Protests and arrests continued Monday (November 24) at a contested pipeline project at Burnaby Mountain in Canada’s Pacific coast province of British Columbia.
The protests are over a proposed tunnel through Burnaby Mountain that the company Kinder Morgan wants to build to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline. It would triple the carrying capacity of the current system, bringing 890,000 barrels per day of unrefined oil to Burnaby.
On Friday, Simon Fraser University micro-biology professor Lynne Quarmby walked up Burnaby Mountain saying: “So now, I’m going to turn around and walk up this hill — and be the best citizen I can be.”
Warned by a policeman “You are in a position right now, to be arrested OK?” she replied, “I am accepting the consequences of my civil disobedience.”
Quarmby and literature-professor Stephen Collis are teaching a new university course at nearby Simon Fraser University in January about civil disobedience.
More information:
CBC News updates on Burnaby Mountain – here
VanObserver – Video of Lynne Quarmby’s arrest and speech on protesting Kinder Morgan – here
Vancouver Sun – 5 things to know about the Kinder Morgan pipeline protest in Burnaby – here
Straight.com – RCMP continues arresting protesters against Kinder Morgan surveying on Burnaby Mountain – here
Vancouver Sun – RCMP help keep sacred fire burning on Burnaby Mountain – here
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