Judge grants Trans Mountain injunction against protestors

Mar 16, 2018 | 5:31 AM

VANCOUVER —      A B-C Supreme Court Judge says protesters must be restrained from obstructing the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

     Justice Kenneth Affleck has granted the company an indefinite injunction aimed at preventing people from entering within five metres of two work sites.

     He says he felt it necessary to make a decision on the second day of a hearing, instead of issuing a written order involving outraged demonstrators who have blocked vehicles and workers at the Burnaby Terminal and the Westridge Marine Terminal.

     Trans Mountain plans to twin its existing pipeline, increasing the flow of oil products from Alberta to the B-C coast to 890-thousand barrels per day, up from 300-thousand.