BC gets support from their southern neighbours on Trans Mountain Pipeline
Posted Mar 16, 2018 4:43 pm.
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The B.C. government has an ally in questioning the expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and its from south of the border.
The Governor of Washington State says the project is a threat to waters off the west coast.
He says voters have already rejected more coal and oil shipments from Washington.
He was in Vancouver for a meeting with B.C. Premier John Horgan and reps from Oregon and California as part of the Pacific coast collaborative.
Matt Rodriquez, California’s Secretary of Environmental Protection, says the collaboration is particularly important in the current political climate.
“For those of us in the United States, there is an absence of leadership in the federal government right now,” Rodriguez said.
“It’s incumbent on us to work together and step up and show what we can do between our various governments.”
Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is on the west coast as well today. She acknowledged in Victoria there are differences in the country over the pipeline but it was approved after extensive review and will be built.
