Protest

Some of my readers may have heard about some key resource developments in this part of the world. One of them is the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project which would see the construction of twin pipelines from Bruderheim, Alberta to Kitimaat, British Columbia. This project was proposed in the mid -2000s and has been postponed several times. The project proposal was submitted to the National Energy Board in 2010. It was accepted by the federal government in June 2014 and here are hundreds of issues that must be addressed during the next phase of development. There are several competing projects. Kinder Morgan, a US based company has a proposal to expand Trans Mountain Pipeline, which runs from Strathcona County, Alberta to Burnaby, British Columbia. This project would see a tripling of the company's capacity to transport oil and if approved is expected to be operational in 2017. The weird part is that building is going on to accommodate the increased capacity even tho