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1/11 Just last week the @PBO confirmed that #TransMountain is not a profitable project > https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trans-mountain-pipeline-covid-pandemic-1.5829486. And yet the destructive and sneaky construction of #TransMountain goes on despite the pandemic.
2. You should also know what happened also last week in Holmes Creek : the police cleared out the Holmes Creek Protection Camp of activists opposing this polluting project > https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/police-clear-out-burnaby-protest-camp-as-tmx-construction-starts-3169747
3. How is the expansion of #TMX an essential project during #Covid19 ? Not only does it put the workers at risk, it also endangers nearby indigenous communities. https://www.burnabynow.com/coronavirus-covid-19-local-news/systemic-non-compliances-of-covid-rules-found-at-burnaby-tmx-worksites-regulator-3183276
4. While the world fights a global #climatecrisis, #TransMountain adds fuel to the fire. Not only does it prevent Canada from reaching its climate goals, it also violates the land rights of Indigenous communities as it crosses over their unceded territories!
5. And in a world where biodiversity loss is a fact and over a million species are at risk of extinction, #TransMountain has every intention to destroy the natural habitats in the area.
6. The pipeline route runs along the Brunette River that is home to endangered salmon, Nooksack Dace and other species > https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/court-application-aims-to-stop-trans-mountain-cutting-trees-along-burnaby-river-3179162
7. In fact 'the proposed project involves clearing vegetation along the north bank of the Brunette River’. That means cutting down more trees although TMX's Vice-President #DavidSafari swore under oath after mid-September that they couldn't clear trees due to risk to fish.
8. #TransMountain is also trying to ignore ( https://apps.cer-rec.gc.ca/REGDOCS/Item/View/4031429) Burnaby by setting aside the city's tree bylaw by invoking "interjurisdictional immunity and/or federal paramountcy" because #Burnaby is apparently refusing to process a tree clearing permit application.
9. You can help #StopTMX and the tree cutting in Burnaby: follow the updates on @CoastProtectors and We, the Secwepemc & #TinyHouseWarriors (Facebook) and R.I.S.E. (Instagram) and amplify their contents. Thank you to all those holding the fort to bear witness.
10. Support them by demanding a #GreenRecovery that is #just and #inclusive to get us rid of these unnecessary polluting projects.
11. Pressure the #Trudeau government to back out from all new #fossilfuel projects including #TransMountain #GNLQuebec and #CoastalGazlink that stomple our rights to a healthy and safe future. Sign the petition > https://act.gp/37uo8oF
