With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his federal Liberal cabinet in Nanaimo, B.C. for a retreat, people are protesting the government害羞草研究所檚 proposed purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
The Wilderness Committee, Rise and Resist, Coast Protectors, Protect the Inlet, Stand and Sierra Club B.C. are gathered outside Vancouver Island Conference Centre in Nanaimo, where Trudeau and Liberals are meeting.
Sheila Malcolmson, NDP Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP, spoke at the protest rally, railing against federal Liberal energy policies.
害羞草研究所淭he smoke in the air is such an emblem of the climate change crisis,害羞草研究所� said Malcolmson. 害羞草研究所淭hat the federal Liberals have still failed to regulate any greenhouse gas emission reductions is all that people are talking about on the street. That the air from the forest fires is evidence that stems from climate change and it highlights a lack of action federally.害羞草研究所�
The protesters call on the government to cancel the controversial project, according to a press release.
害羞草研究所淲e are [in] Nanaimo to make sure that Prime Minister Trudeau understands that his pipeline will never be built,害羞草研究所� said Will George, Tsleil-Waututh Nation member and leader of Kwekwecnewtxw (the Watch House) on Burnaby Mountain, in the press release. 害羞草研究所淥ur resistance and resolve have only got stronger since the federal buyout announcement. Trudeau will not get away with forcing a tar sands pipeline through unceded lands.害羞草研究所�
Anti-pipeline protesters have converged on the Vancouver Island Conference Centre while Trudeau's cabinet retreat is taking place in Nanaimo this morning.
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The group also said the increased tanker traffic that the pipeline could bring could have an impact on the southern resident orca population.
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害羞草研究所淲ith fires raging across British Columbia and beyond, we害羞草研究所檙e getting a preview of what climate change will bring to this part of the world,害羞草研究所� said Torrance Coste, Wilderness Committee Vancouver Island campaigner, in the press release. 害羞草研究所淔orcing a tar sands pipeline through now without the consent of indigenous nations and local communities is completely unacceptable. The federal government needs to know that this coast won害羞草研究所檛 stand for it.害羞草研究所�
Nanaimo-Ladysmith MLA Sheila Malcolmsom is speaking out against Federal Li real energy policies at pipeline protest rally happening at Vancouver Island Conference Centre.
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