B.C. applies for intervenor status in new Trans Mountain hearings
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VICTORIA — The B-C government has filed an application for intervener status in the National Energy Board’s new hearings on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
Environment Minister George Heyman says that the province is focused on fully defending the interests of British Columbians at the new review aimed at addressing shortcomings identified by the Federal Court of Appeal when it quashed federal approval of the megaproject.
Heyman says B-C is concerned that the 22-week time limit set by the federal government won’t be long enough to accommodate a thorough review.
He says as an intervener, the province will advocate for a process that allows all citizens to be heard and for cross-examination to properly assess the effects of increased shipping on marine life, including southern resident killer whales.
