The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday, Nov. 22, edition that the situation at Burnaby Mountain illustrates the growing resistance
inside British Columbia to anything
that involves digging holes and
extracting the mineral or energy
riches that lie beneath the earth.
The Globe's Gary Mason writes that more than a couple dozen protesters
trying to block Enbridge rival Kinder
Morgan's attempts to do preparatory
work on its proposed pipeline
expansion have been
arrested in recent days. Mr. Mason says something new is taking place.
The opposition to resource development,
in particular, is growing. Mr. Mason explains that it is not just tree-bound activists
and first nations leaders
determined to stop anything that
looks environmentally dangerous
or that would encourage fossil
fuel dependency. Increasingly
it is the province's political
leadership as well.
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson
campaigned on his desire to
thwart the Kinder Morgan expansion.
Mr. Mason notes that there may not be a bigger
adversary of the project than
Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan,
who recently said,
"This is going to be a war
and it's going to be one that carries
on for a number of years."
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