Dear Editor:
I find it impossible to believe that we are already past the point where people can submit themselves to be intervenors in the National Energy Board hearings regarding Kinder Morgan's pipeline when the oil company itself continues to change its mind about where it will actually route the pipeline. How can people decide that they are personally affected until a final route has been chosen?
The process used by the NEB and the federal government to try and sneak the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion through the approval process is a blatant disregard for the rights of people living along the potential route, as well as First Nations who are supposed to be consulted on projects of this manner. This process has been tainted by Kinder Morgan's complete unwillingness to explain itself and provide information to the citizens of Burnaby, and for that reason the entire process should be started again to protect the rights of citizens on both sides of the Burrard Inlet.
Trevor Ritchie, Burnaby
