B.C. First Nations protests Kinder Morgan pipeline – CBC.ca

Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam cross Burrard Inlet in canoes

Oct 14, 2013

The Tsleil-Waututh, Squamish and Musqueam nations and environmentalists crossed Burrard Inlet in traditional canoes to protest U.S. oil giant Kinder Morgan’s $5B plans to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline.

Protesters dodged tankers as they sailed close to the Westridge Marine Terminal, in a bid to stop Kinder Morgan nearly tripling the capacity of the pipeline, which carries crude oil from the Alberta oilsands to tankers in Vancouver.

When completed, the proposed expansion is expected to increase capacity in Trans Mountain from the existing capacity of 300,000 barrels per day to 850,000 barrels per day.

The protest comes as cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats head to British Columbia as part of a major government push to mollify opponents of building oil pipelines to the West Coast.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-first-nations-protests-kinder-morgan-pipeline-1.2054039