Watch these anti-pipeline protesters crash a Kinder Morgan dinner party at Fishworks Restaurant in North Van on Saturday.
I recognize Tamo Campos, David Suzuki's grandson, and one of the drummers from Burnaby Mountain. I've never seen things get this physical while covering the pipeline. This video is labelled raw and it's been edited by the protesters, but you can clearly see some physical contact in there.
I talked to Lisa Clement, one of the media staffers for the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion, and she explained the dinner was for staff from Vancouver Wharves, a commodities shipping terminal owned by Kinder Morgan but not directly related to the Trans Mountain expansion, (although I suspect that makes no difference to the protesters.)
There were about 15 staff members and their partners at the dinner, according to Clement. (UPDATE: Lisa's now saying ti was more like 40 people at the dinner.)
"They weren't senior execs, just middle of the road staff," she said.
"It's really just unfortunate for the staff that are trying to enjoy an evening out," she said. "We're not sure how they found out, ... we were told the reservations were made under a private name."
The protesters label the "execs" as "drunk" and "sober" in the video and the title – I wouldn't go that far unless there's clear evidence to support that.
