Pipeline Opinions

Dear Livable Cranbrook,

             My name is Adrienne Campbell.  As part of a province wide day of action to Defend Our Coast and oppose pipelines and tankers on our coast, I’ve volunteered to host a local action at noon on Wednesday, October 24th at Bill Bennett’s constituency office, located at 100C Cranbrook Street North.  We’ll be linking arms and holding a banner that says “Defend Our Coast” to show the unbroken wall of opposition to pipelines and tankers across the province.

As a local community group, I wanted to let you know about the event, and also ask for your help in promoting it. This will be a peaceful gathering of citizens and community leaders and will not involve civil disobedience. Our goal is to achieve cross-partisan agreement for no new tanker expansion on BC's coast. The Liberals have shown some leadership by suggesting additional requirements for the Enbridge pipeline, but they have not yet supported a ban on new tankers. The NDP has shown leadership with a stronger position against the Enbridge pipeline, but they have not yet come out against the twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline which would increase tanker traffic on the BC coast. We would like both parties to come out strongly in favour of a BC-wide ban on new tankers, and the pipelines that would carry oil to the coast.

This province-wide day of action is being organized by Leadnow.ca and the Dogwood Initiatives. The media and Bill Bennett have been invited.

Date: Wednesday October 24th

Time: 12pm

Location: Bill Bennett’s office @ 100C Cranbrook Street North

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/103005639859090/
http://defendourcoast.ca/events/bill-bennett-kootenay-east/

Twitter hashtag: #DefendOurCoast

Adrienne Campbell