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Letter: Building Trans Mountain is a big middle finger to young people

Editor: It’s becoming very concerning to me that this federally owned pipeline (which was deemed a failure by its original owners) is supported (yet again) by a corrupt National Energy Board, which also publicly states the pipeline will be detrimenta
Trans Mountain
Construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is on hold pending more review. In the meantime, Coquitlam wants to be reimbursed for road maintenance it's doing to keep United Boulevard passable until a major road rehabilitation project can be done. The project has been deferred until pipeline construction is complete.

Editor:

It’s becoming very concerning to me that this federally owned pipeline (which was deemed a failure by its original owners) is supported (yet again) by a corrupt National Energy Board, which also publicly states the pipeline will be detrimental to the environment.

It seems to read to me like a middle finger to generations of people and youth. I would love to see Canada catch up to the innovation of other countries. Instead of oil, Canada could run on solar and wind. Instead of building more damns flooding gravesites and arable land (as with the poorly planned Site C dam) a switch could be made to tidal-generated electricity.
The time for change is now, not when it’s convenient to promise for change during an election and fail to deliver.
Shawn Warmington, New Westminster