Dear Editor
Simon Fraser University has a moral obligation to divest funds from fossil fuel companies, including Kinder Morgan and the tar sands.
As the Burnaby municipality and Mayor Derek Corrigan have so amazingly pointed out, the Kinder Morgan expansion project proposal will negatively affect Burnaby residents, and contribute to climate change. As a concerned citizen, and a student, I understand that my future is at risk.
Because the federal and provincial governments have not stepped forward to protect us from multi-billion-dollar extraction projects contributing to climate catastrophe, municipalities and public institutions must act as leaders and represent their constituencies, by pulling investment from fossil fuel infrastructure. Students, staff and faculty have made consistent demands for ethical investments and will continue to remind SFU that by staying invested in fossil fuels, the school is not remaining neutral - and is contributing directly to obscene numbers of human rights violations and the millions of people displaced by climate change.
Mary Lovell, by email
