The City of Burnaby has announced today that they a taking the issue of the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion to the Supreme Court of Canada.
The City says they are filing to appeal a National Energy Board (NEB) decision exempting Trans Mountain from some of the city's bylaws.
Take a photo tour of construction activities underway at the Westridge Marine Terminal. https://t.co/gwsbfqsRuf #TransMountain #KinderMorgan pic.twitter.com/9W3C99W2ut
— Trans Mountain (@TransMtn) December 22, 2017
The NEB made the exemption on Dec. 7, 2017. On Feb. 16, 2018, the City filed for leave to appeal the decision, but the Federal Court of Appeal denied the application.
“The federal court has refused to review the decisions made by the National Energy Board,” says Mayor Derek Corrigan. “They’re not giving consideration to the arguments being made by the City and the provincial government that oppose the NEB ruling.”
ICYMI: Take a photo tour of construction progress at our Westridge Marine Terminal https://t.co/fSaekAinaH #TransMountain #KinderMorgan #pipelines pic.twitter.com/5Y1IcefQa2
— Trans Mountain (@TransMtn) January 6, 2018
“The Court System should be the body that decides whether or not this is fair and just, but they dismissed our application without reasons. Very clearly, it’s something the court should have dealt with and given reasons why it’s not allowing the provincial government to exert its authority to protect the environmental interests of the province,” he added.
The City says they have directed legal counsel to file the leave to appeal application. The application will be filed within 60 days.
