The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that new findings show the expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline is a grave threat to the City of Vancouver's health, economy and environment, says Mayor Gregor Robertson. A Canadian Press dispatch to The Globe reports that the city commissioned expert studies on the potential impacts of the $5.4-billion proposal and the findings were presented to council on Wednesday. Mr. Robertson says: "Today, we heard overwhelming evidence that the Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal and the oil tankers associated with it are incredibly disastrous for Vancouver. ... My mind is clearly made up. I think this is a bad deal for Vancouver." The mayor entered a motion to reaffirm the city's opposition to the project, but council agreed to defer the vote for two weeks after Councillor Elizabeth Ball requested more time to review the findings. The National Energy Board is mulling Enbridge rival Kinder Morgan's plan to triple its bitumen-carrying capacity to 890,000 barrels a day by laying almost 1,000 kilometres of new pipe near an existing line between Alberta and Burnaby, B.C. The city submitted its expert evidence to the NEB on Wednesday.