So were faxing to fix the pipeline review?

Details: Published on Sunday, 29 November -0001 16:00; Written by editor

Dear friend,

We ended this summer with a huge victory: the Federal Court of Appeal affirmed that Justin Trudeau’s approval of the Kinder Morgan pipeline ignored Indigenous peoples and left out key environmental considerations. The court quashed Trudeau’s approval of the TransMountain expansion and sent the project’s assessment for a a major do-over.

Yesterday, the government kicked off that do-over, with the start of a 22 week redo of the NEB review. But first, the NEB is accepting public comments on what to consider in their new review. And, they’ve set a deadline of October 3rd for those comments to come in.

That means we have less than a week to raise our voices and demand a proper review this time -- one that considers the project’s... impacts on the marine ecosystems, our climate, and Indigenous rights. Will you speak out for a proper review for the TransMountain expansion?

The Trudeau government told the NEB to restart the project’s review. But, we know they’re not doing it in good faith. Earlier this summer Trudeau’s government spent $4.5 billion to buy the TMX project from Texas oil giant Kinder Morgan. And, Justin Trudeau continues to pledge that the pipeline will be built, casting serious doubts on how committed he is to listening to communities or respecting Indigenous rights.

Even the way they’ve set up this submission process reveals the government isn’t taking it seriously. The easiest way to submit a comment is by fax. I suppose it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the National Energy Board’s preferred communication tool is just as outdated as their understanding of climate change, the marine environment, and Indigenous rights. Luckily we’ve set up a system that will let you send a fax to the National Energy Board with just one click -- make your submission now.

Let’s make sure we hold the Trudeau government and the NEB to account. We know that if a proper assessment was conducted for the TransMountain pipeline and tanker project it would never get built.

We also know that when we speak up -- it makes a difference. After tens of thousands of people spoke up, the National Energy Board agreed to include a climate review in its assessment process for the Energy East pipeline.

We did it before. We can do it again. Let’s make sure they hear from us every step of the way as they start this new review process.

Onwards,

Atiya

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