Dear Editor:
Canadians understand that we must work together to benefit from our natural resources. Governments must make the necessary, sometimes difficult, decisions about the required infrastructure. And yes, some will be inconvenienced along the way!
Did Enbridge ever ask Hartley Bay residents about the plan to locate their bitumen shipping terminal at Kitimat/Douglas Channel location? Likely those residents, still with clear memories of the passenger rescue and sinking of the Queen of the North, would have suggested a more sensible location.
The Kinder Morgan scheme is equally maddening with a proposal to increase bitumen volumes, by orders of magnitude, in our busy harbour, in the Gulf Islands shipping lanes and generally threaten our entire southern B.C. coastal waters and shores! Again – did Kinder Morgan ever ask? The National Energy Board’s purpose is to regulate pipelines in the Canadian public interest. Why then did the NEB not hear B.C.’s major concern about the inevitable bitumen spill in our waters and on our shores?
Mr. Harper could lead us out of this pipelines mess and start plans for building a common sense pipeline – soon ?
Carl Shalansky, via email
