B.C. tells feds to back off, stop interfering in Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER — British Columbia says the federal government needs to back off and stop interfering in an independent review process over the approval of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline.
Environment Minister George Heyman said he is “very disturbed” that the federal government supports the creation of a standing panel to quickly settle conflicts over provincial and municipal permits.
“The federal government should get its nose out of British Columbia’s business unless we’re … violating federal laws. We are not,” Heyman said in an interview Thursday.
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain proposal would triple the capacity of a pipeline between the Edmonton area and Metro Vancouver and boost tanker traffic through the Burrard Inlet about seven fold.