Nov. 23.
Burning through taxpayers money to take this to the Supreme Court is a losing battle. His argument, “ I was voted in because I said I would fight this!” is not a good enough excuse!
It’s time for Corrigan to stop using taxpayers to pay for his personal and losing crusade against one of the biggest contributors to his city coffers and get real.
Kinder Morgan and the NEB have already responded to most of the questions put before them, and no doubt there will be very stringent restrictions on Kinder Morgan– we should be satisfied with that.
After all, Kinder Morgan have operated in this capacity for 60+ years without covering the City of Burnaby and Vancouver harbour in oil. One would expect if the city co-operated, they can do that for another 60 years!
Sally Gillies, by email
